June 24 2020 Edition
QCT Mystery Photo Contest: Who, what, where and when … ?
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
These large exotic statues, made of a synthetic resin and set on cement bases, can be found in four different locations in Quebec City.
Do you know where they are located (street address, if applicable), when they were installed, the names of the works of art, and who the artist is? Hint: There are small plaques on the sides of the four statues.
Harvey and Prémont inducted into the Quebec Sports Hall of Fame
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Canadian Olympic Committee
The Quebec Sports Hall of Fame recently announced that five athletes and two people in the “builders” category will be inducted for the year 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 30th gala ceremony will not be held until the fall of 2021.
Cross-country skier Alex Harvey and mountain biker Marie-Hélène Prémont were two of the five local athletes selected.
Capitales and Aigles won’t play in the Frontier League in 2020
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Luc Lang
The Quebec Capitales and the Trois-Rivières Aigles will have to wait until 2021 to play in the Frontier Baseball League.
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that the Canada-U.S. border would remain closed until at least July 21, that was the last nail in the coffin for the 2020 season for both of the Quebec provincial baseball teams.
Freestyle skier Lewis Irving is training for the coming season
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Canadian Olympic Committee
Charlesbourg’s Lewis Irving is back training at the Centre AcrobatX, at Lac-Beauport, for the upcoming FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season. Irving will be training during the hot summer months in preparation for the coming Olympic Winter Games qualifications. The Centre AcrobatX is also the national training site of Team Canada.
CQSB schools work toward full reopening
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Screenshot from Google Maps
Students, parents and school officials are preparing for an almost-normal school year after the Quebec government announced that all schools, CEGEPs, vocational training centres and universities would reopen in September.
Morrin Centre library services are back
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: The Morrin Centre
The Morrin Centre is excited to announce that the library is now lending books again!
Due to COVID-19, however, the Morrin Centre is reopening gradually in accordance with Government of Quebec health guidelines, and has begun by offering limited library services. The library remains closed to members at this time, but book orders are now being accepted.
Here are the current lending rules:
OBITUARY: Violet KIRKWOOD (née Sharp)
Published: June 24, 2020
Violet KIRKWOOD (née Sharp)
May 11, 1923 - June 15, 2020
On Monday, June 15, 2020, Violet “Vi” Kirkwood (née Sharp), our beautiful mother, grand- and great-grandmother, left us peacefully in her sleep. She was 97 years of age.
Buzz is growing around gardening
Published: June 24, 2020
Photo: Ruby Pratka
At the offices of Les Urbainculteurs, an urban gardening nonprofit headquartered at the Grand Marché, the phones have been ringing off the hook for weeks. After toilet paper and flour and yeast, seeds and gardening supplies have become the new must-haves for riding out the pandemic.
