After weeks of warm weather, the city was blanketed with snow on April Fools’ Day. Quebecers thought they were saved from the annual St. Patrick’s Day blizzard, but another …
Monthly Archives: April 2021
Memories still vivid of Summit of the Americas madness in Quebec City
My souvenir riot puck may be somewhere in the house or lost over the boards. The mini-disc recorder a masked Black Bloc thug stomped to pieces with his army boot …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue du Corps-de-Garde
This short dead-end street in the Old City that runs off Rue Saint-Louis has been very much in the public eye lately, as it is where the iconic “cannonball tree” …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 5, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteSteam-boatsMontreal – There are two new steam-boats in process of construction, one at Laprairie and the other at Lachine. The keel of the former …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Dear Shirley,My sister just sent me your review of the film Le Sang du pélican. It’s a beautiful testimony [to the Ursulines] and surely gives us the urge to see …
Quebecers rally for domestic violence prevention
On April 2, thousands of people in more than 20 cities and towns across Quebec took part in rallies to denounce domestic violence and call on the provincial government to …
Protesters sound the alarm for the public sector
On March 31, as the Quebec government was preparing a 5 p.m. announcement to turn Quebec City and other regions including Lévis and Gatineau from orange zones to red, public …
René-Lévesque group demands transparency on tramway plans
A group calling itself Tronçon 9 is demanding the city provide more information on plans for the tramway line along Boulevard René-Lévesque.On its Facebook page, the group, which has 89 …
SLC student Virginie Ruest selected as Morehead-Cain Scholar
CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) was pleased to announce on April 1 that Virginie Ruest, a second-year health science student and member of the Lions’ track and field team, was selected …
Chaudière Falls shows signs of spring
On Easter weekend, visitors could observe this frozen phenomenon caused by the mist off the waterfall at the Parc des Chutes-de-la-Chaudière, on the Lévis side of the Pierre-Laporte bridge. …