July 5 2017 Edition
Canada 150 celebrations in Quebec City
Published: July 5, 2017
“The little festival that could” turns 50!
Published: July 5, 2017
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Photo: Peter Black
The Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ) is celebrating 50 years of bringing the best musical talent in the world to the Old City – with the notable absence to date of Bruce Springsteen – hint, hint.
James Allan named 2017 Scotsman of the Year
Published: July 5, 2017
Photo: provided by St. Andrews Society of Montreal
James Allan of Kinnear’s Mills was named the 2017 Scotsman of the Year by the Quebec Thistle Committee of the St. Andrew’s Society of Montreal during the Auld Alliance Awards Ceremony held at the Officer’s Mess of the Black Watch Armoury in Montreal on April 29.
The making of The Philanthropist: Part 2
Ticket sales are in full swing!
Published: July 5, 2017
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Ticket sales for the multimedia theatre production The Philanthropist are in full swing. In Part 1, readers learned about the origins of this project. The QCT continued its interview with Mike Boden who revealed more about how the production is unfolding.
Memorials and Things of Fame
Published: July 5, 2017
Story behind Avenue du Zoo
Published: July 5, 2017
78th Fraser Highlanders open Musical Wednesdays
Published: July 5, 2017
Photo: Mary McCown
Musical Wednesdays, a series of 10 noon-hour summer concerts at Chalmers-Wesley United Church in Old Quebec, opened on June 28 with a program of bagpipe and drum music presented by two members of the 78th Fraser Highlanders.
PEI: the birthplace of Confederation and a lovely wee province
Published: July 5, 2017
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Photo: Juanita Craig
With the motto “Parva sub ingenti: The small under the protection of the great” and known for its beaches, red soil, agriculture and being Canada’s smallest province (224 km long and from 6 to 64 km wide), Prince Edward Island (PEI) is a place worth putting on one’s bucket list of places to visit.
