The 11th edition of Vélirium took place in the Capital last week. Over 1000 world athletes from 30 countries participated in the Union Cycliste Internationale’s (UCI) intense, four-day Mountain Bike…
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Bravo Ministries in Burundi
Médiatrice*, 24, leans over her sewing machine. Her one-year-old son naps tied to her back, lulled to sleep by the whirring machines. She and eight other young women, mostly former…
Home sweet home in Burundi
The Université Laval graduate students behind Projet Kira, the charity profiled in a December 5, 2012, edition of the QCT (“Giving the gift of family to street children in Burundi”),…
Chill with the polar bears at the Aquarium du Québec
It’s summertime and kids are out of school on vacation. Parents and kids wanting to avoid the boredom that can sometimes accompany those endless days of summer have tons of…
Jazzing things up in Lévis
Since its inception in 2007, the Festival JAZZ etcetera Lévis has had over 200 free outdoor concerts from 800 artists and welcomed more than 200,000 festival goers. This year was…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863The Morning ChronicleA correspondent asks us why lobsters preserved in the tin cans are not admitted free of duty, as well as lobsters in the shell. If he will turn…
Cassandra Kerwin joins the QCT writing team
I come from a long line of proud and involved Irish-Quebecers. My family have been readers of the QCT for generations. I follow in their footsteps, as I become a…
Nocturnal wonders: moths outshine butterflies at night
In late July, our neighbours to the south celebrated National Moth Week (NMW, July 20-28). The initiative was founded in 2012 by a non-profit organization based in New Jersey. Since…
Controversy in the air . . . pipeline, trains or ships?
Which would you prefer: an oil pipeline passing underground near your community, or a train passing by or through your community pulling a long line of oil tanker cars? What…
QCT Mystery Photo Contest August 14
Danielle Burns, Bethann Merkle and Shirley Nadeau have been scouting out people, places and objects around the city for you to try and identify over the summer months. Every week,…