Citizen journalist Kevin Giroux captured the collapse of the historic Château Dubuc in Chandler on a video uploaded to Twitter. (Screenshot) Federal government will match donations for Fiona relief as cleanup continues Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com As people across the Maritimes, Newfoundland and Labrador, parts of the Gaspé…
South Shore English Network plans forum Oct. 5 Submitted by Brian Gignac, executive director, MCDC South Shore English Network – Megantic English-speaking Community Development Corporation (SSEN-MCDC) is pleased to announce…
The Kitchen Party at the 2017 Shannon Irish Show featured Michael Neville, Kevin Tessier, Joe Lonergan, Joseph Power, Devon Matsalla, Melanie Chamberland, Julie Laliberté, Larry Hamilton, Arleen King, Maureen McCarthy, Bruno Savard and Sébastien Tremblay. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin from QCT archives) Community groups receive funding for heritage programming Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com Several English-speaking community groups in the Capitale-Nationale region will benefit from a new round of subsidies…
Balzak was born at the Aquarium du Québec on May 23, 2016. He takes after his father Boris, particularly his interest in singing and vocalizing. He is the son of Samka, who died unexpectedly at age 13 in 2018. In captivity, walruses can live up to 40 years. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) Aquarium du Québec prepares walruses for ‘massive’ move Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com Back-to-school season is here, and for some families, this means learning to let the young fly from the nest…
Aspiring photographers will be able to explore the full photographic potential of the Morrin Centre during the Picture This workshop series. (Photo courtesy of the Morrin Centre via Instagram – @morrincentre) Discover the Morrin Centre through a camera lens Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com There are as many reasons to pick up a camera as there are photographers –…
A total of five church spires as well as the National Assembly building can be seen in this composite panoramic view of Old Quebec taken by Jules-Ernest Livernois in about 1890. (Gelatin silver prints, photomontage by Pierre Lavoie, MNBAQ. Gift of the Michel Lessard collection, 2011.107, 2011.108) (Used with the permission of the Maison de la Photo de Québec) 100 years of historical photos displayed at Espace 400e Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com We have all seen photos of Quebec City as it used to be, but there is an exceptional…
Gabriela Montero reacts to the audience’s appreciation of her performance of Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2 with the Orchestre symphonique de Québec. She followed this with an improvisation of the refrain of “À La Claire Fontaine.” (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) REVIEW: OSQ concert features music by passionate composers Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ), directed by Chinese- American conductor Xian Zhang, presented a concert filled with intense…
REVIEW: Société d’Art Lyrique de Québec de Québec launches concert series Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity hosted the first of a series of concerts by the…
Award-winning American organist Alcée Chriss III takes a bow at the end of his concert at the Palais Montcalm concert hall which is celebrating its 90th anniversary this year. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) REVIEW: Palais Montcalm celebrates 90th anniversary with organ concert Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Palais Montcalm, the large concert hall that overlooks Place D’Youville near Porte Saint- Jean, celebrated its 90th…
Guitarist Claude Côté, fiddler Christian Côté and accordionist Léonce Caron played traditional music all through the day. (Photo by Lise Lafond) Explore your community’s artistic side during Culture Days Lise Lafond lise@qctonline.com The 13th annual Culture Days (Journées de la Culture) began Sept. 23 and will continue through Oct. 16 across…