(Press release – National Battlefields Commission) From March 3 to 11, take part in a host of indoor and outdoor family activities on the Plains of Abraham: cross-country skiing, snowshoeing,…
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Gospel Sans Frontière give a benefit concert for L’Arche l’Étoile
On Sunday, March 25, at 2:30 p.m. two choral groups, Orphée and Gospel Sans Frontière, will perform at the Centre d’Art La Chapelle, at 620 avenue Plante, Québec. The proceeds…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1862The Morning ChronicleA gentleman who arrived here from Charlesbourg yesterday informs us that on Saturday evening about seven o’clock, a shock of an earthquake was distinctly felt at the above…
Angèle Dubeau coming March 22
Angèle Dubeau and La Pietà ensemble will perform on March 22 at the Palais Montcalm. La Pietà, a group founded by Dubeau in 1997, is an all-female string ensemble of…
Duplicate Bridge, going to the dogs . . .
I have always had the desire to learn how to play Bridge and practiced a common form of the game on my computer with computerized players. No humans, just me…
On the trail at Forêt Montmorency
This is the time of year when the phrase “spring fever” makes perfect sense. The weather oscillates between blasting us with frigid north winds and feeling almost balmy. As the…
Florence Green, world’s last known First World War Veteran dies
The Honourable Steven Blaney, Minister of Veterans Affairs, recently issued the following statement: “On behalf of Prime Minister Stephen Harper and the Government of Canada, I extend my most sincere…
A Tale of Two Stradivariuses
Two remarkably talented Quebec musicians will soon enchant Quebec City with their performances. What do the two have in common? Each plays a world-famous Stradivarius: Angèle Dubeau travels the globe…
Careful what you wish for!
They say that everything happens for a reason, and no truer words were spoken when associated with my trip to Ireland. Like most things in life, results come after a…
Gaétan Deslauriers (1918 – 2012)
Gaétan Deslauriers of Quebec City, who proudly served with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from 1941 to 1947, died on February 22, 2012, at the age of 94 at CHUL….