Dear Shirley,

My sister just sent me your review of the film Le Sang du pélican. It’s a beautiful testimony [to the Ursulines] and surely gives us the urge to see the film.

It appears that you have a special interest in the Ursuline Monastery. It represents a treasure in the history of Quebec City and your writing is filled with the richness of this heritage.

Photo: Sylvie Lemelin

On April 2, thousands of people in more than 20 cities and towns across Quebec took part in rallies to denounce domestic violence and call on the provincial government to invest more in shelter space for women and families fleeing violence and in violence prevention programs. Several hundred people gathered in front of the National Assembly.

Photo: Champlain-St. Lawrence

CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) was pleased to announce on April 1 that Virginie Ruest, a second-year health science student and member of the Lions’ track and field team, was selected as a Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Fewer than four per cent of candidates will become members of the Class of 2025, placing Ruest among a strong and select group.

Photo: Sabrina Gagné - QMJHL

The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) has suspended the activities of five of its Quebec-based teams, including the Quebec Remparts and the Gatineau Olympiques, which have players who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Photo: Chad Goddard/Hockey Canada

Hockey Canada announced its roster for the upcoming 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-18 World Championship that will be played in the cities of Frisco and Plano, Texas, from April 26 to May 6.

Canada will play in Pool A along with Sweden, Belarus, Latvia and Switzerland.

Photo: Screenshot by Shirley Nadeau from RDI program

Mayor Régis Labeaume resisted a prime time opportunity to declare whether he plans to run for another term.

There was media speculation that Labeaume would follow the example of his friend and former Montreal counterpart, Denis Coderre, who announced his intention to seek another term as Montreal mayor on the popular Radio-Canada program Tout le monde en parle on March 28.

For the past year, school has been … complicated.

Forget “reading and writing and ‘rithmetic” – the important words have been “pandemic, symptomatic and disinfect.” The pandemic golden rule is “distance!”

Photo: QCGN

Organizations representing Quebec anglophones say they are pleased with the increase in funding for the English-speaking minority contained in the provincial budget tabled on March 25.

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Few people are travelling for pleasure or business these days. Before the pandemic hit, when folks could travel wherever time, money and a visa would allow them, they would inevitably bring back purses or fanny packs jingling with foreign currency. This essentially worthless metal treasure would then be squirreled away in drawers and closets around the family home.

Photo: Public Domain photo from Flickr

March 30, 1871 – The Morning Chronicle

Photo: Danielle Burns

Australian artist Amanda Parer’s illuminated art installations have visited almost 100 cities (usually with her in tow), but this Easter, she is lending her white rabbits to Manif D’Art and the Ville de Québec as part of their activités réconfortantes program, and she isn’t chaperoning them.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

In the week prior to delivery, Quebec City fishmongers were asked one question: when does the snow crab arrive? On March 26, a long line of people waited in the rain to get their hands on the precious snow crab from Les Pêcheries Raymond Desbois. The next day, the line formed about 30 minutes before opening. Snow crab season is here.

Photo: QAHN

The Quebec Anglophone Heritage Network (QAHN) is pleased to announce the publication of a new anthology, Historical Views: Selections from Quebec Heritage News 2000-2020, in honour of its 20th anniversary.

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.

Photo: International Olympic Committee

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.