CHAMPLAIN PROMENADE: ‘Spectacular’ Phase 3 opens with Phase 4 in sight Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Declaring it “spectacular,” Premier François Legault lauded the third and most ambitious…
CHAMPLAIN PROMENADE: Former Lib minister Hamad on Promenade project: “That’s my baby” Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com As officials and beachgoers basked in amazement at the new Promenade…
CHAMPLAIN PROMENADE: Moving railway was major legal challenge for Promenade project Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com There were multiple challenges in creating the Promenade Samuel-De Champlain, from political…
This pointillist painting by Georges Seurat and dozens of other works by impressionists are displayed on a giant LED screen while biographies of the artists are projected onto three large adjacent light-reflecting screens. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) REVIEW: Tandem makes a lasting impression with La Magie des Impressionnistes Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Paul Dupont-Hébert and his team take art exhibits to the next level. Until Sept. 4 at…
This is one of the thousands of moths (likely a spruce budworm moth) that ran aground in Sainte-Foy during the night of June 25. Although the number of grounded moths was impressive to witness, they were likely only a small fraction of the actual population that migrated over Quebec City that night. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) SCIENCE: What’s happening with all the moths? Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com In the last weeks of June, swarms of insects were observed in urban areas, leaving a trail of dying bugs…
Sainte Pétronille gazes upon Michel Franck as he presents an outstanding concert of sonatas by Scarlatti, Beethoven, Schubert and Chopin in the chancel of the church named after her on Île d’Orléans. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) REVIEW: Celebrating 40 years of soothing summer music on Ile d’Orléans Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The petite Église Sainte- Pétronille on the tip of Île d’Orléans is home to the Musique…
Celtic Music Festival returns to Kinnear’s Mills Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com The town of Kinnear’s Mills, near Thetford Mines on the South Shore, will be buzzing with…
Newly appointed Remparts general manager Simon Gagné had a busy week. Gagné announced Éric Veilleux as the team’s new head coach and selected Bruno Jalasti in the CHL Import Draft. (Photo by Luc Lang) Simon Gagné names Éric Veilleux new Remparts head coach Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Quebec Remparts’ new general manager, Simon Gagné, has wasted no time finding a successor to Patrick Roy…
Pierre-Cédric Labrie, shown here during his days with the Tampa Bay Lightning, was named the new head coach and co-ordinator of hockey operations of the CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Lions. (Photo by Lisa Gansky via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons licence) St. Lawrence Lions name Pierre-Cédric Labrie new hockey coach Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com CEGEP Champlain– St. Lawrence has named a successor to Guy Chouinard, the longtime head coach of the school’s…
Samuel Breton Gagnon won the Duc de Kent Trophy at the 87th edition of the tournament. He also won the André Gagnon Trophy as the best local golfer in the tournament. He received his trophies and his plaid jacket from the members of the Club de Golf Royal Québec. (Photo courtesy of Golf Quebec) CITY SPORTS: 19-year-old wins golf’s Duc de Kent, youth baseball tourney arrives Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com For the first time since 2012, a member of the Club de Golf Royal Québec…