The Grands Feux Loto-Québec continues to amaze people in its 27th edition. Throughout August, fireworks will light up the sky from the middle of the St. Lawrence River at 10 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Grands Feux Loto-Québec explode over the St. Lawrence Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The Grands Feux Loto- Québec are back for a 27th edition. Every Tuesday and Thursday in August, an awe-inspiring…
The Choeur des Filles du Roy sang in front of a gathering crowd at the Jardins de l’Hôtel-de-Ville on Aug. 4. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Quebec City finds its roots at Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France celebrates Quebec’s roots, inviting people to dress up in 17th- and 18th-century…
COMMENTARY: Read all about it! Trudeau censors news like North Korea! Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com What a week that was! News, news, news! Two exclamation marks’ worth!…
This image shows the future Saint-Roch interchange on the east side of Autoroute Laurentienne where buses would connect with the tramway. A temporary hub is to be built on the west side. (Image from Ville de Québec) TRAM TRACKER: Temporary bus hub coming to Parc Victoria during tram construction Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com As of some time next year, the Parc Victoria area will…
Students moved to other schools as New Liverpool replaces St. Vincent Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com As of Aug, 30, about 150 students who were attending St. Vincent…
A whole team is required to ensure that the hot air balloon takes flight safely. This one just got its signal to leave! (Photo by Myriam Labbé) Hot air balloons: Lighter than air, larger than life Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com Aerostats – lighter- than-air aircraft – were the dream of many engineers and physicists from the late 1700s….
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Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com August 8, 1873 – The Morning Chronicle Death of Colonel W.H. LeMoine Another of the veterans of…
Hot air balloons take to the sky Sunday evening at Festivent de Lévis. Pictured are the first of eight balloons to launch that evening. (Photo by Sarah Elworthy from QCT archives) 40th annual Festivent de Lévis brings young and old closer to the sky Sarah Elworthy sarah@qctonline.com Hot air balloons have been the heart and soul of Festivent since day one….
OPINION: Leave behind only your footprints Pauline Kerr pauline@qctonline.com A Canadian teenager who scratched a name into a wooden pillar at a 1,200-year-old Japanese temple recently caused a bit of…