So long, 2019 – a look back at the highs and lows
When I was 17, it was a very good year …” Old Blue Eyes couldn’t have crooned it better. For people of approximately Frank Sinatra’s generation, it’s frightening to realize …
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Quebec slides into 2020 on a spectacular Toboggan ride
The first edition of Toboggan, Quebec City’s new year-end bash, was a smash.The festival consisted of four days of music shows and, during daylight hours, more family-friendly activities. It all …
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QCT has cameo in cross-border comedy \Super Troopers 2\””
You’d have to be quick or lucky to spot it, but the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph has a minor role in a popular comedy feature film that’s been streaming on the Crave …
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Céline, Charest and the knack for reinventing yourself
I have a confession to make. I am now a bona fide fan of Céline Dion. Let me explain this late-blooming admiration for the superstar pride of Charlemagne.One of the …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
January 5, 1820 – The Quebec GazetteHalifax, N.S. – The people of the Yard were discharged on Saturday, and it was really painful to reflect, that many industrious and worthy …
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The story behind Rue Faucher
This street is named in honour of Narcisse-Henri-Édouard Faucher, who was born in Quebec City on March 24, 1848. He studied at the Petit Séminaire de Québec and at Collège …
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Whooooo made that owl?
Every year for the past two decades, Miriam “Minum” Blair has added another animal to the nativity scene at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity. In addition to a cow, …
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St. Lawrence College sprouts a hydroponic garden
Under the mandate of the Environmental Committee Eco St. Lo, CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence now has an indoor hydroponic garden, a sustainable development initiative. St. Lawrence is the only CEGEP in …
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Savour L’Eggsquise in Eggsquis restaurants
To highlight their 25th anniversary, Eggsquis, a popular local chain of breakfast restaurants, recently unveiled their new “olfactory logo” – an orange-citrus fragrance called (what else?) L’Eggsquise – soon to …
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Stalled in Skaramagas
The port of Skaramagas, on the outskirts of Athens, is an unexpectedly beautiful and welcoming place. People chat and eat falafel in heated tents a few feet from the blue-green …
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