As a follow-up to the article that appeared in the Aug. 12 edition of the QCT concerning my brief, the Tramway Planning Office (TPO) wrote to the Bureau d’Audiences publiques …
Monthly Archives: August 2020
Virtual historical rally organized in the Old Port area
For the past three years, the Port of Quebec has organized a historical pedestrian rally in the Old Port area. This year, due to COVID-19 restrictions, a virtual rally has …
New YMCA set to open in Saint-Roch
Quebec City’s dazzling new YMCA building is set to welcome users in mid-September, but the media – and some youth groups – have been getting sneak peeks.Located on a lot …
Rue du Cul-de-Sac
Colourful umbrellas floating above Rue du Cul-de-Sac attract people to the sometimes forgotten street nestled in the Quartier Petit Champlain between the St. Lawrence River and the Château Frontenac (towering …
QCT Print Edition – August 19 2020
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Happy two-metre camping at VIVA Petit-Saguenay
The day after a friend recommended Village Vacances (VIVA) Petit-Saguenay for a camping trip, we went shopping for a tent. But it’s mid-August and COVID-19 has inspired more Quebecers to …
Imagine Van Gogh at the Centre des Congrès de Québec
Can you imagine walking among much-larger-than-life works of art by Vincent Van Gogh projected on enormous screens? Visitors are not sure whether they are immersed in the paintings or the …
Kamala Harris’ Quebec stint a lesson in political change
You might call it a sign of the times. If you drive east along Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street, just before it splits off to Dorchester Boulevard, you will go by a …
Marchand stages a sit-in in front of the National Assembly
Jonathan Marchand, age 43, has muscular dystrophy. For over a decade he has been a resident in a centre d’hébergement de soins de longue durée (CHSLD), a long-term care facility …
CQSB prepared for back-to-school mask rules
Central Québec School Board chairman Stephen Burke said schools under the board “have no problem” with the rules the Quebec government issued recently for the wearing of masks in school …