Hélène (Lafleur) WHITEAugust 23, 1937 – February 6, 2021Hélène White (née Lafleur), passed away on February 6, 2021 at the age of 83, in Mary’s Woods, Lake Oswego, Oregon. She…
Joyce (born Turner) BENDER On February 21, 2021, Mrs. Joyce Turner passed away at the age of 96 in L’Orignal, Ontario. She was the wife of the late Claude Bender…
Elizabeth Allyce (née Doherty) DAWSONElizabeth Allyce Dawson (Doherty) slipped away peacefully on Wednesday, February 17, 2021, at home, in her 95th year, with her family by her side. The eldest…
A glowing sunrise brightens the landscape in the large city park. Dawn shines its light over this barn in the Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge. Two dogs have fun near the root cellar after…
Ice fishing at the Village Nordik requires specialized tools: a perforated stainless steel ladle to clear ice fragments from the fishing hole, a fishing rod and a rod holder, which…
It may be foolish to draw an existential political lesson from a rather superficial sitcom, but anyway, here goes. La Maison-Bleue, the Radio-Canada TV comedy, takes as its premise the…
Recent research by local historian Jean-François Caron has turned attention to a certain John Williams during Black History Month. Born in Quebec City in 1834 to Thomas Williams, a Jamaican,…
February 26, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteA comet was distinctly visible on Saturday night, in a north-westerly direction from this city – the tail was large but the light faint.Note…
A street, a stairway and a bridge are named in honour of Henri-Edgar Lavigueur (1867-1943), who served as the 27th and the 32nd mayor of Quebec City. Born in Quebec…
When Michelle Osbourne first arrived in Quebec City seven years ago to live with her partner, she felt like a fish out of water. She left behind a thriving business…