Members of the Irish community were present at the Irish flag raising at City Hall. People in the photo include retired senator and 2024 Grand Marshal Dennis Dawson, president of Irish Heritage Quebec and honorary consul of Ireland Bryan O’Gallagher, 2025 Grand Marshal Bruce Kirkwood, DSPQ spokesperson Stephen Burke, and city councillor Éric Courtemanche Baril. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Irish flag raised over City Hall on St. Patrick’s Day Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com As strong winds blew through Quebec City, a group of Irish Quebecers assembled outside City Hall for…
Ireland’s Honorary Consul for Quebec Bryan O’Gallagher, anthropology researcher Maïté Boivin of Université Laval, researcher Vicki Langlois and and Jason King, PhD of the Irish Heritage Trust in Dublin speak at Université Laval on March 21, examining Indigenous contributions to Irish famine relief and the broader historical context of colonial systems, displacement and cultural survival. (Photo by Sarah Elworthy) Conference at Université Laval highlights Indigenous aid during Irish famine Sarah Elworthy sarah@qctonline.com As part of the Ville de Québec St. Patrick’s Day programming, the QCT attended a conference and…
COMMENTARY: Canadian company a world leader in t-shirts and now brassieres Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Your scribe is a humble man with very simple needs. For example, when beseeched for birthday…
Passengers board the new Metrobus 805 on Grande Allée near Avenue de Salaberry. (Photo by Jonathan Letellier-Black) Bus route changes due to tramway construction now in effect Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Commuters in Quebec City woke up to a whole new public transit…
Mayor Bruno Marchand (centre), Limoilou Coun. Raymond Poirier (left) and Pointe-de-Ste-Foy Coun. Jean-Luc Lavoie talk to reporters aboard Edmonton’s LRT system. (Photo from Radio-Canada)
Mayor Marchand ‘jealous’ of Edmonton’s urban transit system Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Mayor Bruno Marchand paid a visit last week to Alberta to take notes on…
Quebec presents optimistic budget for uncertain times Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard presented a “sober” budget on March 18, spending $9.6 billion over five years to strengthen…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce March 30, 1786 – The Quebec Gazette From The London Gazette We recommend to the Public the following Receipt…
‘The strength of our exhaustion’: Community service sector prepares for strike Ruby Pratka Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative editor@qctonline.com Hundreds of provincially funded community organizations supporting renters’ rights, homelessness prevention,…
Canadian pop star Alessia Cara is coming to Quebec City to headline the Festival Fono in September. (Photo courtesy of Universal Music) Festival Fono at Laval seeks ‘next level’ with star-studded lineup Peter Black Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, Local Journalism Initiative peterblack@qctonline.com Quebec City’s Festival d’été (FEQ) is recognized as the largest outdoor music…
A pedestrian descends the Lépine stairway on March 20, 2026 (Photo by Kevin Dougherty) ‘Every stairway has a story’: Quebec City sees stairways as a tourist draw Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com Cap-aux-Diamants Coun. Mélissa Coulombe-Leduc revealed plans at a March 20 news conference to rebuild…