January 10 2018 Edition
Snow, slides and hot chocolate at the 4th Winter Fest
Relic of Saint Francis Xavier draws faithful to Notre Dame Basilica
Thousands of faithful Roman Catholics and other curious visitors lined up in the nave of Notre Dame Basilica in Quebec City on Jan. 3, to view the preserved right forearm of Saint Francis Xavier. After spending the day at the Basilica, it was exhibited at Église Saint-François-Xavier in Limoilou for two hours in the evening.
Is hibernation key to survival in winter nation?
By the time you read this, the Great Cold Snap of ’17 is supposed to have relaxed its iron grip on Quebec. From Boxing Day until the week after New Year’s when the streets become littered with the corpses of Christmas trees, we, the hardy people of this land, were treated to relentless extreme cold temperatures with the only respite a day-long break for a howling blizzard.
A year of 125th anniversary celebrations at the Château Frontenac
The story behind Rue des Zouaves
A Viennese New Year celebration at the Grand Théâtre
Quebec City music lovers filled the Grand Théâtre on the second day of 2018 to hear the Orchestre Strauss du Québec present a concert that paid homage to the magic of Viennese New Year celebrations.
78th Fraser Highlanders invite you to a Burns Supper
Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and never brought to mind? Should auld acquaintance be forgot, and auld lang syne?”
Most people will recognize the opening lines to “Auld Lang Syne” but how many know that the song was composed in 1788 by Scotland’s national poet Robert “Rabbie” Burns?
Christmas Eve in Valcartier
Ross Cottage on the move
Living in close proximity to Ross Cottage at 1244 Chemin Sainte-Foy, where it intersects Avenue Ernest-Gagnon, my wife and I couldn’t help but notice the steep-roofed, yellow-sided, red brick, arts and crafts-style house. It was dark and empty, but not quite derelict.
Who owned it? Did anybody live there? We wondered.
