Photo: Peter Black

Missing a glove, a mitten or a boot? This impromptu array of lost and found winter wear was spiked on a fence along the Plains of Abraham. It seems to be a winter tradition in the city for people to display lost items in the hope that they might be reunited with their owners.

Photo: Jonathan Roy courtesy Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament

Normally, mid-February would have the peewee hockey world in a frenzy. Teams from over 15 countries would be in town for the 62nd annual Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament and the “Pee-Wee! Pee-Wee!” song would echo before each game at the Videotron Centre. This year, the arena is empty, and Simon and Garfunkel’s “The Sound of Silence” would be a more appropriate song.

Photo: Rafal Oleksiewicz/Speed Skating Canada

It was a week to remember for many Quebec City-area athletes.

Long-track speedskater Laurent Dubreuil, 28, won the gold medal in the 500-metre event at the World Championships in Heerenveen, Holland, on Feb. 12. Dubreuil finished the race with a time of 34.39 seconds, 0.14 seconds ahead of Russian skater Pavel Kulizhnikov.

Photo: Danielle Burns

The fragrant air in Claude Audergon’s flower shop, Fleuriste José, is the first thing customers notice when they enter the shop in Limoilou the weekend before Valentine’s Day.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

By the time you read this, Canada may have a new governor general ... but probably not. Given how a lack of proper vetting led to the Julie Payette fiasco, chances are authorities are now embarked on a thorough and intense hunt for any skeletons in the closets of potential candidates.