TOKYO 2020: An update on local athletes at the Games Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Games of the XXXII Olympiad will close Aug. 8. After more than a week of nonstop …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Community calendar of events Compiled by QCT staff From July 20 to Aug. 10, pick your own blackcurrants and gooseberries at the Du Capitaine farm, 4748 chemin Royal, St-Jean de … Continue reading COMMUNITY CALENDAR OF EVENTS
CONTEST: Send us your best street theatre photos!
CONTEST: Send us your best street theatre photos! QCT staff In this (second) summer of pandemic-influenced entertainment, crowds of thousands on the Plains are out, and innovative street performances are … Continue reading CONTEST: Send us your best street theatre photos!
SNO JOKE! English stand-up comedy night returns
SNO JOKE! English stand-up comedy night returns Submitted by SNO Microbrasserie Nordik SNO Microbrasserie Nordik in Quebec City’s Grand Marché will host its second English-language stand-up comedy night on Aug. …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: (Belated) congratulations on the QCT’s 250th from the diaspora
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: (Belated) congratulations on the QCT’s 250th from the diaspora Submitted by Dennis Apedaile Editor’s note: While QCT journalist and longtime assignment editor Shirley Nadeau was working …
OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement Submitted by Sandra Escalera It happens to others. You never think it will happen to you. Tragedies are things that happen to others. … Continue reading OPINION: Canada Child Benefit must cover bereavement
Local Baseball News: Diamants, Alouettes, Équipe Québec
Local Baseball News: Diamants, Alouettes, Équipe Québec Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com The Québec Diamants and Charlesbourg Voyageurs were in action last week in the Ligue de Baseball Junior Élite du Québec …
2,800 baseball fans welcome Équipe Québec home
2, 800 baseball fans welcome Équipe Québec home Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com For the first time in more than 700 days (710 to be exact) there was professional baseball at Stade …
Bioactive packaging keeps strawberries fresher
Bioactive packaging keeps strawberries fresher Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com Quebec produces more strawberries than any other province. Strawberries are delicate and difficult to keep fresh. In response to this challenge, Monique …
Quebec City hosts royalty: A tale of two princes
Quebec City hosts royalty: A tale of two princes Charles André Nadeau canadeau@qctonline.com Two hundred and thirty years ago this month, on Aug. 11, 1791, two British warships, HMS Ulysses …