Photo: Ruby Pratka

At the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula, inside Forillon National Park, a short, steep walk from the lighthouse in what was once the village of Cap-Gaspé, there’s a lookout platform known as le bout du monde (the end of the world). For Simon Bourk, the end of the world was the beginning of a very long journey.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

Mériane Labrie, better known as Madame Labriski, is the fascinating local baker behind all those sugar-free baked goods now available at IGA grocery stores. With her thirst for innovation and her vision of changing the eating habits of the world, she proudly wages war against refined sugar with recipes using date purée.

Photo: Jonathan Roy - QMJHL

Goaltender Thomas Sigouin blocked 19 of 20 shots from the Gatineau Olympiques, including 12 in the third period, to lead the Quebec Remparts to a 2-1 victory on Nov. 26.

It was the team’s last game in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) bubble. Sigouin’s solid performance earned him the first star of the game.

Photo: Screenshot from quebecjeux2030.com

Quebec City will not host the 2030 Winter Olympic Games. Local entrepreneur Mark Charest recently made public a study exploring the possibility of an Olympic bid, but Mayor Régis Labeaume quickly nixed the idea.

Charest’s project became public when FM93 sports reporter Pierre Vézina first aired the story on Nov. 23.

Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

Work is well underway on the repair and renovation of Memorial Hall, next to St. Michael’s Anglican Church on Chemin Saint-Louis.

Concrete steps have been removed from the entranceway and there’s been excavation around the foundation on the east side of the building.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Fair Use

November 26, 1870 – The Morning Chronicle

The Festival Québec Jazz en Juin recently announced a series of virtual concerts in honour of jazz legends, called Hommage aux grands du jazz. Supported by the Ville de Québec, in collaboration with Les Foyers Don-Bar, the concerts will be streamed online from Nov. 28 to Feb. 27, 2021. Nine groups, made up of 35 renowned Quebec musicians, will pay homage to the greatest names in jazz.

Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

Work is now underway on a new public park in Old Quebec two years after the plans for the park were first revealed (see article in Sept. 19, 2018 edition of the QCT).

Photo: Graphic by Markus Spiske

Let’s face it; our lives are crazy busy. Day after day, we do our best to work hard – be a good parent or grandparent and a loving spouse, eat well, stay informed, implement projects, stay active, be mindful and meditate – and maybe even pay it forward.

Stay safe, stay well and stay fit,” was the advice given to 112 participants across the province in a Zoom talk by kinesiologist Christina Weiss, conditioning floor supervisor at Concordia University’s PERFORM Centre, which promotes better health through prevention.

Frances Moore KELLY

It is with a heavy heart that we announce the peaceful passing of Frances Moore Kelly on November 17, 2020, at the Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis, Soeurs de la Charité de Saint-Louis care unit, with her family by her side. She was 79 years old.

Frances ARMSTRONG

Sadly, we say goodbye to Frances Armstrong (nee Johnston), beloved wife of Gerald Armstrong, who passed away suddenly but peacefully on Nov. 17, 2020 at Saint Brigid’s Home in Quebec City. She was 89.
Frances leaves behind her sister Wilma Mountain, and was predeceased by her brother Clifford Johnston, sister in-law Ruth Johnston and brother-in-law Hugh Mountain.

Photo: GEPA pictures

Laurence St-Germain, 26, from Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, started her 2020-2021 FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season in Levi, Finland, with two top-10 finishes.

On Nov. 21, St-Germain, who was seventh in the first run of the slalom event, excelled in her second run and finished sixth overall, just 1.42 seconds behind the winner, Petra Vlhova of Slovakia.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

Two weeks after the Oct. 31 stabbings in Old Quebec, which killed two people, injured five and caused widespread panic, Rev. Christian Schreiner, dean of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, invited people to join him on a silent and peaceful walk through the Old City.