When Premier François Legault took a stroll on the Plains of Abraham a few Saturdays ago, the possibility – perhaps inevitability – of a summer deprived of public gatherings in …
Monthly Archives: April 2020
What are you doing to keep busy during COVID-19 isolation?
QCT journalist and photographer Lise Lafond says . . . “I’m keeping busy with spring cleaning both inside and outside the house, plus the barn. It feels pretty strange to …
The story behind Parc Gilles-Lamontagne
This park is named in honour of Gilles Lamontagne (1919-2016), who was the mayor of Quebec City from 1965 to 1977.Lamontagne was born in Montreal and studied at the École …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 15, 1895 – The Quebec Morning ChroniclePortneufOwing to the recent heavy rain the water in the rivers on the north bank of the St. Lawrence rose very rapidly, breaking …
Pandemic 2020: A social-distancing space odyssey
(With apologies to speculative fiction writers everywhere.)”What did you do in the pandemic of 2020, Grandpa?”The man focused on the floating gel screen and shifted his robotic body in a …
COVID-19 crisis won’t stop marine radio and traffic operations
The COVID-19 pandemic has seemingly stopped the world, except for the essential services that are needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.We have all heard the stories of …
Services available at Jeffery Hale Hospital
The emergency room at Jeffery Hale Hospital has been converted to a “Designated Evaluation Clinic” (DEC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeffery Hale–Saint Brigid’s advisory committee president Richard Walling said the …
Celebrating Easter in the rainforest
As borders closed and flights were cancelled due to the COVID crisis at the end of March, hundreds of thousands of Canadians scrambled to catch the last flights home. Allison …
Quebecers adapt to the COVID-19 reality
As of April 12, there were 444 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Capitale-Nationale region, and numbers are increasing daily. It’s a different life, and Quebecers are adapting to the …
Happy Easter, from our self-isolated home to yours
Better safe than sorry, Bunny! Dorothy Marcil and Douglas Renfroe, who spend their winters in Florida, have this delightful bunny keeping guard outside their door. Be sure to wash your …