QCT contributors Ruby Pratka, Myriam Labbé, Oksana Mukhina and Cassandra Kerwin were honoured at the Quebec Community Newspapers Association Better Newspapers Competition gala in Aylmer on June 12. (Photo by Savanna Oliver courtesy of QCNA) QCT writers, contributors honoured at community newspaper gala QCT staff editor@qctonline.com The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph team and three of this newspaper’s volunteer contributors were honoured at the Quebec Community Newspaper Association…
Rev. Gilles Routhier (left), superior general of the Séminaire du Québec, which will host the new Musée national de l’histoire du Québec, attended the pre-launch alongside director general Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, board chair Vicky Trépanier, minister responsible for the Capitale-Nationale region and Montmorency MNA Jean- François Simard, and city councillor for Cap-aux-Diamants Mélissa Coulombe-Leduc. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) New history museum there for all Quebecers, project leaders say Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com The new Musée national d’histoire du Québec will be a museum for…
COMMENTARY: Canada faces more ‘knots’ without passionate voices for unity Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com In a few weeks we’ll be celebrating the fundamental duality of this country, with la Fête nationale…
This is the view from Boul. Pie-XII looking east on Chemin des Quatre Bourgeois, where work is underway to move and upgrade underground infrastructure. (Photo by Peter Black) TRAM TRACKER: City saving $300 million in infrastructure upgrade thanks to tramway Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Convening a news conference at the largest single tramway route…
Traffic plan for FEQ includes Grande Allée detour at Holland Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com With tramway work complicating the situation, the city is taking steps to…
Screenshot 250 Years of U.S. Independence Part 2: Born on the Fourth of July? Charles André Nadeau canadeau@qctonline.com This is the second of a series of four articles which argue that…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com June 19, 1766 – The Quebec Gazette Rome – The Courts of Versailles and Madrid refuse to give…
National Assembly adjourns as parties gear up for election Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com Premier Christine Fréchette, at the close of a National Assembly session on June 12, clearing the decks for…
Unearthed artifacts reveal past of Îlot Dorchester site Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com A collection of moulds for shoes unearthed from the construction site on Îlot Dorchester…
Quebec reopens PEQ path to permanent residence Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com Last November, people who came to Quebec, often with families, sometimes selling homes in their countries of origin, on a…