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Quebec hockey fans mourn the passing of Joe Hardy
Published: February 24, 2021
Photo: California Golden Seals Facebook page
Former National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA) player and Quebec media personality Joe Hardy died on Feb. 19 at the age of 75. Hardy had a history of heart problems and passed away after suffering a stroke.
Capitales sign their closer for the coming season
Published: February 24, 2021
Photo: Major League Baseball
The Québec Capitales of the Frontier Baseball League recently announced the signing of Canadian relief pitcher Andrew Case for the 2021 season. The Saint John, N.B. native, who was initially signed for the 2020 season, has let the Caps know that he plans to return this year.
ELAN offers a Penny for your thoughts in Three Pines
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Bobbi Jo Hart
Louise Penny, author of the award-winning series of murder mysteries featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, delighted her YouTube audience with a rare and intimate chat on Feb. 12, during the first Author Conversations episode of We’re All In This Together, a series of online events organized by the English Language Arts Network (ELAN).
CAQ government yet to get on board with tramway project
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Ville de Québec
Chances are when Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume announced his grand tramway plan in March 2018, he didn’t imagine that his biggest obstacle would turn out to be political, rather than engineering.
Freedom of speech being questioned on many fronts
Published: February 17, 2021
Someone in our household is receiving emails from a notorious figure in Donald Trump’s insurrection escapade. Such unsolicited missives would normally go straight to spam, but somehow the messages from Senator Josh Hawley (R-Missouri) are getting through.
The story behind Avenue Juchereau
STREET VIEWS
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
Avenue Juchereau is named in honour of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay (1740-1806), the sixth seigneur of the Manoir de Beauport and the son of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay and Marie Françoise Chartier de Lotbinière.
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
February 15, 1821 – The Quebec Gazette
Quebec Harmonic Society
'Turner and the Sublime' finally arrives at the MNBAQ
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Much to the delight of art lovers, the Turner and the Sublime exhibit, originally scheduled to open at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) last October, is finally open. The delay, predictably, was caused by the pandemic.
'Xin Nian Kuai Le' – Happy Chinese New Year!
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Danielle Burns
Anyone who thinks the Christmas holidays are long has never celebrated Chinese New Year! The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, has a different date every year according to the lunar calendar. The festivities to welcome the year of the Ox start with a feast on Feb. 11 and last for two weeks, ending with the lantern festival on Feb. 26.
Snow basketball - a new Winter Olympic sport?
Published: February 17, 2021
Photo: Peter Black
Basketball might not immediately come to mind as an outdoor winter sport, but this young man found a snow-friendly ball with which to shoot hoops in Parc Victoria last weekend.