Howard Walker Obituary
Howard Walker (formerly of Inverness) died on Friday, August 15, 2014, in Lennoxville. He was the father of Norman Walker (Phyllis Egan of Ste-Agathe), and Iain Walker of St-Elie d’Orford. …
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Quebec, September 18th, 2024
It’s Time We Face The Difference Between Canadianness And The Canadian State Quebec City, 20 August 2024: In a week in which coverage of the independence campaign has been dominated by …
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Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation Annual Golf Tournament
The JefferyHale Friends’ Foundation will be returning to the Club de Golf Cap-Rouge forour 24th Annual Fundraising Golf Tournament on Thursday, September11th. The day of golf will be followed by …
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“Giant” parade opens Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France
Colossal wooden marionettes representing the founders of New France towered over the crowds lining Grande Allée and Rue Saint-Louis as the parade inaugurating the 2014 Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France moved …
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The stories behind the names of Quebec City streets Rue Bishop
Bishop Street is named for William Avery Bishop (1894-1956) born in Owen Sound, Ontario. This flamboyant man, nicknamed “Billy” Bishop, was a famous First World War flying ace. He was …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle “Le Canadien” of last evening says that it had learned by telegraphic dispatch that the Reformatory at St. Vincent de Paul*, near Montreal, had been entirely …
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100th anniversary of the first expropriation in the Hamlet of Valcartier
On Sunday, August 3, descendants of original pioneer families who toiled for a century and more to create farms from wilderness where Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Valcartier now stands, met …
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Les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France in Place Royale PHOTOS BY Kasia Borkowska
Spellbinding costumes literally stopped pedestrian traffic in the Lower Town. A young apprentice learns the craft of stone-cutting at the Tailleurs de Pierre workshop. The stonecutters were hard at …
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Arts et Reflets symposium in Château-Richer
You never know when and where you’re going to run into someone from your home town. While visiting the Arts et Reflects symposium in Château Richer last Friday, August 8, …
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An encore Midi en Musique concert
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced that, due to popular demand, one more concert has been added to the Midi en Musique concert series to close their season. …
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