Special return for ex-Quebecer with Buffalo vocal group
Richard Darisse’s visit to Quebec this week will be special in many ways. Friday, he will be singing at the U.S. Consulate as part of an Independence Day celebration. Sunday, …
Crews clean up after big Fete
The morning after the St-Jean-Baptist Day party in the upper town, streets and green spaces were carpeted with garbage. Crushed beer cans had accumulated against curbs, and broken glass littered …
Building language bridges
In 1996, after twelve years of regular service in the Canadian Forces all over this country and abroad, I hung my shingle out as a civilian in this town, quickly …
Jeffrey Hale gravesite in disrepair in England cemetery
Jeffery Hale may be a revered figure in Quebec City’s Anglophone community, but his final resting place in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England is in disrepair. The Chronicle Telegraph has learned …
Maurice Tanguay passes the puck in life’s hockey game
“In life, just as in any business or sport, what’s most important is the quality and integrity of the people on your team, the people you most depend …
Simons family big contributors to Quebec City’s economy
“La Maison Simons’” story began when Peter Simons, born in 1785 in Scotland, settled in the Quebec City area on a small farm on Lac Duchesnay (now Lac Beauport) to …
Happy Birthday QCT
Happy 245th birthday to the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph and congratulations for this outstanding achievement!QCT is part of our common heritage and we are proud that the oldest newspaper in North …
Shopping bag distribution decreases
Four weeks after introducing a five cent charge for single-use grocery bags, Metro grocery stores across Quebec and Ontario (Metro, Metro Plus, Super C and Marché Richelieu) are reporting that …
Placed – No. 11 – Shopping bag distribution
Four weeks after introducing a five cent charge for single-use grocerybags, Metro grocery stores across Quebec and Ontario (Metro, MetroPlus, Super C and Marché Richelieu) are reporting that 70 per …
Letters from Afghanistan – Toilet Scribbling
Over the years, I have come to espouse a theory: that the state of a given society can be determined by the words of wisdom that its members write on …