Convention centre transformed into athletes’ village for Games
Quebec City’s Centre des Congrès is usually frequented by conventioneers dressed in business suits and carrying briefcases. As of last weekend, though, the immense structure became home to thousands of …
15th Pentathlon des Neiges a resounding success
Families and friends, some dressed as clowns or superheroes, participated in the closing weekend of the 15th Pentathlon des Neiges. Over the previous week, elementary and high school students gave …
Bowser and Blue’s Laugh Lab leaves ’em laughing
Bowser and Blue were at the Morrin Centre on March 2 to give a workshop on how to create laughter through musical comedy. With their no-holds-barred humour and musical talent, …
A run in the sun in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier
The Provincial Winter Finals of the Association de Derby d’Attelage du Québec 2018-2019 took place in Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier on March 2. Horses, drivers and spectators took advantage of this beautiful, mild …
Violons du Roy promise another fantastic season
The day after Jonathan Cohen led Les Violons du Roy and La Chapelle de Québec in a performance of Haydn’s The Creation, executive director Hugo Sanschagrin and artistic administrator Laurent …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
March 6, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteHouse of AssemblyOrdered. – That it be an instruction to the Committee of the whole, on the message of his Grace respecting the Eastern …
The story behind Avenue des Cent-Associés
This street is named after La Compagnie des Cent-Associés, or Company of the One Hundred Associates, a French trading and colonization company chartered by Cardinal Richelieu in 1627. It was …
No easy fix to dubious traffic problems
Among the many blessings in my life, I have almost never had to negotiate heavy traffic to get to or from school or work. At university, having frozen various body …
Eastern Townships and Lanaudière win the duets in artistic swimming
Synchronized swimming, referred to by the Fédération Internationale de Natation (FINA) as “artistic swimming” since 2017, is a hybrid form of swimming, dance and gymnastics, consisting of swimmers performing a …
The 54th Finale des Jeux du Québec is on!
From March 1 to 9, some 3,000 young athletes from across the province are gathered in Quebec City to compete in the 22 disciplines of the 54th Finale des Jeux …