Watching cranes change the skyline of Sainte-Foy
For over a year I have been observing, from my balcony, the construction of the Sommet III, a 587-unit high-rise in Sainte-Foy that has changed the skyline. The excavation started …
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Scenes from Winter Carnival
Let’s go curling at the Winter Carnival! People threw wooden curling rocks towards a target, an image of Bonhomme’s face in red. There was no need for sweeping here! Visitors …
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OBITUARY: Maria Warnke IWASZKIEWICZ (1926-2018)
Maria-Teresa Warnke (née Iwaszkiewicz) died peacefully at Saint Brigid’s Home, in Quebec City, on January 21, 2018, at age 91. She was the wife of the late Jan Warnke and …
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Evening of spiritual contemplation honours victims of January 2017 mosque shootings
As part of the four days of activities to commemorate the lives of the victims of the shooting at the Centre culturel islamique de Québec a year ago, a Recueillement …
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Chinese have taken a shine to Quebec
Premier Philippe Couillard returns to Quebec this week after a seven-day, action-packed, deal-signing, hand-shaking trade mission to China. Photos on the premier’s website give an idea of the exhausting round …
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Mosque opens doors one year later
On Jan. 29, 2017, the prayer room on the ground floor of the Centre culturel islamique de Québec was a scene of chaos – the red lights of police cars …
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Two Westminster Concerts in February at Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity has added two Westminster Concerts to its February programming. Inspired, once again, by London’s St. Martin-in-the-Fields Embassy and Cultural Institutes Series, the cathedral offers …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
January 31,1868 – The Morning Chronicle Robbery – On Wednesday night, between ten and eleven o’clock, while Mr. Giguere, a shopkeeper in Latourelle Street, St. John’s suburbs, was temporarily occupied …
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Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor: I noted your story by Bill Cox (“STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue de Xi’an,” Jan. 24, 2018). The terra cotta array was not “funerary art” [in memory …
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The story behind Rue de Boston
This street, located in the Neuchâtel–Lebourgneuf area of Quebec City, is named after the capital of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. Boston is an important industrial, cultural and financial centre …
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