Quebecers have idyllic weather for the Lévis Half-Marathon
Cassandra Kerwin Cassandra@qctonline.com The 2023 Je Cours QC season opened with the 19th Lévis Half-Marathon on May 7. This was one event that Quebecer athletes did not want to miss. …
The Trivia Nerds win QHS’s Trivia Night . . . again
Cassandra Kerwin Cassandra@qctonline.com Quebec High School’s Trivia Night always attracts a large crowd of nerds, geeks, history buffs, bookworms and know-it-alls! First-timers and old-timers were ready to test their knowledge …
Lacourse, Desjardins named top athletes
Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com Cross-country runner Jessy Lacourse and football player Arnaud Desjardins were named the Rouge et Or’s female and male student-athletes of the year at the 72nd Rouge et …
Sellout crowds await Remparts for the QMJHL finals
Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Quebec Remparts will play in front of more than 18,000 fans when they open the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) finals on May 12 at …
Gold in the Yukon, Part 2 – Life in the Klondike
Researched by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com It is estimated that 100,000 prospectors set out to stake gold claims in the Yukon from 1897-99, but only 30,000 were able to do so. …
REVIEW: MNBAQ offers ‘Us’ a philosophical voyage through art
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com Us is the name of the new exhibit that opened at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec on April 19. Billed as “a philosophical voyage through …
Elli Anderson addresses the Red Dress movement at SLC
Cassandra Kerwin Cassandra@qctonline.com Graduating student Elli Anderson decorated CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence’s (SLC) Student Centre with red dresses on May 5, the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous …
Villa Bagatelle exhibit sheds light on glass
Cassandra Kerwin Cassandra@qctonline.com The magic of Lumière sur le verre 2.0 illuminates the Villa Bagatelle until Aug. 27. Seventeen internationally renowned Canadian glass-making artists are displaying their best work in …
The OSQ bids farewell to Fabien Gabel
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Orchestre Symphonique de Québec (OSQ), led by its former music director Fabien Gabel, joined by soprano Karina Gauvin and tenor Michael Schade, treated music lovers to …
Memorials and Things of Fame – May 10, 2023
Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce May 9, 1873 The Morning Chronicle The Emigrant’s Cause Dear Sir – Allow me to direct attention to the practice adopted by Mr. …