April 1 2015 Edition
Irish eyes were smiling on the Défilé de la Saint-Patrick
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Jay Ouellet
It was surely the luck of the Irish that brought out beaming sunshine last Saturday as the sixth annual Défilé de la Saint-Patrick pranced and danced its way through the streets of Quebec City. It was a perfect day for a parade to celebrate the city's Irish heritage.
Seniors share stories with QHS students
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Ruby Pratka
Over the past month Secondary 3 and 4 students at Quebec High School have taken a trip back in time as part of a collaborative book project with 26 English-speaking seniors in the Quebec City area. To create Once Upon a Memory, QHS students sat down with seniors and listened to stories about their past and then wrote children's stories based on these episodes.
The story behind Côte Gilmour
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Bill Cox
Côte Gilmour, the steep road that winds its way up to the western end of the Plains of Abraham from Boulevard Champlain, was named in honour of Scottish immigrant John Gilmour (1812-1877), a wood merchant and shipbuilder.
Impressive performance by St. Lawrence students
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Last weekend, the Champlain-St. Lawrence theatre group Les Roughs presented a bilingual adaptation of Daniel Danis' play Le langue-à-langue des chiens de roche, translated by Linda Gaboriau under the title In the Eyes of Stone Dogs.
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph nominated for QCNA Better Newspaper Awards
Published: April 1, 2015
The Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph is delighted to announce that, in recognition of their work in 2014, the newspaper and a number of its journalists are on the short list in eight categories of the Quebec Community Newspaper Association (QCNA) annual Better Newspapers Competition.
Governor General visits Quebec City and Wendake
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, and his wife Sharon visited Quebec City and Wendake on March 25 and 26. During the visit, at a ceremony in his official residence in the Quebec Citadel, he presented the Caring Canadian Award to 23 volunteers from the Quebec City region
Dave Gunning brings folk to Quebec City
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Rachel Collet
It was an intimate afternoon at the Royal Dalhousie Condos where award-winning folk artist Dave Gunning performed for a group of 25 friends and fans.
Jean Vanier awarded the 2015 Templeton Prize
Published: April 1, 2015
Photo: Jean Vanier website
The John Templeton Foundation recently announced that Jean Vanier, founder of L'Arche communities around the world, is to receive this year's Templeton Prize at an award ceremony in London on May 18.
