Wednesday, March 27 at 9 a.m. – YES Business Coaching. YES Montreal, in partnership with Voice of English-speaking Québec, offers professional business coaching services either in person or online. Receive …
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Mrs. Godin’s incredible Winter Carnival collection
Ste-Foy Elementary School’s principal, Mrs. Denise Godin, has a unique hobby. She has been collecting Winter Carnival effigies since 1955. She started collecting them to continue her father’s collection. She …
Get ready for camping at the Recreational Vehicle Show
Camping season is almost here. Get out your gear and get ready to visit our beautiful province. The snow is melting, most of our roads are clear, the Quebec “snowbirds” …
From ancient Ireland to Christianity
Some 100 people enjoyed an overview of Ireland’s rich history as anthropologist Isabelle Matte gave a presentation called Raconte-moi que tu as vu l’Irlande, on March 21 at St. Patrick’s …
QCT Print Edition – March 20 2019
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Athletes soar at the Big Air Jamboree
The Quebec City Big Air Jamboree was the event of the season. International snowboarders and freestyle skiers swooped down the giant 90-metre jump from the end of Boul. Honoré-Mercier into …
Long may you play: Vinyl collection a “record” of life
Radio-Canada announced last week it wants to get rid of some 100,000 vinyl records from storage in its tower in east-end Montreal. The brand new CBC/Rad-Can building on the same …
Visiting relatives in Addis Ababa
I have a great-great-great-great … (trying to save space on the number of “greats”) aunt who lives in Ethiopia and has a bistro in downtown Addis Ababa named after her. …
The story behind Rue Chassé
Rue Chassé is named in memory of four members of an illustrious Quebec City family who fought with the Royal 22e Régiment during the First and Second World Wars. Lieutenant-Colonel …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
March 19, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteTyphus FeverA London [England] paper states that Dr. Smith obtained from Parliament five thousand pounds for the following recipe for the cure of Typhus …