Happy 157th Birthday, Canada! Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The sun and heat came out to celebrate Canada’s 157th birthday in Quebec City. For the occasion, tourists and locals traded in their…
Jean-François Vary, general director of the Château Frontenac; MP for Louis-St-Laurent Gérard Deltell; MP for Québec Jean-Yves Duclos; MP for Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles Pierre Paul-Hus and culinary director of the Château Frontenac Frédéric Cyr sliced and distributed 1,400 slices of the giant Canada Day cake baked for the occasion by the chefs at the Château Frontenac. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) 
The rain did not prevent dancers from all nations from participating in intertribal dances between professional competitions. (Photo by Sarah Elworthy) 
Conservative Party of Canada Leader Pierre Poilievre tours the Port of Quebec with MPs Pierre Paul-Hus and Gérard Deltell during Fête nationale celebrations. (Photo from Radio-Canada/Alexane Drolet) 
Mayor Bruno Marchand confirmed the lifting of water restrictions on June 29. Restrictions had been expected to be in place until July 5. (Screenshot) 
Festival Québec Jazz en Juin, which took place in various locations around Quebec City from June 20-30, featured some 90 shows, 60 of them free, with more than 350 artists and performers from Quebec, Canada and the United States. This concert, which took place on a temporary stage set up in the Domaine de Maizerets, featured the Manouche Caribou Gypsy Boréal musicians – Olivier Amyot-Ladouceur (bass), Raphaël Bujold and Maxime Dumont Nadeau (guitars) and Alice Bradier (soprano saxophone) – who played in the swing-jazz style of Django Reinhardt. (SN) (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
The 15 graduates of A.S. Johnson High School in Thetford Mines celebrated graduation with a ceremony and reception at the school on June 21. A.S. Johnson, which shares a building with St. Patrick’s Elementary School, is the only public English high school on the South Shore and offers a range of programs combining academic and vocational training. (Photo courtesy of Principal Ann-Marie Campbell)