Eyeru Gebru, an Ethiopian cyclist on the Refugee Olympic Team, waits for the start of the women’s road race on Aug. 4 in front of the Eiffel Tower. Paris took advantage of its many historical landmarks to hold events of the 2024 Summer Olympics. (Photo courtesy of the IOC/Alexander Hassenstein) …
Capitales recall Glaude and Ramirez to their lineup Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com ith less than a month to play in the Frontier League’s regular season, the Québec Capitales added some offensive…
Félix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne Lorette, and his partner Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa are all smiles after winning the bronze medal in the mixed doubles tennis tournament at the Paris 2024 Olympics on Aug. 2. (Photo courtesy of the COC/Darren Calabres) Auger-Aliassime and Dabrowski capture bronze in mixed doubles tennis Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com élix Auger-Aliassime of L’Ancienne-Lorette became the first regional athlete to capture an Olympic medal, in the mixed doubles…
Canadian Ethan Katzberg, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the hammer throw event, on Aug. 4, at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Katzberg became the first Canadian gold medalist in a throwing event since Etienne Desmarteaux’s gold medal at the Olympic Games in St. Louis, in 1904. (Photo courtesy of the COC/Adrian Wyld) A golden Summer for Canada at the Olympic Games Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The Games of the XXXIII Olympiad don’t end in Paris until Aug. 11 but Canadian swimmer Summer McIntosh…
Nature’s misunderstood flower: the yellow dandelion Lise Lafond lise@qctonline.com Christina Fortin-Ménard, an agri-environment advisor, and David Lee Desrochers, an experienced beekeeper, co-founded Miel & Co. in 2021. Their practice…
Occupational therapy student Maude Massicotte (centre) is presented with a bursary by Adeline Savoie (left), acting president of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 265, and Gérard Trudeau (right), assistant director of the Legion’s Poppy Committee. (Photo by Alcide Maillet) Royal Canadian Legion awards bursary to Maude Massicotte Submitted By Jean Gervais Maude Massicotte was presented with a $1,700 bursary by the Poppy Campaign of the Lt.-Col. J. Charles Forbes…
La Vie parisienne the highlight of the Quebec opera festival Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Festival d’opéra de Québec’s production of Jacques Offenbach’s comic operetta La Vie par- isienne was a…
In the Festival d’Opéra de Québec’s production of Épitaph pour Carmen et son assassin, actress Marie-Ginette Guay portrays the grieving mother of Don José who is visited by the ghost of Carmen, mezzo-soprano Rose Naggar-Tremblay, accompanied by pianist Marie-Hélène Greffard. Here they receive a standing ovation from the audience at La Périscope. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) Opera festival stages a thought-provoking epitaph for Carmen Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The Festival d’Opéra de Québec was in full swing from July 24 to Aug. 4, and the QCT was…
Mrs. Angry Bird is back! Lise Lafond lise@qctonline.com For more than 15 years, our pond had been under the reign of Mr. and Mrs. Angry Bird, a pair of Canada…
Legendary rocker Billy Idol is coming to the Videotron Centre on Aug. 19. (Photo by Steve Sebring) Billy Idol bringing ‘Rebel Yell’ to Quebec City Peter Black – Local Journalism initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Though it’s hard to imagine Billy Idol wielding a hockey stick, there is a…