Community Calendar
Friday, June 14 – Grand Marché, official opening at ExpoCité, 250 Boul. Wilfrid-Hamel. Two hours free parking. For more details, visit legrandmarchedequebec.com. Saturday, June 15, 1 to 5 p.m. – …
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Book Quest 2019: Natural World at the Morrin Centre
The Morrin Centre summer reading program is back for a 15th consecutive year! Organized in partnership with the TD Summer Reading Club, Book Quest gives children ages three to 12 …
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New pavilion at the Base de Plein air almost complete
Construction is on schedule at the Base de Plein air de Sainte-Foy, where a spacious new pavilion and a multi-purpose building will replace outdated structures on the site. One of …
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Grads give last show before running away to the circus
Not all directors would want the word catastrophe in the name of their show. However, Maxime Perron, artistic director of Catastrophe ultraviolette, is unafraid. The actor and first-time director of …
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Congratulations to the Class of 2019 at Dollard-des-Ormeaux High School
The Dollard-des-Ormeaux graduation ceremony was particularly poignant this year as Stéphan Lagacé, principal of the school for the past 13 years, congratulated the graduates, some of whom he has known …
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The scourge of goutweed and the splendour of Quebec gardens
What makes human beings distinct from plants and animals is that humans are sentient organisms who try to make sense of their existence. Such deep thoughts weigh on the mind …
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Waiting in line at the National Assembly
Hundreds of people lined up to view the new and improved visitors’ entrance to the National Assembly last weekend. Some waited up to 90 minutes before entering. Others decided to …
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Waiting in line at the National Assembly
Hundreds of people lined up to view the new and improved visitors’ entrance to the National Assembly last weekend. Some waited up to 90 minutes before entering. Others decided to …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Cockburn
This street is named in honour of James Pattison Cockburn (1779-1847), a British Army officer and watercolourist, born in New York. In 1793 Cockburn entered the Royal Military Academy of …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
June 7, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteLachine CanalMontreal – We hear with pleasure that shares in the Lachine Canal are sought with avidity, from the estimate of its probable proceeds, …
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