The Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) has announced it will follow the lead of U Sports and has cancelled all its fall national championships.The CCAA made the news public on …
Monthly Archives: July 2020
Ça va bien aller!
This original version of the now common pandemic message, Ça va bien aller, decorates the front porch of artist Sofy Bossé in Témiscouata-sur-le-Lac (Cabano). More of her works can be …
Did you have a child in the VEQ Nursery School in the late 1980s?
Helen Meredith is trying to track down the woman who made this lovely cross-stitched WELCOME mat. Do you know her? The talented needle-woman is the parent of at least one …
QCT Print Edition – July 8 2020
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SNACS Book Fair provides summer reading
Books, books and more books were available at the SNACS Summer Book Fair. After almost four months of pandemic confinement, Special Needs Activities And Community Services (SNACS) held their annual …
Protesters at National Assembly say, ‘No way, tramway!’
A large but peaceful group of people gathered in front of the National Assembly on July 5 to express their displeasure with Mayor Régis Labeaume’s plan to have a tramway …
They also serve who only stand and wait . . . *
If you’ve ever seen photos of the Chilkoot Pass during the Klondike gold rush of 1896-1899, you’ll likely never forget them. A seemingly endless line of shabbily dressed men (and …
Religious communities proceed with caution
Parishioners at St. Patrick’s Church in Quebec City had to take an unusual step before showing up at last Sunday’s mass – reserving spaces online via Eventbrite.Pre-registration is just one …
City purchases a small piece of former Sainte-Foy DND land
The federal government has sold a small strip of former Department of National Defence (DND) land in Sainte-Foy to the City of Quebec for an unspecified sum. The acquisition of …
The story behind Boulevard Langelier
This street is named in honour of Sir François Langelier (1838-1915), who was born in Sainte-Rosalie (now part of Saint-Hyacinthe). He was a lawyer, a professor at the faculty of …