On Feb. 3, the sites of the 69th Winter Carnival were supposed to be full of people, lights and music, but Mother Nature changed Bonhomme’s plans, obliging him to postpone the opening until the next afternoon. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) 
Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh, president of the Quebec immunization committee, and Quebec public health director Dr. Luc Boileau presented new recommendations for the prevention of respiratory illnesses on Feb. 2. (Screenshot) 
Medicago’s $245-million facility in Beauport was nearing completion when the parent company shuttered operations. (Photo from CBC) 
Avenue Kepler is a U-shaped road that runs off Avenue Watt in an industrial park near the intersection of Autoroute Félix-Leclerc (on the far left) and Autoroute Henri-IV (overpass in the distance beyond the line of parked cars). Many other streets, places and entities around the world are named in Kepler’s honour, including an asteroid and two craters, one on the moon and one on Mars. (Screenshot from Google Maps) 
From 1957, and for more than 30 years, the Saint- Sauveur district vibrated in a very special way to the rhythm of Carnival. Indeed, residents of Rue Sainte-Thérèse (now Rue Raoul-Jobin) carved snow monuments in front of their homes. Carnival-goers by the thousands went there to admire the popular works. (Source: Société historique de Québec) (Photo by Pierre-Paul Beaumont, collection Jocelyn Faucher, via Société Historique de Québec) 
Outside Fromagerie Yannick on 3e Avenue, a cow holds up a steaming cup of hot chocolate. 
Electric ferries, like this one now plying the waters of British Columbia, will soon be part of Quebec’s ferry fleet. (Photo from the Government of British Columbia) Report raises governance concerns for Champlain Regional College Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter ruby@qctonline.com Champlain Regional College (CRC), the network of public English-language CEGEPs which includes CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence,…