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École Père Mercure was the scene for a balmy Winter Carnival. Students were treated to a day in the sunshine with snow shoe racing, a game of flag football and famous maple syrup taffy, although finding untouched snow for cooling the hot syrup wasn't easy. French Canadians have celebrated the Carnaval de Québec annually since 1955, inside, or outside, of the province. Photos by Shannon Kovalsky.
Happy faces enjoy maple syrup taffy. The tradition was started when workers in sugar shacks threw the boiling syrup on the snow to solidify.
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