Another successful Quebec City Women’s Club Book Fair
The sun was a welcome sight for those standing in line outside the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre for the annual Quebec City Women’s Club Book Fair last Saturday. To pass …
Quebec English School Boards Association elects new President
The Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) recently announced the election of its new President David D’Aoust. Commissioners from the nine member English school boards from across the province, which …
Community Christmas Hamper Campaign prepares for a new season
Stores around town have packed up all their unsold Halloween candy, costumes and decorations and already Christmas stock is being put on the shelves. Every year it comes as such …
Homecoming memory for Remembrance Day
In the spring of 1946 my soldier brother, Raymond Paquet, age 21, returned home from World War II. This photo was taken at a surprise party the day after his …
Are Quebec City’s anglophones a “community in peril?”
On Friday, October 28, three well-known Quebec City residents − Louisa Blair, Richard Walling, and Taylor Ireland − were interviewed on the television program “Mise à jour Québec.” The program …
John McCrae’s legacy from Flanders Fields
Canadian doctor, poet, author, artist and soldier, Lieutenant Colonel John Alexander McCrae was a soldier during World War I and a surgeon during the Second Battle of Ypres. Born in …
Remember Summer 2011?
Before we get our boots stuck in the cold slush of winter, I though it would be nice to reminisce once more about summer 2011. What better subject than the …
QAC’s 30th anniversary celebrations
It was wonderful seeing all those happy faces on the cover of the most recent Chronicle Telegraph to arrive at Boutilier’s Point. I could feel the positive energy and almost …
Hello Shirley
Thank you for the lovely article you wrote about our Oktoberfest! Johanne, one of my choristers, commented on how well it reflected the evening, the choir and the whole context …
The Forgotten Rifles
Submitted by Charles Branchaud I was going up Grande-Allée with my sons one sunny afternoon and as usual one of the boys was intrigued by the number of statues, busts …