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Long road back for Quebec City hotels
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Château Frontenac
In any other year, the Auberge Internationale de Québec would be buzzing with backpackers looking for somewhere to set down their gear before heading to the Plains of Abraham, wandering the streets of Vieux-Québec or having a drink at a nearby pub. Not this year.
Place de Paris inaugurated on Bastille Day
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black
Four hundred years ago it was a beach. Now, after a $4-million redevelopment project, Place de Paris in Old Quebec is a multi-purpose public square ready to welcome crowds, whenever crowds return.
City and Quebec government officials inaugurated the 2,500-square-metre space, at the intersection of Rue Dalhousie and Rue du Marché-Finlay, on July 14, Bastille Day.
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
July 22, 1870 – The Morning Chronicle
Nomad Tours are not just for tourists
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Danielle Burns
On a perfect mid-July day – sunny but not too hot – this QCT journalist was treated to a tour of Old Quebec in English by Nomad Tours Québec owner and guide Marie-Pierre Lessard.
Human trials begin for COVID-19 vaccine right here in Quebec City
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Medicago
One of the solutions to the coronavirus pandemic could come from a Quebec City research lab. On July 14, Sainte-Foy-based Medicago announced that the first doses of a potential COVID-19 vaccine had been administered to human volunteers.
Diamants and Alouettes play baseball for Quebec fans
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Christian Gingras - ISQ Media
Finally, there is baseball in Quebec City this summer as the Quebec Diamants and the Charlesbourg Alouettes hit the field for the start of the 2020 season.
QMJHL teams to play 60 games in three divisions in 2020-2021
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: Quebec Remparts
According to several reports, the Quebec Remparts and the other 17 teams of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) will play a reduced schedule in 2020-2021.
Guillaume Lefrançois of La Presse reports that each team will play 60 games, down from the regular 68 that each club normally plays.
MNBAQ’s Gérard Morisset Pavilion to get a $2.5M facelift
Published: July 22, 2020
Photo: MNBAQ
The emblematic Gérard Morisset Pavilion of the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) will be getting a revamp starting in the spring of 2021. Under the Quebec Infrastructure Plan, the Ministry of Culture and Communications (MCC) will contribute $2.5 million to restore the outside of the 90-year-old neoclassical building on the Plains of Abraham.
Place de la Famille opens Peter Pan-inspired park
Published: July 15, 2020
Photo: Danielle Burns
The Grand Marché just got grander with the inauguration on July 10, of a family park at ExpoCité in front of the Videotron Centre and Place Jean-Béliveau.
Strawberry slushies and coffees from the nearby Grand Marché make for a happy day when parents and kids can enjoy a treat at the beautifully designed outdoor park.
GPS use is off the charts: Would we be lost without it?
Published: July 15, 2020
A few years ago, deciding to give new-fangled technology a go, we borrowed our neighbour’s GPS gizmo to drive a long, long stretch of highway that I could have driven in my sleep or with my hands tied behind my back, not that I have actually done either.
