Mullin family angel back on her pedestal
The beautifully restored marble statue of an angel, featured in an article by Cassandra Kerwin published in our Oct. 25, 2017, edition, has now been replaced on the pedestal of …
LHSQ Literary Feast 2017
Best-selling murder mystery novelist Louise Penny returned triumphantly to the scene of one of her most famous literary crimes last week, as the guest speaker at the ninth annual Literary …
Will Club Med resort rock the sleeping Massif mountain?
Once upon a time there was a giant sleeping mountain. It was so big people called it Le Massif, and, just so it wouldn’t be confused with other giant sleeping …
Allison Van Rassel premières Brewing Québec
Allison Van Rassel premièred the first episode of her three-part documentary Brewing Québec, on November 1 at La Korrigane Brasserie Artisanale in Quartier Saint-Roch. Those who attended enjoyed a meal …
Labeaume returns to city hall with fewer votes, new Opposition
Régis Labeaume won his fourth straight election as mayor of Quebec City on November 5, although with a much-reduced popular vote compared to the previous two elections. The 61-year-old former …
The story behind Avenue de Vimy
Avenue de Vimy is named in honour of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, a military engagement fought in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main …
Memorials and Things of Fame
November 7, 1867 – The Morning Chronicle Notice Mariners The Time Bell in the Citadel, each day, (Sunday excepted) at half past Twelve, will be hoisted half-mast; at five minutes …
International Sacred Music Festival revives the spirits
The International Sacred Music Festival (ISMF) presented seven spiritually uplifting concerts over the four days of the series. Beginning at the Basilique Notre-Dame de Québec on November 2, the Violons …
WE are going to Ottawa, courtesy of WestJet!
Fourteen St. Patrick’s High School students got a huge surprise on November 1 after the entire student body had assembled in the school’s gymnasium just before lunch for a pep …
OSQ present Bach and Mendelssohn at Palais Montcalm
What a wonderful evening of classical music! The musicians of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec, directed by Jean-Claude Picard, with Benjamin Waterhouse at the keyboard of the great Casavant organ, …