Quebec City’s political and faith leaders formed a united front on Nov. 4 during a vigil at City Hall honouring the victims of the shooting at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life …
Daily Archives: 6 November 2018
SNACS Book Fair a literary success!
Quebec City’s annual English-language book fair, run for the first time by SNACS (Special Needs Activities & Community Services) Entrepreneurs after eight decades of stewardship by the Quebec City Women’s …
Modern parkas a long way from skins and canvas
Picking a parka may not be exactly the same as choosing a car, but there are some similarities.First, a parka will be your primary protective apparatus for instances of non-vehicular …
New apartment building rising on Grande Allée
Nearly 50 years after it was first conceived, a “landmark” apartment building is now under construction on Grande Allée. Le 155 Grande Allée Est, a 12-storey luxury apartment, townhouse and …
Memorials and Things of Fame
November 6, 1868 – The Morning Chronicle Recorder’s Court – A bailiff of the Superior Court, distinguished by his badge of office, a tin candle box, and his remarkably red …
The story behind Rue Bethune
This street is named in honour of Dr. Norman Bethune (1890-1939), who was born in Gravenhurst, Ont. In 1914, when the First World War was declared in Europe, Bethune …
A voyage Into the Woods with the Phantom of the Opera
A spooky pre-Halloween concert took place at the Morrin Centre on Oct. 29, featuring songs from such creepy musicals as The Phantom of the Opera, Into the Woods and The …
Superstar gamer Stéphanie Harvey comes home for special OSQ concert
It would seem like an unlikely marriage: the stereotypical hoodie-clad video gamers and the tenue de ville classical music crowd. But the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (OSQ) thinks it may …
In Flanders fields the poppies blow between the crosses …
In Flanders Fields” is a poem written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lt.-Col. John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding …
Flip Fabrique and the OSQ flip over the Grand Théâtre
Flip Fabrique joined conductor Fabien Gabel and 81 musicians of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (OSQ) for a unique performance at the Grand Théâtre de Québec on Oct. 31. Circus …