Photo: Lise Lafond

The Société protectrice des animaux (SPA) in Quebec City had a 100 per cent adoption rate in 2020. With over 2,400 animals adopted, it is nice to think that all these animals have found good forever homes. According to many local media reports, the pandemic is partly responsible for this high adoption rate.

Photo: Screenshot from Zoom

Former Université Laval Rouge et Or football player Anthony Auclair will have a chance to duplicate what McGill alumnus Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did last year – win a Super Bowl.

Photo: Greg Martin/IOC

During a virtual press conference held on Jan. 26, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach declared that the 2020 Olympic Summer Games and the 2020 Paralympic Games will take place in Tokyo this summer.

QCT photojournalist Cassandra Kerwin set out early in the morning of Jan. 30 to capture these gorgeous photos of the ice-choked St. Lawrence River. The interplay of light on the ice floes on the river and along the shore makes frozen works of art.

Kerwin even went back at the end of the day to capture a beautiful sunset over the river and the bridges that span it.

Roberta (O’Hara) BRANION

Frank (Francis William) HABERLIN
1949 - 2021

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Mr. Frank Haberlin at age 71, on Jan. 27, 2021, at his home in the Montcalm neighbourhood, Quebec City. He was the son of the late Ettie (Brigid) Bowles and the late Leo G. Haberlin and brother of the late Ralph Haberlin. Frank was retired from the Papiers Stadacona company.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

There is a popular saying that when you are up to your ears (or other parts of your anatomy) in alligators, it is hard to remember that your objective was to drain the swamp.

Regarding COVID-19 vaccines, we feel as if the alligators are closing in as we become aware that Canada’s contracts with foreign suppliers may not be enough to hold our place near the front of the line.

Photo: McCord Museum collection

Though not on the epic scale of the performances of Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez and that amazing young poet, Amanda Gorman, shortly after their memorable outdoor inauguration on Jan. 20, U.S. President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris attended the presentation of a painting by an artist with a remarkable Canadian, specifically Quebec, past.

Photo: Screenshot from YouTube

Municipal taxpayers are again being given a break on the payment schedule this year. Mayor Régis Labeaume announced at a Jan. 14 news conference that the first of four payments will be due June 3 instead of the usual March 3.

The three other payments will be due Aug. 3, Sept. 15 and Nov. 15. The schedule applies to 163,000 residential and 5,400 commercial rate-payers.

Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain

Editor's note: Starting in December each year, winter weather led to ice building up on the St. Lawrence River, making navigation difficult. Until 1909 the river would completely freeze over between Quebec City and Lévis from mid-January to late March.

We are being told the end is near – the end of life as we have known it for the better part of the last year, that is. And not a moment too soon.

We have seen the light at the end of the tunnel, and for the first time in a year, it does not belong to an out-of-control freight train.

Photo: Lise Lafond

For 46 years, students in the faculty of agriculture and food science at Université Laval have been sharing their scientific and technical knowledge with the public at the annual Salon de l’agriculture, de l’alimentation et de la consommation (SAAC). In light of the pandemic, the first virtual edition was held this year, from Jan. 13-17.

Photo: Alexandre Régimbald - QMJHL

Pierrick Dubé scored two goals and added an assist while Finnish rookie Viljami Marjala added three assists. It wasn’t enough for the Quebec Remparts as they lost an offensive game 7-5 to the Rimouski Océanic on Jan. 24 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL).

Barbara (born Neville) McGRORY

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

High winds and blowing snow wreaked havoc on Quebec City streets and highways on Jan. 16. Although only about 12 centimetres of snow fell, the winds made it very difficult to walk or drive. Many trees and branches were knocked down, causing power outages and property damage. Poor visibility necessitated the closure of sections of some highways.