Crocuses open in the warm spring sunshine, accompanied by dainty pink scilla. Photo by Shirley Nadeau Crocuses are usually the first flowers to spring forth from the earth. Photo by Susan Lukits This roaring…
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Reaction to a Street View
After the QCT published Bill Cox’s Street Views column of April 15 featuring the story behind Parc Gilles-Lamontagne, the writer’s daughter Maureen Cox, who is a colleague of Lamontagne’s son,…
Jeffery Hale Community Partners thank volunteers
At this time of year, we usually host an up-beat happy hour to celebrate all our volunteers, for having given time to the community Wellness Centre. This annual get-together is…
The rise of homemade bread: where’s the yeast?
Are flour and yeast replacing toilet paper madness, and are basic baking ingredients becoming the most difficult items to find at the grocery store? In these days of isolation, so…
OBITUARY: Phyllis Alexandra (née Young) THOMPSON
Phyllis Alexandra (née Young) THOMPSONIt is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of our much-loved Mother, Grandmother and Great-grandmother. Phyllis was born in Quebec City on January 10,…
Fighting Irish Seniors committed to RSEQ Division 1 football
The St. Patrick’s High School football program is producing more and more players who are being recruited by CEGEP football teams in the province of Quebec. The players all want…
Lights, camera, movies? Maybe!
When Mayor Régis Labeaume proposed the possibility of free drive-in movies at three sites around Quebec City at a press conference on April 22 (see Peter Black’s article on page…
Ça va bien aller rainbows light up Quebec City buildings
The Industrial Alliance building on Grande Allée goes from white to rainbow at night to add colour to people’s lives in Quebec City. The entrance to the Pavillon Pierre Lassonde at…
Rainbow messages reflect hope for the future
Andrà tutto bene. “Everything will be fine!” reads the message in the window of an Italian grocery store on Avenue Cartier. Ça va bien aller! This beautifully painted rainbow in the…
Bilingual Muslim community group lends a hand
As quarantine and self-isolation drag on for a growing number of Quebecers during the COVID-19 pandemic, a local Muslim group is building bridges between volunteers and people in need across…