First in-person IHQ meeting in two years draws a crowd Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com There was an excellent turnout at the Irish Heritage Quebec (IHQ) meeting held on March 14 in…
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Cycle One students wore colourful hand-decorated “floats” (cardboard boxes) as they
paraded past the Valcartier Community Centre. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) Valcartier celebrates St. Patrick’s Day in fine style
New York artist Sean Kenney created a giant monarch
butterfly sitting on pink flowers. Reading the green
information panel on the floor, visitors will learn that this
specific butterfly evolved to eat a toxic plant that in turn
makes it toxic for its predators. Kenney used 30,700 bricks
to complete the sculpture, which took over 330 hours. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Animal Super Powers come to the Galeries de la Capitale
Author and journalist
Patrick White has spent the
last 15 years reconstructing
the life of British portrait
painter Henry Daniel
Thielcke, who spent two
decades in Quebec City. (Photo courtesy of Université du Québec à Montréal) Journalist on a quest to unravel mystery of Henry Daniel Thielcke
Ensemble Inc. launches campaign for workplace diversity
Make a difference on your neighbourhood council
Applications open for Quebec City Women’s Club bursaries
Érablière Godbout is a key player in the annual urban sugar
shack outside the Grand Marché. Their year-round shop specializes in a huge variety of maple products. (Photo by Danielle Burns) Urban Sugar Shack returns to Grand Marché
Making vegetable soup or stock is one way to reduce food waste. (photo by Reinhard Thrainer via Pixabay) Startup among many solutions for food waste
Nothing like a yawn
after hunting for
rodents. This barred
owl flew over Sillery
searching for food.
This area of Quebec
C i t y i s n e s t l e d
between the Parc des
Bois-de-Coulonge and
St. Patrick’s Cemetery,
offering animals and
birds like this owl
ample wooded space
to hunt and live.