Free festive programming lights up city streets Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com As summer vacation season gets underway, the Ville de Québec is proud to announce that as part of its Québec …
Monthly Archives: July 2021
Saint-Roch YMCA officially inaugurated
Saint-Roch YMCA officially inaugurated Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com The Saint-Roch YMCA was officially inaugurated July 8 in the presence of Mayor Régis Labeaume, MP for Québec Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Housing and …
Augustines celebrate 400 years of history with bilingual audio guides
Augustines celebrate 400 years of history with bilingual audio guides Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com As many churches and religious buildings around the province are being repurposed or replaced with condominiums, the oldest …
Gurdeep Pandher brings bhangra beats to Quebec City
Gurdeep Pandher brings bhangra beats to Quebec City Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com Gurdeep Pandher of the Yukon is dancing his way through Quebec. Pandher, a bhangra dance teacher and former civil …
Unique art exhibit returns to city streets
Unique art exhibit returns to city streets Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com For the eighth edition of the outdoor public art exhibit Les Passages insolites, EXMURO invites people to walk a five-kilome- tre …
Indigenous perspectives added to exhibit at Fort Saint-Louis historic site
Indigenous perspectives added to exhibit at Fort Saint-Louis historic site Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com A popular Parks Canada exhibit in Quebec City will now tell more of the history of the …
Festival d’Opéra de Québec launches its 10th season
Festival d’Opéra de Québec launches its 10th season Adapted from a press release by Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The 10th Festival d’opéra de Québec will take place from July 27 to Aug. …
First phase of Pierre Laporte Bridge renovations complete
First phase of Pierre Laporte Bridge renovations complete Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com The first scheduled “construction blitz” on the Pierre Laporte Bridge between Quebec City and Lévis is complete, the Ministry …
Memorials and Things of Fame
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched & compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com July 14, 1821 – The Quebec Gazette Novel Legislation! The Editor of the York Observer reviewing, the …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Maires-Timmony
The story behind Rue des Maires-Timmony Bill Cox billcox@qctonline.com This street was named in honour of Charles and James Timmony, brothers who were mayors of the municipality of Sillery from …