We must gang up on bullying
Kids have the right to go to school in peace. Sadly, for three years, 15 year-old Marjorie Raymond could only dream of peace. Last week she found it, by leaving …
Guys and Dolls
The matinee performance of GUYS AND DOLLS captured the audience. What a show. The opening number “Fugue For Tinhorns” set the tone. We knew we were in for top-notch singing …
Remembrance Day issue
Congratulations are in order to you, the QCT staff and the publisher of the paper. The stories of war time memories were moving, thoughtful, informative and the arrangement on the …
An insider’s view of Guys and Dolls
When approached last summer by Cheryl Rimmer, director of the then upcoming musical Guys and Dolls, to consider playing one of the two essentially non-singing male roles, I was reluctant. …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1861 The Morning Chronicle Barbarous Attempt at Murder by a Wife: A man named Priat, about forty-five years of age, rather more than a year ago married a young …
Cathedral Turkey Dinner
The turkey didn’t stand a chance with the crowds of hungry people who attended the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity’s annual Turkey Dinner on the evening of Saturday, November 26. …
Cegep Sainte-Foy celebrates American Thanksgiving
The scent of roasted turkey wafted across the campus of Cegep Sainte-Foy last week as the Language Department hosted an American Thanksgiving celebration. Nearly 100 students and staff members gathered …
The Morrin Centre receives a special award
Nominated in the recent Architectural Merit Competition for buildings in the Ville de Québec, the Morrin Centre received the Prix special du Jury for the overall restoration work which has …
Storybook town
Three hours up the road from Quebec City, a forest fit for Alice shelters fluorescent toadstools and mad grouses that long jump out of hiding. Rainy slate glistens in the …
The hockey t-shirt of Quebec City
Roch Carrier’s classic The Hockey Sweater (1980), sets rich textures of childhood memory: pure love of sport, the idea of hero, and an introduction to bitter-sweet rivalry. The pride and …