Marchand opens first covered outdoor rink in Charlesbourg Luc Lang luc@qctonline.com The sun shone on the new covered outdoor rink that was officially opened on Feb. 3 at Parc Bon-…
Coun. Raphaël Lebailly of the Des Monts district; Paule Laroche, director general of BRIO; Chauveau MNA Sylvain Lévesque; Mayor Bruno Marchand; sports and recreation minister Isabelle Charest; Tommy Castonguay, Remparts vice-president; Alexandre Taillefer and Andreas Straka of the Remparts; and Coun. Éric Baril Courtemanche, member of the executive committee responsible for sports and recreation, share in the ribbon cutting ceremony for the new covered skating rink in Charlesbourg on Feb. 3. Cheering them on is Champion, mascot of the Quebec Remparts. (Photo by Luc Lang)
Size doesn’t matter, but age does (players must be under 12 years old) at the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament, where 118 teams from 21 different countries will vie for one of the five championship trophies, from Feb. 11 to 22. (Photo by Luc Lang)
L’Ancienne Lorette’s own Félix Auger-Aliassime poses with the ball boys and girls from the Open d’Occitanie after winning his second straight title in Montpellier, France, on Feb. 8. FAA defeated Frenchman Adrian Mannarino in two sets, 6-3 and 7-6. It’s Auger-Aliassime’s first championship title in 2026, after he couldn’t complete his first-round match at the Australian Open in January. (Photo courtesy of Open d’Occitanie)