Archives for May 14, 2008
St. Matthew’s Cemetery desecrated
Published: May 14, 2008
Photo: Pierre Little
Last week, the newspaper received troubling news from a former Quebec City resident on some activities he witnessed on vacation in the city. While visiting St. Matthew’s Church and Cemetery, he observed shocking things, like grave-opening by vandals, anti-Anglo graffiti on tombstones and public urination on the walls of the historic church.
Spoiled ballots face destruction
Published: May 14, 2008
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By May 31, barring any last-minute intervention by the Charest government, the 4.8 million ballots from the 1995 sovereignty referendum will be shredded and presumably recycled into some post-consumer product such as toilet paper.
Lutes hits town
Published: May 14, 2008
Canadian songwriter and performer Rob Lutes is on tour promoting his new album, Ride the Shadows, which has been named by some sources as one of the best ten Canadian albums of 2007! Rob will halt his means of transportation in Quebec City on May 24 at le Palais Montcalm, 995 Place D’Youville, at 8 p.m.
Two human skeletons found on Plains
Published: May 14, 2008
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Photo: Courtesy of the National Battlefields Commission
Construction workers have unwittingly unearthed an archaeological mystery on the Plains of Abraham.
Two well-preserved human skeletons were discovered last February as workers broke ground for new bathroom facilities in the park. The find was not announced until last week, as excavators waited for the earth to thaw before further exploring the site.
World Hockey Championships to win attendance bronze
Published: May 14, 2008
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The IIHF World Hockey Championships in Quebec City and Halifax has been successful thus far in attracting hockey fanatics from around province, the country and the world. The tournament is poised to become the third-best attended IIHF World Hockey Championships ever, but will unlikely beat the record set in Prague in 2004.