The 195th annual general meeting of the Literary and Historical Society of Quebec was held in College Hall at the Morrin Centre on March 27.Founded in 1824 by George Ramsay, …
Daily Archives: 2 April 2019
VEQ Spring Fling enjoyed at Les 3 Brasseurs
Every spring, Voice of English-speaking Québec invites anglophones to gather at a local drinking establishment to welcome the warmer weather and just get out and see a familiar face after …
North Shore leaders plead for a road to stop process of “extinction”
Want to have some fun with Google Maps? Punch in Vieux-Fort and Kégaska in the directions window and see what comes up. You’ll see a 2,421-km route indicated, that starts …
Through a local lens
When you think of Africa, what images come to mind? Go on, be honest. Lions? Endless desert dunes? Beaming kids, joyfully mobbing a few fresh-faced Western students on break from …
The story behind Rue Charles-M.-Monsarrat
This short street off Boulevard des Hôtels near the Quebec Bridge was named in honour of Charles Nicholas Monsarrat (1871-1940). The middle initial “M” in the street name is the …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 2, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteTo Gardeners, Farmers, etc.The best composition ever yet devised for trees is the following which either farmers, gardeners and fruitists in our country ought …
St. Lawrence College’s 2019 Fashion Show was a hit
Special guests and ticket holders rushed into the Musée de la Civilisation for the annual CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Fashion Show on March 30. In contrast to the icy streets and …
Sugar and spice and everything nice at Foodcamp
The Château Frontenac ballroom was filled to capacity on March 30 and 31 as some 1,000 “foodies” (500 each day) came to sample the delicacies whipped up by a dozen …
POWE: Join the field of engineering!
Female engineering students of McGill University in Montreal were all smiles when high school and CEGEP students from across the province of Quebec joined them for the 2019 edition of …
Isang Enders performs Schumann’s Cello Concerto brilliantly
Cellist Isang Enders was the guest performer with the OSQ on March 20, when he played Robert Schumann’s Concerto for Cello. The QCT had the opportunity to meet with Enders …