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Monthly Archives: September 2019
VEQ Fall Fest brings community groups together
Fall was well and truly “launched” as members of the English-speaking community came together at St. Vincent’s Elementary School to celebrate the season’s arrival on Sept. 21. The weather certainly …
Reid Duns crossing Canada for the Alzheimer Society
Reid Duns, a teacher at Ste-Foy Elementary School in Quebec City, is training for his second attempt to ride his bicycle across Canada, this time with the goal of raising …
CAQ looking at compromise on elected anglo school boards
Prime Minister “Aladdin” might not be the best example these days – bet he’d like the genie to grant all three wishes about now – but the fact is, a …
Tory Godin faces challenge from Grit Talbot in Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier
Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier riding is “all over the map,” geographically and politically.First, geographically, the constituency covers a swath of territory from east to west, almost completely encircling Quebec City. The odd consequence …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
September 23, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteUncommon EggsThere may be seen at the Union Hotel, between the hours of 10 and 4 on Friday, two Eggs, upon one of which …
The story behind behind Dufferin Terrace
Dufferin Terrace is named in honour of Frederick Temple Blackwood (1826-1902), who was born in Florence, Italy, into an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. The first Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, more …
Kuessipan wins the QCFF Feature Film Award
Kuessipan shows everything that is wonderful, uplifting and difficult about growing up in Uashat, an Innu community next to Sept-Îles, Quebec. The film’s première on Sept. 18 at the Quebec …
Les Violons du Roy bring new life to Nosferatu
For over a century, stories about vampires and the undead have piqued the curiosity of the masses. The undead have been featured in countless television series, movies and books, but …
Meet Dr. Mélanie Zimmerman, new U.S. Consul General in Quebec City
The newly arrived U.S. Consul General held a reception at her residence in Old Quebec on Sept. 18 to get to know members of the community. She graciously granted an …