Diamants, Alouettes play to empty stadiums
The Québec Diamants and the Charlesbourg Alouettes baseball organizations decided to play their games last weekend in front of empty stadiums at Stade Canac and Parc Henri-Casault. The teams played …
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Hockey fans, the Stanley Cup playoffs are (finally) here
Fans in Quebec City and around the world can start celebrating as the National Hockey League resumes its 2019-2020 season. The COVID-19 pandemic forced the NHL – and professional and …
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NEOWISE comet still visible in the night sky
Philippe Moussette, president of the Club d’Astronomie VÉGA de Cap-Rouge, sent us this photo of a newly-discovered comet that can be seen in the sky on clear nights until the …
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The Marquis de Montcalm distributes plants to hospital workers
The Marquis de Montcalm (a.k.a. Benoît Gilbert, development and marketing officer of the National Battlefields Commission) dropped by this scribe’s office on July 16 with a special delivery of bags …
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Peter MacKay tours Quebec in quest for Tory leadership
The man who stands a fighting chance of becoming prime minister of Canada in the foreseeable future is on the phone, punctual, and eager to chat.Peter MacKay, the last leader …
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DuProprio proves Quebec’s real estate world not immovable
We have made a grand total of three real estate transactions in our time, two purchases and one sale. While I cannot recall the decor of the notaries’ offices where …
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What’s the buzz about bees at Saint B’s?
Have you heard the buzz? Saint Brigid’s Home is now housing honey bees in the back garden! Jennifer Robert, president of Saint Brigid’s Guild, explained, “We started the initiative last …
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Long road back for Quebec City hotels
In any other year, the Auberge Internationale de Québec would be buzzing with backpackers looking for somewhere to set down their gear before heading to the Plains of Abraham, wandering …
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Place de Paris inaugurated on Bastille Day
Four hundred years ago it was a beach. Now, after a $4-million redevelopment project, Place de Paris in Old Quebec is a multi-purpose public square ready to welcome crowds, whenever …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
July 22, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleVaccination – Dr. Painchaud of this city informs the readers of last evening’s Journal de Quebec that there is at present a very grave …
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