City unveils initial summer event plans
Despite the pandemic, the Ville de Québec plans to roll out some 20 major events this summer, Mayor Régis Labeaume announced on April 16. Events will be presented in an …
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The world mourns the passing of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
His Royal Highness, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, died at Windsor Castle on April 9, at age 99. Born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark on June 10, 1921 at …
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Morrin Centre Imagination Writers’ Festival an online hit
The Morrin Centre held its 2021 Imagination Writers’ Festival online from April 6 to 11, bringing novelists, poets, historians, journalists, musicians, a chef, a sommelier, an art curator and hundreds …
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Since Talon’s first tally, modern census has adapted to changing Canada
Head-counting in Canada has come a long, long way from the first census conducted in the fragile colony of Nouvelle-France in 1666. That first roll call, organized by Jean Talon, …
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City offers “explosion” of innovative summer activities, “COVID-proof” major events
Uncertainty still surrounds major summer events in Quebec City, with the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic raging through the population.Nevertheless, city officials unveiled plans last week to provide “an …
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The story behind Rue Louis-A.-Bélisle
This street is named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Bélisle (1902-1985), who was born in Saint-Éloi-de-Témiscouata, a small village near Trois-Pistoles in the Lower St. Lawrence region, but who lived in …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 15, 1871 – The Morning ChronicleBottling Machines – We saw, last evening, at the residence of Mr. J. Archer, Angele Street, Upper Town, a very ingenious bottling machine, known …
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V for Vaccination: Give it your best shot!
As of this writing, nearly two million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered around the province, to over one million Quebecers. Are you one of them? Anyone 60 or …
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Demolition underway for “two villas” project
Heavy machinery made short work of a building on Chemin Sainte-Foy at the bottom of Avenue des Érables the week of April 6, clearing the way for construction of a …
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Rage Against the Machine raring to go … for FEQ 2022
Whatever happens with the 2021 edition of the Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ), one major act is already booked for the 2022 version.California-based rockers Rage Against the Machine, who had …
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