If the coronavirus pandemic had not happened, the Québec Capitales would be playing their 2021 season in the Frontier League, after playing in the Can-Am League since 2005.With the Canada-U.S….
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Inflamed rhetoric around Bill 96 is harmful and counterproductive
It was with some disappointment that I read the QCGN’s press release respecting Bill 96 and its proposed changes to the Charter of the French Language published in the Chronicle-Telegraph…
OBITUARY: Donald J.M. HUGHES
Donald J.M. HUGHES Donald John Michael Hughes, age 93, of Quebec City and more recently Stratford, Ont., died on Tuesday, May 25, 2021, after a brief illness. Married for 60 years,…
The Domaine Forget Festival is more alive than ever
Artistic director Paul Fortin and singer and festival spokesperson Marie-Nicole Lemieux have announced the program for the 43rd Festival International du Domaine Forget de Charlevoix. Presented from June 26 to…
Community Calendar of Events for June 2 to June 23
Quebec Art Company QACStage Pass performances of vintage radio plays are uploaded to the QAC YouTube channel on the last Sunday of every month and can be viewed free of…
Opéra de Québec presents The Barber of Seville online
The Opéra de Québec presented an online performance of The Barber of Seville in concert format on May 29 via their website and YouTube. The beauty of this comic opera…
Quebecers march against Laurentia port expansion project
On May 22, several hundred Quebec City residents gathered in front of Église Saint-Roch to protest against the Laurentia project, a proposed expansion of the Port of Quebec at the…
Government says pricey Quebec tunnel project corrects ‘historic error’
In the slick video illustrating and dramatizing the Legault government’s Quebec City-Lévis tunnel project, the caption off the top declares “Le temps est venu d’aller en avant, de réparer une…
Government unveils tunnel project, two-shore transit plan
Colossal.” That’s the word Transport Minister François Bonnardel used to describe the scope of the Réseau Express de la Capitale (REC) project the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government presented last…
The story behind Rue Louis-Pasteur
This street is named in honour of one of the most eminent scientists of the 19th century. Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries…