Ès Trad led group dances, storytelling and a singing hike during Les journées Givrées at the Domaine Maizerets. (Photo by Danielle Burns) 
This interactive Advent calendar told a holiday tale to anyone who stopped and listened. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) 
Director George Daugherty and the members of the FILMharmonique Orchestra receive the accolades of the audience at the end of the Bugs Bunny at the Symphony concert at the Grand Théâtre on Jan. 6. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
Figure skaters entertained people who lined the rink at Place D’Youville while waiting for Le Chemin de Noël to begin inside the Palais Montcalm. The lights of the German Christmas Market, Le Diamant and La Capitole theatres made for a magical evening as the sun was just setting in the west. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
Members of Les Rhapsodes choir and soloists Carole-Anne Roussel, Clotilde Moretti, Luce Vachon, Louis-Charles Gagnon and Maxence Lasserre-Engberts, accompanied by organist Marc D’Anjou and a music ensemble directed by David Rompré (far right), presented Marc-Antoine Charpentier’s renowned Te Deum and Messe de minuit pour Noël (Midnight Mass for Christmas), composed from Christmas tunes that were popular in the 17th century. The choristers and musicians captured Charpentier’s Christmas magic, presenting a memorable and moving work at the Palais Montcalm on Dec. 20. (SN) (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
My three-year-old poinsettia needs a rest after the Christmas holidays. In the summer it goes out and stays in the garden. This poinsettia has given me beautiful red leaves for Christmas year after year. (Photo by Lise Lafond) 
Quebec painter Joseph Légaré painted Montmorency Falls in Winter in 1850. (Image from Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons licence) 
Danielle Thériault loves all three of her pigs, but Murdoch is her little boy. They are pictured at their home outside of Saint-Raymond. (Photo by Danielle Burns) 
Luc Robitaille, president of the Los Angeles Kings, will have his team in town for the end of their 2024 training camp on Oct. 2. The two games the Kings will play are some of the major sporting events the city will see in 2024. (Photo by Luc Lang) 
Benjamin Chabot and Justin Mongeon were part of the RSEQ Division 1 all-star team that defeated the RSEQ second-division university squad on Dec. 16. Head coach Pierre-Cédric Labrie was also selected for the all-star team coaching staff. (Photo courtesy of St. Lawrence Lions via Facebook)