Festival Celtique de Québec makes successful return
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Celts are a strong and fierce people, even in the face of a pandemic. After standing down in 2020, organizers of the 15th Festival Celtique de Québec, …
Envol et Macadam breaks new ground for festivals during the pandemic
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Envol et Macadam rocked to ska, hip hop and punk right through the weekend. Whoever dreamed the event would be held on a professional baseball field? Twenty …
Sports briefs: high school football, tennis, paralympics
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com The St. Patrick’s High School football teams hit the field for the first time in two years last weekend, and it was with a heavy heart that …
SLC Lions lady golfers win first RSEQ tourney of 2021 season
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) Lions women golfers Anne Sophie Bélanger and Béatrice Labbé were a combined 21 over par, and tied with the John Abbott College ladies, …
Sherbrooke hands the Rouge et Or their first loss of the season
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com After 32 straight losses to the Université Laval Rouge et Or football team, the Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or finally put an end to that streak …
Équipe Québec captures the Atlantic division crown
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Equipe Québec scored four runs in the second inning and never relin- quished their lead. They won their last game of the 2021 regular season 11-7 over …
QCGN holds four days of public hearings on Bill 96
ADAPTED FROM A GCGN PRESS RELEASE Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) president Marlene Jennings delivered her opening remarks on Sept. 9 to kick off four days of public hearings on …
Festival features international flavours at Place Fleur de Lys
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Mondo Karnaval was back for its eighth edition, this time at Place Fleur de Lys, from Sept. 4 to 6. Following last year’s highly successful virtual edition, …
Hundreds march during Fête Arc-en-ciel opening event
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Some 100 people marched through the Old City on Sept. 5. They were walking in the name of friendship and love as part of the Fête Arc-en-ciel …
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …