Remparts hockey, Bataillon football and Capitales baseball news
The Quebec Remparts, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, are having a great start to the month of October. After wins in Charlottetown and Saint John earlier this month, …
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Université Laval football and women’s rugby news
The Université Laval Rouge et Or football team played one good half of football and that was all it needed on Oct. 12 to cruise to an easy 39-3 win …
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Paul-Hus defends big majority in Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles
Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles would seem to be one of the most solid Conservative seats in Quebec. Pierre Paul-Hus won the riding in 2015 by 22 points and nearly 10,000 votes. His winning …
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It was a great day for the CQSB Cross-Country Run
The weather was ideal for the annual Central Québec School Board (CQSB) Cross-Country Run on Oct. 5. For the 23rd edition, some 525 runners and many supporters assembled at the …
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Standards have changed for politicians’ unimpeachable conduct
The word “unimpeachable” has taken on new meaning in the context of the current malaise in government visited on our cousins south of the border. Officially, according to my beloved …
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The story behind Rue Douglas
This street was named to commemorate Clan Douglas, one of Scotland’s most powerful families, and certainly the most prominent family in lowland Scotland in the Late Middle Ages, often holding …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
October 9, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteThe British Government have fitted out two new expeditions for the Arctic regions; the one has sailed for Baffin’s Bay, and the other by …
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Finance Building in Old Quebec a hidden treasure
A visit to the Ministry of Finance building (formerly the Palais de Justice) located at 12 Rue Saint-Louis revealed an architectural treasure in the heart of Old Quebec. Jacques Delorme, …
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Who’s stealing the brass plaques?
Rich Cahill, a historian and teacher, contacted the QCT recently to report that he had noticed a number of brass plaques located at historical locations around Quebec City had gone …
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Witches and wizards conjure up fun in Quebec City
Over the weekend, curious visitors discovered the local wizarding culture. Witches and warlocks, wizards and fantastic creatures revealed themselves at the first edition of the Sorcelleries de Québec. From Oct. …
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