Quebecers love winter. They especially enjoy zipping down the century-old toboggan slide on Dufferin Terrace, skating and playing hockey on the many rinks throughout the city and savouring a hot …
Monthly Archives: January 2018
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 …
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 …
A year of 125th anniversary celebrations at the Château Frontenac
On Dec. 18, 1893, the Château Frontenac welcomed its first customer. The famous hotel is therefore presently in the midst of its 125th year of operation. The management has decided …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1868 – The Morning Chronicle Dental Operations Dr. McKee respectfully informs his friends and the public that he has returned from his annual visit to the principal Dental Colleges in …
The story behind Rue des Zouaves
The Zouaves were a class of light infantry regiments of the French army that served in North Africa between 1830 and 1962. Along with the indigenous Travailleurs Algériens, the Zouaves …
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 …
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 …
Americans rescued after car gets stuck in Canadian wilderness
Adam Perone and his fiancé Angela Velardi of New Jersey definitely took a wrong turn while driving through Quebec in late December. After visiting Montreal and Quebec City, they decided …
Christmas Eve in Valcartier
An ecumenical Christmas Eve service was held at St. Andrew’s United Church in Valcartier, led by Rev. Katherine Burgess and Bishop Bruce Myers. Members of the four local churches (Anglican, …