We have made a grand total of three real estate transactions in our time, two purchases and one sale. While I cannot recall the decor of the notaries’ offices where …
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What’s the buzz about bees at Saint B’s?
Have you heard the buzz? Saint Brigid’s Home is now housing honey bees in the back garden! Jennifer Robert, president of Saint Brigid’s Guild, explained, “We started the initiative last …
Long road back for Quebec City hotels
In any other year, the Auberge Internationale de Québec would be buzzing with backpackers looking for somewhere to set down their gear before heading to the Plains of Abraham, wandering …
Place de Paris inaugurated on Bastille Day
Four hundred years ago it was a beach. Now, after a $4-million redevelopment project, Place de Paris in Old Quebec is a multi-purpose public square ready to welcome crowds, whenever …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
July 22, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleVaccination – Dr. Painchaud of this city informs the readers of last evening’s Journal de Quebec that there is at present a very grave …
Nomad Tours are not just for tourists
On a perfect mid-July day – sunny but not too hot – this QCT journalist was treated to a tour of Old Quebec in English by Nomad Tours Québec owner …
Human trials begin for COVID-19 vaccine right here in Quebec City
One of the solutions to the coronavirus pandemic could come from a Quebec City research lab. On July 14, Sainte-Foy-based Medicago announced that the first doses of a potential COVID-19 …
QMJHL teams to play 60 games in three divisions in 2020-2021
According to several reports, the Quebec Remparts and the other 17 teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) will play a reduced schedule in 2020-2021.Guillaume Lefrançois of La …
Diamants and Alouettes play baseball for Quebec fans
Finally, there is baseball in Quebec City this summer as the Quebec Diamants and the Charlesbourg Alouettes hit the field for the start of the 2020 season.Along with the other …
MNBAQ’s Gérard Morisset Pavilion to get a $2.5M facelift
The emblematic Gérard Morisset Pavilion of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) will be getting a revamp starting in the spring of 2021. Under the Quebec Infrastructure Plan, …