Calling all student-athletes! Lions teams prepare for new season Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com The CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Lions, members of the Réseau du sport étudiant du Québec (RSEQ), are getting ready …
Monthly Archives: August 2021
Remparts get serious about Memorial Cup, acquire Bolduc
Remparts get serious about Memorial Cup, acquire Bolduc Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com In a move that will surely help them win the bid to host the 2022 Memorial Cup, the Quebec …
TOKYO 2020: Olympic trivia II
Olympic trivia II Compiled by Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com •Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali wore a parachute during his flight to the 1960 Games in Rome. • The only Olympian to win …
Tokyo 2020: Arigato, sayonara Tokyo!
TOKYO 2020: Arigato, sayonara Tokyo! The 2020 Olympic Summer Games ended on Aug. 8 after 19 gruelling days of competition in and around Tokyo, Japan. More than 11,000 athletes gathered …
TOKYO 2020: Lauriane Genest wins last medal for regional athletes
TOKYO 2020: Lauriane Genest wins last medal for regional athletes Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Local athletes are on their way home from the 2020 Olympics, and three of them have medals. …
Quebec celebrates Public Markets Week
Quebec celebrates Public Markets Week Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Quebec is celebrating the ever-growing popularity of public markets during the Semaine québécoise des marchés publics, from Aug. …
Plains of Abraham exhibit reveals history of Arsenal cartridge factory
Plains of Abraham exhibit reveals history of Arsenal cartridge factory Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Regular visitors to Canada’s first national park will have spotted something new behind the Plains of Abraham …
Machine de Cirque trio fly high above MNBAQ
Machine de Cirque trio fly high above MNBAQ Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) hosted circus artists from Machine de Cirque on Aug. 8 as …
38th Festivent anchors balloons for a modified festival
38th Festivent anchors balloons for a modified festival Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com Festivent has returned for its 38th edition in a downsized, post-pandemic format. The festival in Lévis began Aug. 4 …
Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France treasure hunt brings history to life
Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France treasure hunt brings history to life Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Something unusual is afoot in the Old City. Seven historical figures from the time of New France …