Aspiring competitors and enthusiastic crowds basked in sunlight and beautiful above zero weather for the opening of the 10th annual Pentathlon des neiges in Quebec City this past weekend. Officials…
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Pee-Wees take over the Colisée Pepsi
From February 12 to 23, the 55th Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament took over the Colisée Pepsi. Teams arrived from across Canada, the United States and 14 other countries from…
Take a walk with The Barefoot Professor
The bearded gentleman sitting quietly between his wife and commentator Aiden Roberts in front of the large audience at the Morrin Center seemed to be looking around the room at…
Young violinists help Burundi flood victims
The day the rains came, Allison Blair was on her way back to Burundi from her father’s birthday celebration in Quebec City. Blair, a Quebec City native, has lived and…
Team Canada brings home 10 Gold, 10 Silver, 5 Bronze Olympic medals
Other medal winners this past week were: Marielle Thompson won Gold, and Kelsey Serwa, Silver, in Women’s Ski Cross.Mike Riddle won Silver in the Freestyle Skiing Halfpipe event Kaillie Humphries…
Ultimate Fighting Championship coming to Quebec City
On April 16, the Pepsi Colisée will feature Quebec City’s first Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event. Former welterweight champion “GS-P” Georges St-Pierre, named Canada’s Favourite Athlete several years running, has…
More than just a travelling art show
The William S. Paley modern art collection, an eclectic mix of French Impressionist works and 20th-century British and American paintings which headlined the list of travelling shows at the Musée…
Rally calls for end to Anticost oil exploration
Some 100 people gathered in front of the National Assembly last Friday, in spite of the winter weather, to call for an end to oil and gas exploration on Anticosti…
Business day for future Champlain-St. Lawrence students
On February 18, Champlain-St. Lawrence (SLC) hosted its third in a series of four events dedicated to interested applicants to join its Business program. The first, held in mid-January, introduced…
A magical Carnival parade delights crowds
The Winter Carnival Parade in Upper Town was magical for the thousands of people who gathered along René-Lévesque Boulevard, Avenue Cartier, Grande Allée, and around the Tourny Fountain last Saturday…