Easter egg hunt a short hop from Chocolats Favoris
A giant Easter egg hunt is taking place in the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City, starting at the Moulin des Jésuites (an 18th-century flour mill turned museum) and the nearby …
No-access road
What looks like a road under construction in the woods near the Cap-Diamant stairway on the Plains of Abraham is actually just a temporary access road for materials and machinery. …
Racism makes no sense
The recent murders of eight people in Atlanta drew attention to the anti-Asian violence that has been simmering throughout North America since the COVID-19 pandemic first began.The novel coronavirus was …
Fine dining in a bubble
A couple of restaurants on Grande Allée are taking the notion of pandemic “bubbles” seriously. Diners in pairs shared a meal Saturday evening (well before the 9:30 p.m. curfew) in …
Legault and Labeaume reach deal: Tramway back on track
Quebec City’s ambitious tramway project is back on track after the city and the Quebec government appear to have resolved differences that derailed the plan for months.Mayor Régis Labeaume proclaimed …
The old ‘cannonball tree’ is going … going . . . gone!
Starting on March 16, tree removal experts slowly and carefully cut off and removed the upper branches of the famous “cannonball tree” at the corner of Rue du Corps-de-Garde and …
People get out and about on the first day of spring
On March 20 – the vernal equinox, the day when spring officially began at 5:37 a.m. – the sun was out and the temperature reached 8 degrees on the Promenade …
And now for some good news about the greenhouse effect
Our neighbourhood hardware store switched up the signs in the window last week. Out with the sign announcing the skate sharpening service; in with the one announcing that McKenzie seeds …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
March 25, 1871 – The Morning ChronicleForgeries – The public would do well to be on their guard against forgeries and alterations of bank notes. In a deposit made on …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Le Mercier
This street in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City is named after François-Marc-Antoine Le Mercier (1722-1798), a French artillery officer who first arrived in Canada in 1740 as a cadet …