A group of colleagues from CALACS, who work with sexual assault survivors, drove from Val-d’Or for the march and had a great English sign (top right). (Photo by Danielle Burns) Fall of patriarchy is favourite season for World March of Women Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com Protest signs at the World March of Women were full of feminist and environmental messages such…
Thousands of Quebecers walk five kilometres for a healthy lifestyle every year as part of the Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) Over 90,000 people walk with Pierre Lavoie for better health Cassandra Kerwin, Local Journalism Initiative reporter cassandra@qctonline.com In mid-October, Pierre Lavoie invited Quebecers to walk five kilometres with friends and…
COMMENTARY: Chinese steel being used for Quebec wind farm projects Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Just like there’s an app for just about anything, so too there seems to be a Chinese…
TRAM TRACKER: Report projects $9.5 billion in tramway economic spinoffs Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com With some parties in the city election campaign vowing to scrap the TramCité…
Tramway foes feud over job offers for dropping out Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com In an election where polls show voters care most about housing and homelessness, a…
Parties make more promises in final stretch of campaign Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com With the municipal election campaign heading into the home stretch, candidates for city hall…
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce lorie@qctonline.com October 18, 1770 – The Quebec Gazette June 15 – The Fireworks exhibited in honour of…
Homelessness, mobility, green space on Saint-Roch-Saint-Sauveur debate agenda Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com The seven candidates for the Saint-Roch–Saint- Sauveur city council seat debated for nearly three hours…
Mayoral candidates share vision for future of Lévis Manuel Cardenas, Lévis correspondent manuel@qctonline.com The race for the mayor’s office in Lévis is heating up as the Nov. 2 vote approaches….
Volunteers from the YWCA de Québec and Microsoft distribute coats at Place de l’Université-du-Québec during the Nuit des Sans-abri (Night of the Unhoused) on Oct. 17. (Photo courtesy of YWCA de Québec via Facebook) (QCT staff) Nuit des Sans-abri gets people talking…