Drawn to Quebec: A pumpkin by many other names
While the virtues of pumpkin pie maybe hotly contested in Quebec, the plant’s common name is not. The pumpkin derives its name from the Middle French pompon. According to etymologyonline.com, …
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Quebec has a new Lieutenant Governor
On July 21, 2015, Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced the appointment of J. Michel Doyon as 29th Lieutenant Governor of Quebec. Doyon’s official swearing-in ceremony took place on Thursday, September …
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Bears of Legend at the Grange du Presbytère
Bears of Legend, a group of seven musicians from Shawinigan, will shake the walls when opening the 2015-2016 season of the Grange du Presbytère à Stoneham (119, 1re Avenue, Stoneham) …
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Letter to the Editor: Random Acts of Kindness
Letter to the Editor Random acts of kindness My husband and I are on a cross-Canada tour and when we arrived in Lévis on our way to the KOA RV …
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News Digest September 23, 2015
Issue September 23, 2015 English News Serving Quebec City since 1764 since 1764, North America’s Oldest Newspaper *TMusing the most advanced news distribution method in over 246 years! Ipad version …
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Another successful Fall Fest
Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ) held its sixth annual Fall Fest on Saturday, September 19, at St. Vincent’s School, where community groups and businesses offered information and displayed their wares …
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Jeffery Hale Friends play golf and dine to raise $25,000
Mother Nature smiled on the Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation golf tournament with simply perfect weather on September 11. The wonderful day of golf was followed by a great evening meal …
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Liberal candidate works hard in Louis-Saint-Laurent
Youri Rousseau greets visitors at his campaign headquarters with a genuine smile full of quiet enthusiasm. The same smile beams confidently from the election posters in the windows behind him, …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle Grant street, St. Roch’s, was, yesterday afternoon, the scene of a boiler explosion which took place about one o’clock at the new planing-mill* of Mr. Alfred …
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Paul Nichols rides across Canada for veterans
On September 17, the students of Dollard-des-Ormeaux School near CFB Valcartier had the honour of meeting Paul Nichols. A veteran, Nichols was a master corporal with the Calgary Highlanders and …
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