Photo: Jean-Grignon Francke/Équipe Québec

After losing an entire season last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, longtime Québec Capitales manager turned Équipe Québec manager Patrick Scalabrini is back on the field. Équipe Québec is holding its training camp at Joseph L. Bruno Stadium, in Troy, N.Y., home of the Tri-City ValleyCats, the newest team in the Frontier League.

The Chicoutimi Saguenéens ousted the Quebec Remparts in three straight games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) quarterfinals. The Remparts’ season ended May 10. Here are a few photos of the last game of a bizarre QMJHL season.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

Quebecers walking along Rue de Buade in the Old City, in front of the Bibliothèque Gabrielle-Roy in Saint-Roch or along Rue Saint-Jean in the past few days have noticed rainbows on the streets and sidewalks and fluttering from flagpoles.

Kathleen (née Dubé) ROGERS
1928 – 2021

Kathleen Dubé, wife of John Rogers, died at the CHSLD Saint-Augustin on Nov. 21, 2020. A native of Rivière-du-Loup, she lived in Quebec City.
The family will be receiving condolences at
La Maison Gomin,
2026 Boul. René-Lévesque Ouest,
Quebec City,
on Saturday, June 5, 2021
from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Photo: Ruby Pratka

The Aquarium du Québec is enthusiastically looking forward to welcoming visitors again. The reopening, which began May 13, will respect public health guidelines, and visitors are required to purchase day passes online in advance (members excepted).

Photo: Screenshot by Shirley Nadeau

The stars aligned for Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume to announce on May 5 that he will not seek a fifth term in the November municipal elections.

The notion of “never say never” certainly was never on the mind of Régis Labeaume when he announced his exit last week as mayor of Quebec City come November, after a 14-year run. Rarely has a politician been so emphatic about putting an indelible X on their political career.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau from QCT archives

He’s had many detractors, political foes and constituents put off by his style of leadership, but departing Mayor Régis Labeaume seems to have made friends in Quebec City’s English-speaking community.

The QCT contacted some community leaders for their reaction to the pending retirement of the man who has ruled city hall for 14 years.

Photo: Screenshot by Danielle Burns

The woman behind Saturday morning storytimes at the Morrin Centre since September 2020 has a story of her own to tell. If Caroline Prévost-Levac’s life were classified under the Dewey Decimal System, it might be placed in the adventure or travel section, with a few Bill Bryson-esque humorous facts thrown in.

Photo: Lise Lafond

Driving through Quebec at this time of the year, we notice homes with lush green lawns, many embellished with bright yellow flowers.

Photo: Naval Museum of Québec

The Naval Reserve of the Royal Canadian Navy is pleased to welcome Vincent O’Neill as the new director of the Naval Museum of Québec. In this role, O’Neill will highlight combatants’ firsthand accounts and the stories behind their artifacts to reveal the history of the Naval Reserve and the St. Lawrence River.

Photo: Screenshot by Luc Lang

Université Laval basketball player Marie-Pier Champagne was named the recipient of the Jean-Marie de Koninck Academic Merit Trophy at the 70th Rouge et Or Gala, held virtually on May 6.

Champagne, who still has one year of playing eligibility, is completing a doctorate in territorial planning and regional development. She maintained a 4.33 GPA in her first session last fall.

Photo: Jonathan Roy/QMJHL

After sweeping the Drummondville Voltigeurs in the first round of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) playoffs, the Quebec Remparts have fallen behind 2-0 to the Chicoutimi Saguenéens in the quarterfinal.

The Remparts lost their second game in the best-of-five series 3-2 on May 9. Results of the third game on May 10 were not available when the QCT went to press.

On May 3, Marguerite Blais, minister responsible for seniors and informal caregivers, launched a call for nominations for the 2021 edition of the Prix Hommage Aînés. Nominations will be accepted until June 11.