The Easter Bunny visits the Old City
The Easter Bunny’s first stop to deliver some chocolate eggs in Old Quebec was on Dufferin Terrace, in front of the Château Frontenac. The Easter Bunny then hopped over …
Fiddling around with Super(star) rainbows
Lucie Bouchard, the Quebec Art Company’s wardrobe mistress, put her talents to work on a different cause when she created this gorgeous rainbow using remnants of fabric from the troupe’s …
Unimaginable: COVID-19 kills FEQ 2020, Fête nationale on Plains
When Premier François Legault took a stroll on the Plains of Abraham a few Saturdays ago, the possibility – perhaps inevitability – of a summer deprived of public gatherings in …
What are you doing to keep busy during COVID-19 isolation?
QCT journalist and photographer Lise Lafond says . . . “I’m keeping busy with spring cleaning both inside and outside the house, plus the barn. It feels pretty strange to …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 15, 1895 – The Quebec Morning ChroniclePortneufOwing to the recent heavy rain the water in the rivers on the north bank of the St. Lawrence rose very rapidly, breaking …
COVID-19 crisis won’t stop marine radio and traffic operations
The COVID-19 pandemic has seemingly stopped the world, except for the essential services that are needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.We have all heard the stories of …
Pandemic 2020: A social-distancing space odyssey
(With apologies to speculative fiction writers everywhere.)”What did you do in the pandemic of 2020, Grandpa?”The man focused on the floating gel screen and shifted his robotic body in a …
Services available at Jeffery Hale Hospital
The emergency room at Jeffery Hale Hospital has been converted to a “Designated Evaluation Clinic” (DEC) during the COVID-19 pandemic. Jeffery Hale–Saint Brigid’s advisory committee president Richard Walling said the …
Celebrating Easter in the rainforest
As borders closed and flights were cancelled due to the COVID crisis at the end of March, hundreds of thousands of Canadians scrambled to catch the last flights home. Allison …
Happy Easter, from our self-isolated home to yours
Better safe than sorry, Bunny! Dorothy Marcil and Douglas Renfroe, who spend their winters in Florida, have this delightful bunny keeping guard outside their door. Be sure to wash your …