This year’s Remembrance Day has a special significance because it commemorates the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Armistice in a railway car in the forest of Compiègne in …
Daily Archives: 13 November 2018
Letter to the Editor
I just wanted to say thank you for [QCT journalist Ruby Pratka’s] amazing article [“Quebec City comes together for victims of Pittsburgh shooting”] that appeared in [the Nov. 7, 2018] …
Cable TV boldly goes where networks fear to tread
Now that the American midterm elections are over, there is likely to be a great sucking vacuum in the television-viewing habits of many folks on this side of the border …
MAtv launch documentary on Château Frontenac’s 125th anniversary
On the occasion of the 125th anniversary of the Château Frontenac, former general manager Robert Mercure proposed to MAtv Québec that it produce a documentary series relating the history of …
The story behind Rue Berlinguet
This street is named in honour of two architects and sculptors – Louis-Thomas Berlinguet (1790-1863), born in Saint-Laurent on Île-d’Orléans, and his son François-Xavier Berlinguet (1830-1916), born in Quebec City. …
Memorials and Things of Fame
November 11, 1868 – The Morning ChronicleRunaway Horse – One of the horses belonging to the Fire Brigade started from St. John’s Gate on Wednesday afternoon, when the street was …
The War Ends: Headlines from 100 years ago
The end of the First World War brought new challenges for Quebec City’s residents. This sampling of headlines in the November 1918 Quebec Chronicle gives a glimpse of the situation …
Parade des Jouets kindles the Christmas spirit
What is the true meaning of Christmas? Is it gifts under the tree? Stockings stuffed? Turkeys stuffed? Rum and eggnog with friends and family? Christmas parties? Christmas means something a …
Give to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign and help deliver some goodness this holiday season
The 23rd Community Christmas Hamper Campaign will soon be underway! From Sunday, Nov. 18 to Sunday, Dec. 9, you can help “deliver some goodness” by giving to this wonderful community …
Royal 22e Régiment and Voltigeurs de Québec launch CD with a concert
La Musique du Royal 22e Régiment in association with La Musique des Voltigeurs de Québec launched their first CD, simply titled UN, at the Basilique-cathédrale Notre-Dame de Québec on Nov. …