Quebec City celebrates its 413th birthday Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com July 3 was the 413th anniversary of the founding of Quebec City by Samuel de Champlain in 1608. Continuing the …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
Memorials and Things of Fame Researched and compiled by Lorie Pierce July 1, 1871 – The Morning Chronicle The Montreal Steamer – We have been requested to direct the attention …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Maguire
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Maguire Bill Cox billcox@qctonline.com This street in Sillery is named in honour of Rev. Alexandre-Eustache Maguire. Born in Quebec City in 1854, he studied …
Mini-FEQ opens with most shows sold out
Mini-FEQ opens with most shows sold out Peter Black Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com T he scaled-down 2021 edition of the Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ) is underway, with expanded …
Feds kill Laurentia terminal project in Beauport
Feds kill Laurentia port project in Beauport Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com The federal government has rejected the massive Laurentia deep-water container terminal project proposed for the Baie de Beauport area, but …
COMMENTARY: Demand for electric batteries sparks Quebec cobalt rush
COMMENTARY: Demand for electric batteries sparks Quebec cobalt rush Peter Black Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Before a bypass was put in in the early 1960s, cars passed through the …
Canada Day celebrated quietly in Quebec City and across the nation
Canada Day celebrated quietly in Quebec City and across the nation Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com There were few signs of Canada Day in Quebec City on July 1, with the exception …
Canada Day vigil honours residential school survivors
Canada Day vigil honours residential school survivors Danielle Burns danielle@qctonline.com This July 1 was like no other. After the recent discoveries of hundreds of graves of Indigenous children who died …
Joly, Skeete address language “anxiety”
Joly, Skeete address language “anxiety” Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com Federal minister of official languages Mélanie Joly and MNA Christopher Skeete, parliamentary assistant to Premier François Legault for relations with English-speaking Quebecers, … Continue reading Joly, Skeete address language “anxiety”
Community Calendar of Events
Imagine Picasso is spending the summer at the Quebec City Convention Centre from June 16 to Sept. 6. Spectators will view more than 200 of the artist’s paintings projected in … Continue reading Community Calendar of Events