L’Ancienne-Lorette’s Félix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated in the third round at Wimbledon on July 5. The 18-year-old was ranked 19th before the start of one of the world’s most prestigious tennis tournaments. The rising Canadian tennis star lost in three straight sets to Ugo Humbert of France.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

Last week’s Midi en Musique concert at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity featured the beautiful soprano voice of Myriam Boutin. She was accompanied by pianist Valérie Timofeeva and Stéphane Fontaine, first clarinet with the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec.

Photo: Luc Lang

Three players from the Québec Capitales were at the annual all-star game at Palisades Credit Union Park in Rockland, N.Y. On July 10, the Can-Am League all-stars faced the Frontier League all-stars. Unfortunately, the results of the game were not available before this issue went to print.

The band of the Royal 22e Régiment paraded on Dufferin Terrace before the flag-raising ceremony and the cutting of the giant Canada Day cake.

With a show of hands, who’s in favour of a national drug plan?”

Perhaps, come federal election debate time this fall, journalists who moderate the encounter could take a cue from the Democratic Party presidential candidates’ showdown last week.

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This street was named after Edmund Conway (1858-1938), the owner of the land on which it was laid out. He built his house on this street, and he also ran a coal and wood business there until his death.

Photo: Ruby Pratka

On June 25, as Quebecers cleaned up after a weekend of Fête Nationale festivities – and in many cases, dragged the moving boxes back out – chefs around the world commemorated Bourdain Day, encouraging people to enjoy a good meal on the birthday of chef, author, culinary adventurer and journalist-despite-himself Anthony Bourdain.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

As if sent by Manitou, a pair of eagles soared above the sacred dance circle in the heart of Wendake at the June 28 opening ceremony, a sure sign it would be a great day for a powwow!

Photo: Peter Black

Eighty-eight trees have been felled on the slope between the fortifications of the Quebec Citadel and Avenue Saint-Denis to make way for a major restoration project on the walls of the national historic site.

Of course, the Canada Food Guide Snapshot is available in both English and French, but did you know that it is now available in 26 additional languages, including a number of First Nations languages, as well as Polish, Arabic and Italian?

Photo: Maude Chauvin

The first of Chalmers-Wesley United Church’s Musical Wednesday noon-hour summer concerts, held on June 26, was an “organ-ized” success!

Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

A fter years of court battles between the city and developer Louis Lessard, the demolition of Église Saint-Coeur-de-Marie on Grande Allée began last week. Workers on a platform suspended from a crane started removing the dome, made of metal and wood, from atop the steeple of the 100-year-old building piece by piece.

Two boys have fun waving the Fleurdelisé at the Grande Fête Nationale concert on the Plains of Abraham. 

Photo: Joel Rouse (Ministry of Defence) and nagualdesign

A central theme in the history of the modern world, if we may be permitted to crunch a millennium into a few words, has been the struggle of ordinary folks to control and, if necessary, turn into celebrities, those who pretend to royalty.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

Proud parents and friends gathered at the Palais Montcalm on June 20 to see the young people graduate. Due to rain, graduates wearing white and green gowns and mortarboards gathered inside onstage for their official class photo, instead of on the steps outside the theatre. After five years of secondary school, the St. Patrick’s High School class of 2019 was graduating.