Local playwright J.P. Chartier has penned his fourth musical, called Just Say the Word, and will be excited to share it with the public in June 2022. He and his … Continue reading Auditions being held for ‘Just Say the Word’
Monthly Archives: September 2021
QCT Print Edition – September 15 2021
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Festival features international flavours at Place Fleur de Lys
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Mondo Karnaval was back for its eighth edition, this time at Place Fleur de Lys, from Sept. 4 to 6. Following last year’s highly successful virtual edition, …
Hundreds march during Fête Arc-en-ciel opening event
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Some 100 people marched through the Old City on Sept. 5. They were walking in the name of friendship and love as part of the Fête Arc-en-ciel …
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …
Louis-Hébert: Lightbound faces high-profile Conservative Lépine
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Despite an unfavourable trend for the Liberals in the 2019 election, Joël Lightbound managed to increase his hold on the Louis- Hébert riding. The 33-year-old lawyer also …
Charlesbourg: Ex-QS candidate runs for Bloc against Tory Paul-Hus
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Perhaps more than any other entrenched Conservative MP in the Quebec City area, Pierre Paul-Hus will have to watch his back if he wants to hold onto …
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unveils program for Quebec
Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh chose one of Quebec’s most emblematic backdrops to announce his party’s program for the province. On Sept. 2, Singh and deputy …
The story behind the Promenade des Acadiens
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com In 1604, Pierre Dugua de Mons, accompanied by a group of settlers, founded a colony at the mouth of the Sainte-Croix River (near present-day St. Andrew’s, New …
September 10, 1921 – Parents Are Blamed For “Flapper” Styles
Not the children but the parents are to blame when ‘flappers’ run around the streets with their stockings rolled down, dressed in peek-a-boo waists and short skirts and their hair …