Part 2: My year as a ‘Wasp’ playing hockey in England
So began my 1977-1978 season with the Durham Wasps A team.I quickly discovered that the team had a loyal following, and on game nights the rink pub was packed. Players …
IN MEMORIAM: Lena SHEEHAN
33rd AnniversaryLena SHEEHANNovember 21, 1907 – April 21, 1988We thought of you with love today, but that is nothing new.We thought about you yesterday, and days before that too.We think …
OBITUARY: Maureen Dinan BUTEAU
Maureen Dinan BUTEAU 1931 – 2021It is with deep sadness that we announce the sudden death of our mother, Maureen Dinan Buteau, at the CHU-CHUL in Quebec City on April …
Parks Canada sign hit with language complaint
One side of this normally bilingual Parks Canada sign in the Cartier-Brébeuf National Historic Site in Limoilou was defaced by a vandal....
Community Calendar of Events
The Quebec Art Company will hold its next online reading of The Thought on April 25 (not The Vengeful Corpse, which is for the May 30 reading). QACStage Pass performances of …
City unveils initial summer event plans
Despite the pandemic, the Ville de Québec plans to roll out some 20 major events this summer, Mayor Régis Labeaume announced on April 16. Events will be presented in an …
The world mourns the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle on April 9, at age 99. Born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921 at …
Morrin Centre Imagination Writers’ Festival an online hit
The Morrin Centre held its 2021 Imagination Writers’ Festival online from April 6 to 11, bringing novelists, poets, historians, journalists, musicians, a chef, a sommelier, an art curator and hundreds …
City offers “explosion” of innovative summer activities, “COVID-proof” major events
Uncertainty still surrounds major summer events in Quebec City, with the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic raging through the population.Nevertheless, city officials unveiled plans last week to provide “an …
Since Talon’s first tally, modern census has adapted to changing Canada
Head-counting in Canada has come a long, long way from the first census conducted in the fragile colony of Nouvelle-France in 1666. That first roll call, organized by Jean Talon, …