During the MNBAQ groundbreaking ceremony, guests turned pillars revealing images of the Espace Riopelle: Darren Bolduc (CONCREA), Julie-Anne Vien (MNBAQ Foundation), Mathieu Lacombe (Minister of Culture and Communications), Mayor Bruno Marchand, Yseult Riopelle, Éric Gauthier (FABG Architectes), Michel J. Audain and his wife Yoshiko Karasawa (Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation), Manon Gauthier (general director of the Jean Paul Riopelle Foundation) and Jean-Luc Murray (MNBAQ). (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) MNBAQ holds official “groundbreaking” for Espace Riopelle Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com There was quite a party at the Musée national des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ) on May 4 as an official…
For Marjorie Laclotte-Shehyn, solutions to conflicts come from discussion and education. For her, it was essential to have an open library on site with books on war, minorities, colonialism, Palestine, Israel, Jewish history and other related subjects. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) Laval students join campus protest movement against Gaza war Myriam Labbé myriam@qctonline.com On May 4, for 12 hours, about 50 Université Laval students participated in a peaceful demonstration calling on…
COMMENTARY: Revolutionary reflections: Making QS a government party Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Is it already a dozen years ago since the streets of Quebec’s cities were ringing…
Vehicle registration tax: Mayor deplores deadline, Smith quits RTC Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Marchand is denouncing the provincial agency for motor vehicles as a “nuthouse” as the…
ÉquiMobilité transit pass prices to drop July 1 Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Getting around the city will get slightly easier on July 1 for people covered by…
Pop superstar Billie Eilish starts her world tour in Quebec City Sept. 29. (Photo from Depositphotos) Videotron Centre ‘made for’ Billie Eilish world tour début Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com To borrow from the title of her Oscar-winning song, the Videotron Centre seems to…
Cast members J.P. Chartier (left), Julian Dawson and Trish Caldwell listen carefully to director Cheryl Rimmer (out of shot). (Photo by David Parker courtesy of Artbeat Theatre) Artbeat Theatre’s latest original musical hits the ice this month Submitted by J.P. Chartier, president and founder, Artbeat Theatre With the days getting longer and warmer and summer vacation getting…
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com May 12, 1774 – The Quebec Gazette Yesterday morning, about seven o’clock, was launched at St. Roch,…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Ideas for Quebec’s new history museum Dear editor, Can we gather some ideas through the QCT to present for the scientific committee’s consideration (“Anglophone communities have…
The 2024 KWE! festival was launched with traditional music and dancing at the Grand Théâtre on May 1. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) KWE! Festival puts Indigenous traditions at the forefront Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com The seventh KWE!: Meet with Indigenous Peoples festival will bring together Indigenous and non-Indigenous Quebecers from June 14 to…