Église Saint-Charles-de-Limoilou receives $2.3 M grant
Église Saint-Charles-de-Limoilou receives $2.3 M grant Adapted from a press release by Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com e parish of Limoilou and Machine de Cirque, the new occupants of Église Saint-Charles-de-Limoilou, are …
Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France return with historical treasure hunt
Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France return with historical treasure hunt Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com It wouldn’t be summer in Quebec City without the iconic Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France (FNF). After cancelling the …
Flip Fabrique pop-up shows delight passersby
Flip Fabrique pop-up shows delight passersby Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com A grown man, rocking a colourful, eccentric summer style, pedals what looks like an ice cream wagon along the St. Charles …
Université Laval to organize concerts to test safety of large gatherings
Université Laval to organize concerts to test safety of large gatherings Pater Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Not that they’d like to be compared to lab rats or guinea …
Festival d’Été hoping for a ‘classic’ event in 2022
Festival d’Été hoping for a ‘classic’ event in 2022 Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com After a completely cancelled festival in 2020 and a scaled-down version this summer, organizers …
Midway through summer, life slowly returns to normal in Quebec City
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a restaurant: Le 737
It’s a bird…it’s a plane…it’s a restaurant: Le 737 Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com A refurbished Boeing 737 plane has landed at Jean Lesage International Airport just in time for summer. Project …
Pointe-aux-Lièvres pedestrian bridge inaugurated
Pointe-aux-Lièvres pedestrian bridge inaugurated QCT staff The much-anticipated pedestrian bridge linking the Parc de la Pointe-aux-Lièvres to downtown Limoilou was inaugurated on July 15 as construction crews put finishing touches …
Vaccine developer Kobinger leaves Quebec for Texas
Vaccine developer Kobinger leaves Quebec for Texas Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com Earlier this summer Quebecers learned about the departure of vaccine developer Gary Kobinger for the Galveston National Laboratory (GNL) in …
City has people-friendly vision for Hamel/Laurentienne axis
City has people-friendly vision for Hamel/Laurentienne axis Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com City officials have unveiled an ambitious plan to transform a sweeping zone of haphazard use in …