Photo: Danielle Burns

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.

Photo: Ruby Pratka

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.”

Photo: Ville de Québec

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.

Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps

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.

Photo: Port of Québec

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.

Photo: Leigh-Anne Fischer-Fiset

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.

Photo: Érick Labbé

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.

Photo: Lise Lafond

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.

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.

Photo: Dany Germain/QMJHL

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.

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.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

Avenue Livernois, a residential street in the La Cité-Limoilou borough of Quebec City, is named in honour of three generations of famous photographers, the Livernois family.

Photo: Peter Black

This country has supplied English-language culture with boatloads of comedy for decades, from Rich Little to Lorne Michaels to Jim Carrey, Mike Myers, Eugene Levy, Martin Short, Russell Peters, Ivan Reitman, Catherine O’Hara, Seth Rogan, Jay Baruchel and Samantha Bee. Heck, we’ll even throw in the Ryans – Reynolds and Gosling – who have been in hit comedies. The list goes on and on.