The day after a friend recommended Village Vacances (VIVA) Petit-Saguenay for a camping trip, we went shopping for a tent. But it’s mid-August and COVID-19 has inspired more Quebecers to …
Daily Archives: 18 August 2020
Imagine Van Gogh at the Centre des Congrès de Québec
Can you imagine walking among much-larger-than-life works of art by Vincent Van Gogh projected on enormous screens? Visitors are not sure whether they are immersed in the paintings or the …
Kamala Harris’ Quebec stint a lesson in political change
You might call it a sign of the times. If you drive east along Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street, just before it splits off to Dorchester Boulevard, you will go by a …
Marchand stages a sit-in in front of the National Assembly
Jonathan Marchand, age 43, has muscular dystrophy. For over a decade he has been a resident in a centre d’hébergement de soins de longue durée (CHSLD), a long-term care facility …
CQSB prepared for back-to-school mask rules
Central Québec School Board chairman Stephen Burke said schools under the board “have no problem” with the rules the Quebec government issued recently for the wearing of masks in school …
The story behind Autoroute Henri-IV
This highway is named in honour of Henri IV (1553-1610), one of France’s greatest kings and a key figure in the country’s economic, military and cultural prowess during the 17th …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
August 20, 1870 – The Morning Chronicle[City Council] Orders of the DayThe first order was a report from the Road Committee recommending the tender of Mr. Louis Larose at $7.25 …
St. Charles River runs dry to flush toxins
A river runs through it – barely. The river is the St. Charles, the main waterway snaking through Quebec City all the way from Lac Saint-Charles, north of Wendake, and …
The QCT hears from former Killarney campers
In response to Martin Edwards’ and Daniel Shier’s article about Killarney Camp in the Aug. 5 edition of the QCT, a number of former campers wrote to the authors. We …
Remembrance Man recalls deadly 1832 cholera epidemic
With the coronavirus wreaking havoc upon people around the world in 2020, we can easily imagine the fear engendered by the cholera epidemic of 1832. People were terrified by the …