Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

The skyline of village-like Avenue Maguire in the Sillery district is changing dramatically.

Last week, workers were pouring concrete for the third of four storeys of a condominium and commercial building on what used to be the municipal parking lot next to the local library.

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Great news for the Québec Remparts and junior hockey fans – the Videotron Centre has been designated the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s “bubble” for a seven-team tournament from Nov. 17 to 27. The announcement was made on Nov. 8.

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Alex Culley is an associate professor in the department of biochemistry, microbiology and bioinformatics at Université Laval. A virologist by day, he’s also a father of two school-age children and the son of elderly parents.

Photo: Image courtesy Ville de Québec

City officials last week unveiled an ambitious plan to connect the city’s five main rivers into a sweeping network of parks to be called the Parc des Grandes Rivières.

Whatever has Canada done to cheese off China so? It’s a bit inscrutable why exactly China is blowing up what used to be a pretty comfortable relationship with Canada over a dispute with the United States.

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November 1, 1870 – The Morning Chronicle
Weather – On Sunday, the sudden fall of the barometer forboded [sic] a rapid change in the weather, and early yesterday morning, the snow began to fall, bringing with it an immediate diminution of the cold of the preceding day. Near Lorette, the snow drifted on the roads to a depth of three feet making sleighing difficult.

Photo: The Christopher family

My grandad, Lawrence A. Christopher, was born in Quebec City on Aug. 2, 1925. He was baptized at St. Matthew’s Church on Rue Saint-Jean and grew up on Rue Scott. In 1931, after a family separation, he went to live with his paternal grandparents in Southampton, U.K.

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Remembrance Week – not just Remembrance Day – is a very important time for many people in the Lower Saint Lawrence. In the 1942-1944 Battle of the St. Lawrence, German U-boats sank 23 ships (one off Métis-sur-Mer), killing hundreds.

Photo: Dany Germain - QMJHL

Canada will host the 2021 International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) Under-20 World Junior Championships from Dec. 26 to Jan. 5.

Anyone wishing to make an appointment to receive the influenza vaccine from English-speaking personnel may do so by calling 418-933-2070 from Monday to Thursday, between 9 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. or between 1 p.m. and 3 p.m.

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David G. RYAN
1937 - 2020

It is with sadness that we wish to advise you of the death of David G. Ryan which occurred at the Montreal General Hospital on Sept. 28, 2020 at the age of 82 years and nine months.

Photo: Peter Black from QCT archives

The city will put up its many outdoor rinks as usual this season, but, due to the pandemic, how people use the rinks may be unusual.

City officials have not yet confirmed what regulations will apply for the number of skaters on the ice at one time, and what access there will be to changing rooms and rinkside shacks.

Photo: Historisches Marinearchiv, public domain

As teenagers, Érik Phaneuf and Samuel Côté were both fascinated with secrets hidden underwater. Phaneuf became an underwater archaeologist; Côté became a shipwreck researcher and eventually an author and TV producer, piloting the Historia series Chasseurs d’épaves (Wreck Chasers).

There is a common saying that goes when the United States gets the flu, Canada coughs. It's not a difficult expression to explain, from the economy to the environment, we feel the effects of whatever decision the American government makes.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

Colourful trees, falling leaves, colder weather and shorter days announce the arrival of spooky creatures and hauntings. Despite the pandemic, Quebecers are looking forward to Halloween. There is something to frighten and surprise everyone in the days leading up to Oct. 31.