Memoirs of the English-speaking community: a local heritage project
You may have heard of our Seniors’ Out and About Program, our annual Fall Fest event, our Through the Lens Project or our multitude of Employability Workshops, but what else …
Obtuary and Funeral Notice for Paule Champoux-Blair 1961-2012
Paule Champoux-Blair 1961-2012 Died at her home in Quebec, on Monday, September 24, 2012, aged 51 years, surrounded by her adoring family. Beloved wife of David Blair and mother of …
News Digest for September 26, 2012
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QCT and friends tidy up the shoreline
This year the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph organized its first Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup (GCSC) along a designated section of the St. Charles River. Although windy, the weather cooperated, providing sun …
The “Mother of New France” celebrated in her Ursuline Congregation
Three hundred and forty years after her death here in New France, Marie de l’Incarnation is far from forgotten. On September 20 in the quaint 1900s Ursuline Chapel, Canadian soprano …
Local harvests will be put to good use
We often think of Quebec’s harvest bounty as coming from the farmlands outside the city but even here within the city, this year’s harvest has been abundant. Not everyone is …
Local youth play key role in annual “Friendship Harvest”
On the last weekend of summer, September 15 and 16, over 200 volunteers from several community organizations met at the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge to pick apples. According to Gaston Nadeau, …
In the Cronenberg footsteps
Brandon Cronenberg, son of renowned film director David Cronenberg, stopped by the Quebec City Cinema Festival on September 17 to present his first movie, Antiviral, a dark, venereal horror genre. …
VEQ offers employability workshops and networking
On Saturday, September 22, Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ) held a popular Connect to the Québec Job Market activity day at the Eastern Québec Learning Centre which featured free employability …
The Beautiful Mystery: Louise Penny’s latest Gamache novel
Montreal on a lazy Saturday is normally a day of rest for Armand Gamache and his homicide team. But this is no ordinary Saturday. Gamache has been summoned to investigate …