The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Lions hockey team is back on track in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference after their two victories this past weekend at …
Daily Archives: 15 October 2019
SSQ Quebec City Marathon a runaway success
Ontario’s David Mutai out-paced all competitors on Oct. 13, completing the 42.2-kilometre SSQ Quebec City Marathon in 2:25. Caroline Shaw from Virginia won the women’s race in 3:06.They were not …
Shades of 1979 in the 2019 election battle for Quebec
OK, Justin Trudeau is not his dad, Andrew Scheer is not exactly a clone of Joe Clark, and for sure François Legault is not René Lévesque. But as we enter …
Stakes high in Quebec City area for Liberal Duclos, Conservative Deltell
They are vastly different by background, style and politics but Conservative Gérard Deltell and Liberal Jean-Yves Duclos have two important things in common: both are first-term federal MPs, and both …
Can Liberal Lightbound end Louis-Hébert’s single-term curse?
With Halloween on the horizon, Joël Lightbound is hoping to break the 30-year curse of Louis-Hébert riding. Not since the 1988 federal election, when Progressive Conservative Suzanne Duplessis won a …
The story behind Rue Dom-Bellot
This street is named in honour of Paul-Louis-Denis Bellot (1876-1944), a Benedictine monk and architect. He was born in Paris and died in Quebec City. “‘Dom” is an honorary title …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
October 17, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteA very handsome subscription amounting to nearly £250 currency, has been raised at Frederickton, New Brunswick, for the purpose of assisting in forming a …
Club Musical takes audience away to 19th-century Paris
The Club Musical de Québec opened its season at the Palais Montcalm on Oct. 7 by taking a full house on a sublime excursion into 19th-century Parisian music and poetry. …
MNBAQ hands COZIC exhibit Over to You
Visitors to the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec (MNBAQ)’s newest exhibit COZIC – Over to You: From 1967 to Now may be struck by the depth and scope of …
Ecocentres: Where waste is put in its proper place
Landfills in Quebec now have an ally. Ecocentres are giving citizens an eco-friendly way to dispose of their unwanted items while minimizing the volume of waste destined for landfills.Are you …