Three players from the Québec Capitales were at the annual all-star game at Palisades Credit Union Park in Rockland, N.Y. On July 10, the Can-Am League all-stars faced the Frontier …
Monthly Archives: July 2019
NCAA teams to visit the Rouge et Or men’s basketball team in August
For the 12th year, the Université Laval men’s basketball team will host two teams from the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from the United States in August. The NCAA is …
QCT Print Edition – July 3 2019
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Canada Day celebrated with pomp and ceremony on Dufferin Terrace
The band of the Royal 22e Régiment paraded on Dufferin Terrace before the flag-raising ceremony and the cutting of the giant Canada Day cake. Jean-Yves Duclos, minister of …
Congrats to A.S. Johnson Memorial High School’s class of 2019
Graduation was celebrated at Andrew Stuart Johnson Memorial High School on June 22, in Thetford Mines. Principal Stephen Renaud spoke to students about the importance of friends and family as …
Hands up all those who want free drugs
With a show of hands, who’s in favour of a national drug plan?” Perhaps, come federal election debate time this fall, journalists who moderate the encounter could take a cue …
Canada Day celebrations … in 1977
I would like to mention that my Mom, Jo Ouellet, started the Canada Day activities here in Quebec City in the late 1970s. In response to the Parti Québécois winning …
Ticks are more active in spring and summer
Did you know that the risk of getting a tick bite starts when the weather warms up in the spring, through until the fall? So, even on cooler days when …
The story behind Avenue Conway
This street was named after Edmund Conway (1858-1938), the owner of the land on which it was laid out. He built his house on this street, and he also ran …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
July 4, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteThe SeasonSince the 22nd ult., till today, there has fallen more or less rain daily. Principally uncommonly heavy showers, following one another in quick …