MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
September 30, 1895 – The Quebec Morning ChronicleParis, Sept. 28 – Prof. Louis Pasteur, the distinguished chemist and discoverer of the Pasteur treatment of the cure of rabies, is dead. …
‘La Déesse des mouches à feu’ premières at the Quebec City Film Festival
Seven months after its world première at the Berlin International Film Festival, La Déesse des mouches à feu (The Goddess of the Fireflies) had its North American première at the …
Quebec City Film Festival closes with award presentations
The 10th Quebec City Film Festival (QCFF) celebrated the art of film from Sept. 16 to 20. For the first time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cinephiles across Quebec could …
Orange is not only a fall colour
Fall, with its breathtaking colours, is now officially here. Leaves, as well as the pumpkins in the fields, are turning orange, but this year “orange” is not only a fall …
Lions’ soccer team blanked in season opener; golfers stay home
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) men’s soccer team finally hit the pitch on Sept. 27 to start their shortened 2020 season in the Northeast division of the Réseau du Sport …
Sports season cancellations hurt St. Pat’s and QHS teams
The Québec–Chaudière-Appalaches division of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) has cancelled the 2020-2021 football and soccer seasons for the region’s high schools due to COVID-19 restrictions. Rule …
La Maison Anglaise introduces the Book & Ticket virtual event series
Guy Dubois, owner of La Maison Anglaise, recently announced a unique way to purchase books and obtain free tickets for access to live online presentations of books by their authors: …
Les Chercheurs d’Or relaunch Caballero
After six months of confinement, indie-folk-bluegrass band Les Chercheurs d’Or found themselves onstage at Le Studio of the Grand Théâtre for two exclusive concerts on Sept. 17 and 18 to …
A Different Tune captures ‘St. Patrick’s Day in September’
It was mid-September, not St. Patrick’s Day week, and the approximately 200 spectators were watching from home via Facebook Live, not packed into the Shannon Community Centre. But the spirit …
Court of Appeal backs English boards; call for election delay
English groups in Quebec are applauding a court decision in support of the English-language school boards, but there is confusion about what will happen with elections scheduled for November.A unanimous …