Budding Violinists: A Noella Project Benefit Concert
You are invited to a unique violin concert on Saturday, February 18, starting at 6:15 p.m. at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in the Old City. The Jeux d’Archet …
News Digest for February 8, 2012
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International Snow Sculpture award winners
Eleven teams shaved, sculpted, and smoothed snow from sunup to sundown to try to win top honours in the Winter Carnival’s Telus International Snow Sculpture contest. Creativity and likeness to …
Bonhomme helps Canadian Coast Guard celebrate 50th anniversary
On Friday, February 3, Bonhomme Carnaval dropped in the Quebec City Coast Guard station’s helicopter hangar to honour the Canadian Coast Guard’s 50th anniversary. While there, the Winter Carnival celeb …
Titanic Talk
During a recent meeting of Irish Heritage Quebec, John O’Connor gave a talk on the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic on April 15, 1912. The talk was …
Cinéma Cartier and Château Frontenac honour 60th anniversary of Hitchcock in Quebec City
To celebrate the 60th year since the world-famous movie director and master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock came to Quebec City, Director Michel Savoy created the Hitchcock Film Festival to be …
Operation Shoebox “Thank You”
Dear Friends, On behalf of the 679 seafarers on board 33 ships which visited the Ports of Quebec and St. Romuald during the Christmas season, we wish to express a …
Memorials and Things of Fame for February 8, 2012
1862The Morning Chronicle It would be difficult to exaggerate the disadvantages to Quebec of not having an ice-bridge to place it in communication with the rest of the world from …
The pleasures of skating outdoors
Last Thursday I skated on the 400-meter Gaetan Boucher oval in Sainte-Foy on a sunny winter’s day just perfect for the sport. On my first circuit I noticed a stretch …
CÉGEP Champlain-St.Lawrence excels in Math Competition
St. Lawrence College math students performed extremely well in the 2011 Canadian Senior Math Contest. The SLC team won their zone championship and finished fourth in the province of Quebec....