Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

The final pieces in the complete redevelopment of the Pointe-aux-Lièvres ecodistrict in central Quebec City are now under construction. Work began recently on a new bike and pedestrian bridge across the St. Charles River and a reception pavilion, which will replace the trailers currently being used in the large greenspace.

Comedian George Carlin, children of the ’60s will recall, earned a certain notoriety for his “seven words you can’t say on television” routine. We won’t list the words here, nor Lenny Bruce’s extended nine-word list.

Photo: W.B. Edwards courtesy of M. Edwards

For many a young lad from St. Patrick’s or St. Vincent School, the highlight of summer in the 1960s and 1970s was a two- or four-week stay at Camp Killarney in Saint-Ferréol-Les-Neiges.

Photo: Lise Lafond

Canadian multidisciplinary artist Marcel Gagnon is the creator of a large-scale art project called Le Grand Rassemblement (The Grand Gathering), which consists of over 80 human-like sculptures that seem to be rising from the St. Lawrence River at low tide in Sainte-Flavie (on Highway 132, near Mont-Joli), where his art centre is located.

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In any other year, tour guide Claude Beauchamp wouldn’t think of going on vacation in July. For Beauchamp and his fellow guides, the summer months usually mean an endless flow of cruise ships and tour groups. But guiding, like so many other industries, has been turned upside down by the pandemic, and for months, tourists in Vieux-Québec have been conspicuous by their absence.