33rd Anniversary
Lena SHEEHAN
November 21, 1907 - April 21, 1988

We thought of you with love today,
but that is nothing new.
We thought about you yesterday,
and days before that too.
We think of you in painful
silence; we often speak
your name to somehow ease the pain.
Now all we have are memories
and your picture in a frame.
Your memory is our keepsake

The Quebec Art Company will hold its next online reading of The Thought  on April 25 (not The Vengeful Corpse, which is for the May 30 reading). QACStage Pass performances of vintage radio plays are uploaded to the QAC YouTube channel on the last Sunday of every month and can be viewed free of charge anytime thereafter.

Despite the pandemic, the Ville de Québec plans to roll out some 20 major events this summer, Mayor Régis Labeaume announced on April 16. Events will be presented in an adapted format to respect public health criteria. A $4-million budget is planned to support these events and to provide work for local artists, artisans and suppliers.

Photo: Allen Warren from Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle on April 9, at age 99. Born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921 at Mon Repos, the summer villa of the Greek royal family in Corfu, Greece, Prince Philip will be laid to his final rest in St. George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle on April 17.

Photo: Screenshot from Ville de Québec YouTube site

Uncertainty still surrounds major summer events in Quebec City, with the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic raging through the population.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

April 15, 1871 – The Morning Chronicle

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

As of this writing, nearly two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered around the province, to over one million Quebecers. Are you one of them? Anyone 60 or older can now schedule their own vaccination online at clicsante.ca.

Photo: SLC

CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) strikes once again for its 11th consecutive Leucan Shaved Head Challenge.

The event will take place on April 29 via a live event on SLC’s Facebook page. Teacher Claudine Gélinas-Faucher and students Gabriel-Martin Horik and Étienne Collin have taken up the challenge to have their heads shaved to raise funds for Leucan and reach their goal of $15,000.

Photo: Lise Lafond

They’re back!

The Canada geese are back, and how they find their pond near our home year after year remains a mystery. Out of the estimated seven million Canada geese living in North America, how does this couple know when to leave their flock and fly directly to their traditional nesting ground?

Photo: Jonathan Roy/QMJHL

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) announced April 9 that it has revised the playoff format for five of the 12 Quebec-based teams currently in isolation, including the Quebec Remparts, who have recently had four players diagnosed with COVID-19.

Photo: Félix Auger-Aliassime via Instagram

Elite tennis player Félix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne-Lorette, ranked 20th on the ATP tour, has added a well-known coach to his team.

Toni Nadal, uncle and longtime coach of tennis legend Rafael Nadal, has decided to return to coaching and will be part of FAA’s coaching team.

Marie Blanchet informed the QCT that she had met and spoken with Prince Philip in 1980, when he was in Quebec City as a member of the organizing committee of the 1984 International Tall Ships Regatta. A reception was held at City Hall, which she attended along with her father Jules Blanchet, who was a city councillor at the time.

Photo: Royal Canadian Mint

To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the launch of the original Bluenose sailing vessel, the Royal Canadian Mint has promoted it from the 10-cent piece to the $1 coin. An even larger coin with a face value of $100 featuring the famous schooner has also been created by the mint.

Photo: Screenshot from Radio-Canada

After less than a month under relaxed “orange zone” COVID-19 restrictions, the Legault government threw residents of Quebec City, Lévis and Gatineau back into the red zone, for a minimum of 10 days and on barely a day’s notice.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

My souvenir riot puck may be somewhere in the house or lost over the boards. The mini-disc recorder a masked Black Bloc thug stomped to pieces with his army boot stayed in a bag in my office drawer for years before finally being chucked out.