When the going gets tough, the tough get going!”This phrase was put in practice on February 16 when three barns in two locations burnt down and a total of 38…
It was a cold morning on Saturday, February 21, for the College and University competitions of the Pentathlon des Neiges on the Plains of Abraham but no one complained. The…
On February 20, despite the cold, snowboard fans packed Îlot Fleurie near the Dufferin-Montmorency autoroute for the 7th Big Air competition of the Fédération international de Ski World Cup. International-level…
On February 21, the Stoneham Mountain Resort was filled with ski and snowboard enthusiasts for the 9th Snowboard Jamboree, which included the FIS World Snowboard Cup 2015 Slopestyle competition. Fans…
A great grey owl was recently spotted in Beauport, just 15 minutes from downtown Quebec City, in a wooded area near the intersection of Rue Blanche-LaMontagne and Rue Pierre-Paul-Bertin. The…
The Quebec City real estate firm Groupe Dallaire announced last week that it plans to build “the highest building east of Toronto” on the site of the now defunct Hôtel…
Prime Minister Harper was in Quebec City last week and, during a radio interview on 93 FM (not, to be sure, the CBC!), he stated that Quebecers are in favour…
Aside from March’s Irish festivities, it can be hard to find green in our lives in midwinter. However, a number of plants have developed an array of adaptations to the…
The board of trustees of the majestic Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, built in 1882, announced last week to parishioners that the church would soon be closed to worship. The trustees, with the…
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