Repairs underway on Dufferin Terrace to be completed by March
Since August 2010 and continuing until March 2011, Parks Canada will be repairing the southern section of the Dufferin Terrace, located between the Château Frontenac and the Governors’ Walkway. The …
Memorials and Things of Fame for January 12, 2011
1851The Morning Chronicle The population of the City of Quebec, according to the last census, taken early in the last year, amounted to 37,500. Of that number 22,374 are …
Slip, sliding away!!
Where to go skating, cross-country skiing, tobogganing, snowshoeing and sledding in Quebec City.The hills on the Plains of Abraham are undoubtedly the best place to go sliding but with preparations …
Longing for longer daylight
Can’t you feel it coming? The days are getting longer. Those months with the short names, March, April, May and June are on the way and our colds and sniffles …
Charter Schools and parental choice
Following my “Commentary on English School System in Quebec” published in the Dec. 15, 2010, Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph and other newspapers, in which I called for the scrapping of the Quebec …
Three Americans and a Quebecer in Tibet
After one hour of sleep, I haul myself into a minivan at 5:30 am in Kunming, Yunnan, about two and a half hours by air from Lhasa, as my stomach …
Remembering our sacrifices in Hong Kong
In tiny Stanley village, past the Repulse Bay Hotel, where young Canadians were bayoneted and thrown off steep cliffs, I stand in a Commonwealth military cemetery. I think of a …
Arts Matters at the Morrin Centre – An Evening with Christoph Campestrini
As part of its “Arts Matters” programme, the Morrin Centre, in collaboration with the OSQ, is pleased to present a series of intimate talks with internationally renowned artists. Conductor Christoph …
Historical Talk at the Morrin Centre
Paul Kennedy demystifies Pierre Bédard Come to meet Paul Kennedy, CBC journalist, as he takes a closer look at a forgotten character from the 19th century. Pierre Bédard should probably …
A Warm Welcome at the Hôtel de Glace
Now located only ten minutes from downtown Quebec City in one of the most beautiful natural parks of the old capital, the Hôtel de Glace has new wind in its …