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Quebec City hockey players get bursaries from the Montreal Canadiens
Three Quebec City student-athletes were among the 25 hockey players who will each receive a bursary of $2,000 from the Montreal Canadiens Bursary Program of the Foundation for Athletic Excellence.
Regular QMJHL season ends as teams prepare for the playoffs
The Quebec Remparts ended their 2020-21 regular season with a pair of games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) protected environment in Baie-Comeau.
Quebec played the Baie-Comeau Drakkar on March 31 (score not available at press time) and will end the season on April 1 against the Rimouski Océanic.
Scalabrini gets major league coaching help as season approaches
Québec Capitales manager Patrick Scalabrini hit a home run without touching a bat or a ball when former Montreal Expos and Miami Marlins bullpen coach Pierre Arsenault was hired as his assistant for pitching.
SPORTS ROUNDUP: football, hockey, tennis and Olympics
FOOTBALL: Glen Constantin, head coach of the Rouge et Or football program at Université Laval, was hoping to organize a tournament that would have included six of the best teams in the country.
Easter egg hunt a short hop from Chocolats Favoris
A giant Easter egg hunt is taking place in the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City, starting at the Moulin des Jésuites (an 18th-century flour mill turned museum) and the nearby parks, houses and yards in the Trait-Carré district. The colourful eggs can be found on trees, houses and sign posts until April 5.
Racism makes no sense
The recent murders of eight people in Atlanta drew attention to the anti-Asian violence that has been simmering throughout North America since the COVID-19 pandemic first began.
The novel coronavirus was called the Chinese or Wuhan flu early in the pandemic, and later on, former American president Donald Trump referred to it as the “kung flu.”
Legault and Labeaume reach deal: Tramway back on track
Quebec City’s ambitious tramway project is back on track after the city and the Quebec government appear to have resolved differences that derailed the plan for months.
Mayor Régis Labeaume proclaimed an “understanding” on March 17 after a 75-minute meeting on Parliament Hill with Premier François Legault and ministers involved in the file.
The old ‘cannonball tree’ is going … going . . . gone!
Photos by Shirley Nadeau
Starting on March 16, tree removal experts slowly and carefully cut off and removed the upper branches of the famous “cannonball tree” at the corner of Rue du Corps-de-Garde and Rue Saint-Louis in Old Quebec.
People get out and about on the first day of spring
Photos by Cassandra Kerwin
And now for some good news about the greenhouse effect
Our neighbourhood hardware store switched up the signs in the window last week. Out with the sign announcing the skate sharpening service; in with the one announcing that McKenzie seeds are now in stock.
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Le Mercier
This street in the Pointe-de-Sainte-Foy district of Quebec City is named after François-Marc-Antoine Le Mercier (1722-1798), a French artillery officer who first arrived in Canada in 1740 as a cadet in the colonial regular troops. In 1743, after studying engineering and gunnery, he was appointed second ensign and attached to the service of the commissary of artillery.
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
'Le Sang du pélican' at Cinéma Le Clap
REVIEW
The QCT does not normally review French-language films, but Le Sang du pélican is an outstanding exception. It will be playing at Cinéma Le Clap in Ste-Foy as of March 26.
Baie de Beauport park improvements planned next to terminal
Promoters of the huge Laurentia container terminal project on the Beauport waterfront are mounting a public relations offensive with the announcement of improvements for the neighbouring beachside park and the mass distribution of a brochure to households in the city.
Valcartier Elementary School holds mini St. Patrick’s Day parade
Valcartier Elementary School (VES) held a mini St. Patrick’s Day parade for members of the Golden Age Club and residents of the Habitations Communautaires in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier on March 17. Students and staff decided that everyone needed a boost and St. Patrick’s Day would be the perfect time.
Imagine a virtual Imagination Writers’ Festival at the Morrin Centre
Due to the ongoing pandemic and restrictions on large indoor gatherings, the Morrin Centre will be holding the 2021 Imagination Writers’ Festival online from April 6 to April 11.
'887' takes Robert Lepage home
Robert Lepage’s one-man autobiographical play 887 doesn’t make the audience feel like he’s alone on stage at all. With the use of state-of-the-art technology and low-tech props, many characters come to life in the miniature apartment building at 887 Avenue Murray, the setting of Lepage’s childhood in the Montcalm district of Quebec City.
Fond memories of Norm Wright and the 'Teen Club"
Many Quebecers will remember Norm Wright and Teen Club. The first time I met Norm was as a teenager on the show in 1965 while dancing with my girlfriend-to-be.
It’s time for some spring cleaning
If you want to get rid of stuff,
you can always do a good spring cleaning.
Or you can do what I do … move.
~ Ellen DeGeneres
Now that spring is officially here, it’s time to open the windows to let in the crisp, fresh air, wash your curtains and start your spring cleaning.
OBITUARY: Glen HARRIET
Glen HARRIET
1960-2021
It is with heavy hearts we announce that Glen Harriet passed away at the Institut universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ) on March 5, 2021 following a sudden and brief illness at the age of 60.
Remparts hope to close their Val d’Or trip with more wins
On March 20, Nathan Gaucher and Hugo Audette each scored two goals and added one assist as the Quebec Remparts easily beat the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 7-1 at the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) protected environment series in Val d’Or.
Laurie Blouin earns world championship gold in Aspen
Snowboarder Laurie Blouin of Stoneham, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist, earned a second world title when she won the Big Air event at the 2021 FIS Snowboard and Freeski World Championship in Aspen, Colo., on March 16.
Capitales sign an Aussie pitcher; FAA falters in Acapulco
The Québec Capitales went halfway around the world last week to sign a starting pitcher, right-hander Mitch Neuborn from Australia.
Manager Pat Scalabrini was impressed by Neuborn’s statistics in the Australian Baseball League last season. In six starts, Neuborn pitched 35.1 innings, struck out 38 hitters and allowed only seven earned runs for an impressive 1.78 ERA.
Quebec commemorates the victims of COVID-19
One year to the day after the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic, March 11 was declared a National Day of Remembrance for victims of COVID-19. Flags on government buildings across Canada were lowered to half-mast and bells tolled for three minutes following a minute of silence.
Quebec City goes green for St. Patrick’s Day
Photos by Cassandra Kerwin, [email protected]
City Hall is all dressed up in green for St. Patrick’s Day. It seems some leprechauns left their top hats among the shamrocks as they hid their pots of gold around town.
Les Petits Chanteurs de Beauport sing at COVID memorial
On March 11, during the COVID-19 commemoration ceremony in front of the National Assembly, the beautiful, clear voices of Les Petits Chanteurs de Beauport were heard via a YouTube recording as they sang “À la claire fontaine” which ends with the heart-wrenching refrain, “Il y a longtemps que je t’aime, jamais je ne t’oublierai.” (I’ve loved you for so long, I will n
