For the 28th consecutive year, elite mountain bike racers from around the world gathered at Mont-Sainte-Anne for the only Mercedes-Benz UCI Mountain Bike World Cup stop in North America. Competitors …
Daily Archives: 14 August 2018
Cheers to cheap beer, but what about wine prices?
If you’ve ever lived in a province bordering on Quebec, you know the drill. Hop in the car, head for the nearest dépanneur and stock up on the cheapest beer …
Canada’s conflict with Saudi Arabia is more than meets the eye
On Aug. 2, Canada’s minister of foreign affairs, Chrystia Freeland, saw fit to publicly criticize the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, through her personal Twitter account, by “strongly calling for the …
Seeking descendants of Irish families from the Waterloo Settlement
The Waterloo Settlement: where is it? When was it created? About 200 years ago, lands that belonged to the Jesuit order and which were part of former seigneuries were distributed …
Memorials and Things of Fame
August 15, 1818 – The Quebec Gazette A boy nine years old, the son of a workingman who lives on St. Charles Street, died from hydrophobia*, having been bitten by …
The story behind Boulevard Bastien
In the 17th century, a road was opened to connect Charlesbourg and Jeune-Lorette, the Wendat village later known as Village-des-Hurons and known today as Wendake. The road was named Boulevard …
FLIP Fabrique’s enchanted world of Féria
Spectators are returning to the Agora du Port de Québec for another spectacular series of free outdoor acrobatic performances, compliments of the Ville de Québec. For the fourth edition, local …
International military reservists meet and compete in Quebec
From Aug. 3 to 10, Quebec City hosted the Interallied Confederation of Reserve and Medical Reserve Officers (CIOMR). Hundreds of reservists from 23 countries gathered for military competitions at Canadian …
Notre Dame de Paris comes to the Grand Théâtre!
It’s back! For its 20th anniversary, Notre Dame de Paris, with lyrics by Quebec’s Luc Plamondon and music by French-Italian composer Richard Cocciante, is being presented for the first time …
100th anniversary of the Battle of Amiens commemorated
A ceremony was held at the Citadelle of Quebec on Aug. 8 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Amiens and the beginning of what is known as …