Sculptors and carvers are hard at work putting the finishing touches on the Hôtel de Glace. It was scheduled to open for visits between Christmas and New Year’s Day and welcome its first overnight guests on Jan. 4.
heart of the hotel, surrounded by sculptures that will delight children. For adults, the bar will be serving drinks in ice shot glasses once again.
For more information and
to book a room, visit valcartier. com/en/accommodations/ hotel-de-glace-ice-hotel. The hotel will close for the season on March 19. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) The Hôtel de Glace takes visitors on a frozen adventure Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The weather outside is frightful … which can mean only one thing at Village Vacances Valcartier: time…
For millennia, the Irish have been celebrating the Winter Solstice. In December 2022, the Irish Embassy in Ottawa reached out to Irish cultural organizations across Canada to hold solstice vigils to honour the victims of the Irish Potato Famine. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Irish community honours famine victims at solstice vigil Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com On the longest night of the year, the Irish have been celebrating rebirth and renewal dating back to the…
COMMENTARY: Quebec trying to axe the fax in health care system Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com I can’t remember the last time I sent or received a fax….
The L’Etoile Filante gondola lift at Mont Sainte-Anne has experienced two accidents in recent years. (Photo from Mont-Sainte-Anne website) Mont Sainte-Anne reopening, but calls for ownership change mount Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Operations at Mont Sainte-Anne (MSA) were returning to normal last weekend, nearly a month…
Cartoon by Patrick LaMontagne CARTOON: New Year’s Resolution…
Rue des Anciens-Canadiens is a residential street in the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City between Rue de l’Héritage and Rue des Acadiens. (Screenshot from Google Maps) STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue des Anciens-Canadiens Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The name of this street in Charlesbourg recalls the famous novel by Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé (1786-1871), Les Anciens…
This middle section
of Jean-Paul Riopelle’s triptych L’Hommage à Rosa Luxemburg, with an arrow through the heart, is said to represent the artist’s love
for his former companion,
the American painter Joan Mitchell (1926-1992). The narrative sequence of
30 paintings, measuring
more than 40 metres long,
will be housed in the new extension to the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec, which will display
the largest public collection
of works by Riopelle in the world. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com January 5, 1823 – The Quebec Gazette Fencing Sir John Sinclair, in his code of health, declares…
Catholics mourn the passing of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com The year 2022 was witness to the passing of yet another world leader as Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI…
A sizable crowd gathered in the Jardins de L’Hôtel-de-Ville for a wide-ranging program of free concerts. Craft beers from microbreweries around the region and other local delicacies were on offer. PHOTOS: Kaléidoscopes festival lights up holiday season Nick Stewart nick@qctonline.com…
CEDEC, FORT build bridges for anglophone job seekers Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter The story will sound familiar to anyone who has arrived in Quebec City from out of…