Touring Québécois ‘staycation’ destinations
Let’s just face facts: This will be a summer like no other. To use an expression more familiar to misbehaving teenagers, this province has been grounded. No big parties, no …
City invites residents to hold festive street parties
In a summer deprived of the usual giant parties such as the Festival d’Été de Québec, thanks to the coronavirus fear, the city is inviting citizens to make their own …
A rainbow shines through the raindrops
Just a few drops of rain on a cloudy day, but the sun managed to shine through the clouds to paint this colourful rainbow over Lake Témiscouata....
Travelling the Trans-Canada Highway this summer
Have you ever wondered about the history of the roads you travel? While touring Quebec this summer, you may find yourself on the Trans-Canada Highway (TCH), on the way to …
Local filmmakers bring Rohingya journey to life
For much of their lives, filmmakers Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins have been on the road, whether biking across Central Asia (Asiemut, 2007), paddling from Lac Saint-Jean to Quebec City …
Preserving Quebec’s heritage and securing its future
The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN), a province-wide network of organizations and individuals that works to promote the preservation of the heritage of the province’s English-speaking communities, welcomes the conclusions …
A special International Archives Day for Canada
June 9 is International Archives Day. This year, the event has a special meaning in Canada. A century ago, on June 18, 1920, General George Ramsay, Earl of Dalhousie arrived …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
June 17, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleOpinions of the People(To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle)Sir, – I have had sickness in my family, and on two occasions have been …
Oh, what a goose I am . . .
This snow goose was recently spotted paddling on Lac Saint-Joseph. He (or she…) stayed around for a week or two before continuing its summer migration to breeding grounds in northern …
The Marquis de Lévis visits from France
Over a three-day period in June 1895, the Quebec Morning Chronicle reported on the gala visit to Quebec City of Gaston Gustave Marquis de Lévis-Mirepoix (1844-1924) of France. The trip …