The historic neighborhood of Vieux-Québec, or Old Québec to English-speakers ... Plus, it’s located right in the thick of the winter carnival events. This isn’t a normal hotel.

But if Portland has any chance of pulling off a winter festival, there is one aspect of Quebec’s Carnaval that it needs to replicate: bringing out the community’s joie de vivre. The Old Port ...

In “The Sparkle,” a carnival worker dreams of leaving what ... I grew up going to amusement parks and fairgrounds in Quebec and the United States. Back then, the only thing on my mind was ...