ImagiNation author Deni Y. Béchard visits Cégep Garneau
English teachers and students at Cégep Garneau enjoyed a visit by author Deni Y. Béchard who spoke about his work, including his upcoming book, Empty Hands, Open Arms, which is …
Book swap promotes the rewards of literacy
I love this book swap. I look forward to it every year. It’s on my social calendar,” says Kristine Sanderson when approached by this QCT writer. We chatted at the …
The forgotten colony
Well before Quebec City, Jamestown in Virginia and St. Augustine in Florida, the first known colony in North America was established at the mouth of the Cap-Rouge river. It was …
Red Planet Blues is first Canadian novel about Mars
World-acclaimed science fiction writer Robert Sawyer visited Quebec City this past week to promote his latest book, Red Planet Blues, at the Salon international du Livre de Québec. Sawyer is …
Université Laval team takes Shell fuel-efficiency prize again
It was with great pride that the home team arrived from Houston, Texas, where, on April 7, they won first place in the seventh edition of the Shell Eco-marathon. The …
An eventful month for author H. Nigel Thomas
April has been an eventful month for writer Hubert Nigel Thomas. A fortnight before he gave his talk, “Writer-Reader: A Thorny Relationship,” at the ImagiNation Festival at the Morrin Centre …
Taste of Heritage: Local food has a rich history
As long as human beings have been choosing between edible and non-edible plants and animals, people and the places they live have been closely interwoven. Well-known food writer Michael Pollan …
The Aurian Haller Band’s new CD The Dark Room shines
On Tuesday, April 9 the Aurian Haller Band launched their second CD The Dark Room to an appreciative crowd of fans in La Ninkasi café and bar. Radio-Canada was also …
St. Lawrence students enjoy handball to the max
The Handball Tournament, an unique event held at Champlain St. Lawrence, ends after two days of hard competition. It was sad to see the Handball Tournament come to an end …
Book fair at St. Lawrence a huge success
St. Lawrence students Jessica Leblanc, William Poulin, Emilie Buzzell and Vanessa Gauthier organized a book fair on Tuesday, April 9, to raise funds for cancer research. The event took place …