Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

Pandemic, confinement, physical distancing, cooler temperatures … nothing stops the SSQ Insurance Quebec City Marathon from happening. The event encourages Quebecers to be more active. Normally, the full marathon, half-marathon, 10-kilometre, 5k and 2k (kids’) races have mass starts at designated times and dates – not this year.

Several years ago, while on a visit to Ottawa, full of familiar haunts for your scribe, I took my sons to the Supreme Court of Canada building. It was an early weekday morning in the summer and the place was deserted. A good-natured guard agreed to allow the three of us to enter the stately, ornate courtroom, under his watchful eye.

Photo: Peter Black from QCT archives

All but one of the 11 commissioner seats on the Central Québec School Board have been filled by acclamation as much-disputed English school board elections proceed.

Candidates had to file nomination papers signed by 10 eligible voters in their ward by the Sept. 27 deadline.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

This street is named in honour of Gilles Hocquart (1694-1783) who was the intendant of New France from 1729 to 1748, the longest intendancy in the colony’s history.

Photo: Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence

Barbara Amsden has divided her time between Toronto and the tiny town of Métis-sur-Mer, east of Rimouski, for decades. Pamela Andersson’s family has lived there since the 19th century. Through their work with the community group Heritage Lower Saint Lawrence, they aim to help tourists and residents alike learn more about the historic anglophone presence in the area.