News Digest August 12, 2015
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The Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France invade Québec City – Photos
Les Tambours de Québec led the Filles du Roi and the soldiers of the Régiment Carignan-Salière from Louise Basin to Place de Paris. Two beautiful demoiselles in period …
The Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France invade Quebec City
The 19th annual Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France was a hit in Old Quebec this past week. From August 5 to 9, the festival celebrated the city’s early role as a …
Music and healing at the Caring Circle Café
The Caring Circle Café, organized by Jeffery Hale Community Service’s Jan Anderson, invited caregivers and friends to partake in a vibrational musical experience at Jeffery Hale Hospital’s Coin de Soleil …
Joël Lightbound: Liberal candidate for Louis-Hébert
On August 6, the Liberal Party of Canada (LPC) met at the Hôtel Plaza in Sainte-Foy to select their candidate to represent Louis-Hébert in the coming federal election. They nominated …
Green Party candidate studies French in Quebec City
Like many Quebecers, Brynn Nheiley watched the news in French on Radio Canada and heard the party leaders’ opening statements when Elections Canada announced the date of the next federal …
Anglican Diocese of Quebec to select a new bishop
After 10 years as the Missioner, Coadjutor Bishop and Diocesan Bishop of Quebec, Dennis Drainville announced on August 5 that he believes it is time for the Diocese to start …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1865 The Morning Chronicle Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, commander-in-chief of the army of the United States, at present a visitor to the ancient city of Quebec, was born at Point …
The story behind Rue Joseph-Kaeble
Rue Joseph-Kaeble is named in honour of Joseph Kaeble, who was born in 1892 in Saint-Moïse, Quebec. In 1916, at the age of 22, he enrolled in the 22nd Battalion …