Bonhomme was in top form for the 70th Carnival opening show on Jan. 25. (Photo by Danielle Burns) Opening of 70th Quebec Winter Carnival sets fire to dance floor Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com Jean-François Blais, artistic director of the Quebec Winter Carnival opening show, told the QCT before the…
Sliding down Rue de la Promenade-des-Soeurs in groups of three or four got people laughing and wanting more. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Three city streets become sliding hills for Carnival Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Quebecers of all ages spend snowy days searching for the best spots to slide down on their toboggans, crazy…
COMMENTARY: Champagne may be ‘quality candidate’ Quebec Liberals need Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com If there is a byproduct of Denis Coderre’s Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) leadership water-testing…
Commons committee to see unredacted Medicago contract Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Members of the House of Commons standing committee on health will be able to see the…
This 100 per cent electric bus is one of three the RTC has put into service on regular routes as part of an ongoing pilot project. (Photo from Ville de Québec) RTC puts three fully electric buses into service on regular routes Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Quebec City’s tramway project may be stuck in the station, but the…
New Liverpool Elementary School will open for classes in September. (Image from CQSB) Move to CQSB’s new South Shore school delayed until fall Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The opening of the new Central Québec School Board (CQSB) school on the…
The future of agriculture is in good hands, as explained by the students from the Université Laval faculty of agricultural and food sciences. (Photo by Lise Lafond) SAVING THE PLANET ONE WEEK AT A TIME: Exploring the future of food at the SAAC Lise Lafond lise@qctonline.com “Sustainable agriculture is not just about growing crops, it’s about caring…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce January 17, 1774 – The Quebec Gazette Advertisement By His Majesty’s Royal Letters Patent Taylor’s Essence of Spruce…
The Ville de Québec is moving forward with plans to include businesses, industrial facilities and institutions in its purple bag table waste composting program. To keep the system in good condition, it is important to put only table scraps into the purple bags. Recycling goes in clear blue bags, and garbage – including kitty litter – goes in black bags. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) City pauses biomethanization plant for ‘optimization’ one year into program Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com After a year of redirecting food waste to the new biomethanization plant, city officials announced that the…
Carnival Goers swing and slide on Dufferin Terrace Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Place D’Youville and Dufferin Terrace joined the 70th Winter Carnival festivities with the first edition of Swing & Glisse…