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Samuel de Champlain wonders, “Where have all the people gone?”
Photos by Shirley Nadeau
Published: April 15, 2020
Samuel de Champlain must be wondering where all the tourists have gone!
The Easter Bunny visits the Old City
Photos by Cassandra Kerwin
Published: April 15, 2020
The Easter Bunny’s first stop to deliver some chocolate eggs in Old Quebec was on Dufferin Terrace, in front of the Château Frontenac.
Fiddling around with Super(star) rainbows
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Lucie Bouchard
Lucie Bouchard, the Quebec Art Company’s wardrobe mistress, put her talents to work on a different cause when she created this gorgeous rainbow using remnants of fabric from the troupe’s costume department.
Unimaginable: COVID-19 kills FEQ 2020, Fête nationale on Plains
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Halsey Facebook page
When Premier François Legault took a stroll on the Plains of Abraham a few Saturdays ago, the possibility – perhaps inevitability – of a summer deprived of public gatherings in the city’s spectacular park must have been on his mind.
What are you doing to keep busy during COVID-19 isolation?
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Lise Lafond
QCT journalist and photographer Lise Lafond says . . . “I’m keeping busy with spring cleaning both inside and outside the house, plus the barn. It feels pretty strange to stay at home. My car hasn’t been out of the yard since March 13.”
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
April 15, 1895 – The Quebec Morning Chronicle
Portneuf
Owing to the recent heavy rain the water in the rivers on the north bank of the St. Lawrence rose very rapidly, breaking up the ice and carrying it down to the St. Lawrence. At Portneuf several bridges were swept away; also a pier above the Paper Mills of J. Ford & Co.
Pandemic 2020: A social-distancing space odyssey
Published: April 15, 2020
(With apologies to speculative fiction writers everywhere.)
"What did you do in the pandemic of 2020, Grandpa?”
COVID-19 crisis won’t stop marine radio and traffic operations
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Luc Lang
The COVID-19 pandemic has seemingly stopped the world, except for the essential services that are needed 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Services available at Jeffery Hale Hospital
Published: April 15, 2020
The emergency room at Jeffery Hale Hospital has been converted to a “Designated Evaluation Clinic” (DEC) during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Celebrating Easter in the rainforest
Published: April 15, 2020
Photo: Allison Blair
As borders closed and flights were cancelled due to the COVID crisis at the end of March, hundreds of thousands of Canadians scrambled to catch the last flights home. Allison Blair, visiting friends in Cambodia, was one of them – at first.
