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There are few things more charming than walking down the streets of Quartier Petit Champlain with the welcoming storefronts and cobblestone roads, and listening to the continuous stream of music …
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Valcartier Elementary School celebrating its 70th anniversary
A bit of history: When the school was built in 1947 it was called the Valcartier Intermediate School. Sixty-six students attended the first year. In 1965, the Grade 8 and …
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Québec Exquis! offers a gourmet film event with Theatre of Life
The award-winning documentary film Theater of Life (Théâtre de la vie), by Montreal director Peter Svatek was shown at Le Clap cinema last weekend in conjunction with Québec Exquis! The …
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Stroller traffic at the Parents and Kids Fair
ExpoCité’s parking lot was filled with minivans and family cars last weekend for the 4th annual Parents and Kids Fair in Quebec City. The fair, founded in 1993, just celebrated …
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From the Himalayas to Quebec City: Adam Sherlip’s hockey journey
It’s an oft-told tale, how sports can open doors to career opportunities, to self-realization, to redemption. In some cases, involvement in sports can take you places you never could have …
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They’re back… again!
Last week a flock of Canada geese landed on our partly frozen lake and I was anxious to see if “my” geese were with this group. These geese stayed for …
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Legal pot? Are we tripping, or what?
“Far out, man!” That’s likely what teenaged me would have said if a visitor from the future had said Prime Minister Trudeau had legalized marijuana in 2018. Then I might …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle A dilapidated, but philosophical looking specimen of humanity, who had suddenly succumbed to some prostrating influence the night before last and had been found by the …
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The story behind Rue de la Belle-Angélique
Normally, Bill Cox prepares the weekly “Street Views” column, but because I have an unusual connection to the person after whom this new street in Charlesbourg is named, I felt …
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Good Friday Procession of the Cross in Old Quebec
Faithful worshippers gathered in Old Quebec on Good Friday evening for solemn, dramatic reads from the Passion according to Saint John. They walked silently through the streets from one church …
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