Fearless Finn wins Red Bull Crashed Ice World Championship
On Saturday, March 19, approximately 110,000 fans tightly packed the streets of Old Quebec to watch men and women skaters from around the world battle to the finish line in …
Senate Report on English-Speaking Quebec, the first of its kind
On March 9, 2011, the Standing Senate Committee on Official Languages released a report on Anglophone life in the Province of Quebec, entitled “The Vitality of English Speaking Community from …
Free workshop offers coping stratgeies for caregivers dealing with dementia
Community members are invited to participate in afree teleconference session sponsored by Jeffery Hale Community Services inassociation with the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging. The teleconferencewill connect participants to …
Canadian Missionary dies in Japan
Tens of thousands of people are dead or reported missing following the 8.9 megathrust earthquake that shook Japan at 2:46 p.m. (JST) on Friday, March 11. Among them is a …
Phillips Exeter Academy Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra stops in Quebec City
The acclaimed Concert Choir and Chamber Orchestra from Phillips Exeter Academy played at the Musée de l’Amerique Française in Quebec City as their third stop in a four-part tour that …
Quebec City’s newest English bookstore opens
AngloStore has opened a storefront in the city due to customer demand. The bookshop began as an online service in February 2010, aimed at residents of Quebec City and surrounding …
The ‘Heart of the Saint’
This year, the second for a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Quebec City for many years, gives us an opportunity to reflect on the soul of the event. For reasons …
Irish Literature for St. Paddy’s Day
Bring on the green beer, the shamrocks, the smiling eyes…and sit down to enjoy some great Irish literature on St. Patrick’s Day. Read the beautiful words of Ireland’s writers who …
Q and A with Peter O’Donohue, U.S. Consul General in Quebec City
Behind the Chateau Frontenac is a red-brick building with a pale green roof and an American flag billowing outside. This is where Peter O’Donohue, the U.S. Consul General spends most …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
1851The Morning ChronicleThe Sons of St. Patrick could not have had better weather for their procession than they had this year. They marched in procession from the St. George’s Hotel …