On Nov. 6, the gymnasium at Quebec High School (QHS) was transformed into a Héma-Québec blood donation clinic for the day. After weeks of preparation and organization, the students of …
On Nov. 6, St. Lawrence College (SLC) business teacher Paul Bleau was host to representatives of 16 local post-secondary institutions and over 90 recruiters at a cocktail party held at …
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Quebec City’s world-renowned playwright, actor, film and stage director Robert Lepage was the much sought-after guest speaker at the Morrin Centre’s annual Literary Feast fundraising dinner on Oct. 30. Literary …
Eighty years ago this week, Canada was eight weeks into a war it had declared on Germany. The declaration by the then prime minister Mackenzie King is less a stirring …
With federal election signs yet to be removed, new ones began appearing on poles and lawns as the provincial byelection in Jean-Talon riding got underway.Premier François Legault called the election …
According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, when John McCrae’s 15-line poem “In Flanders Fields” first appeared in the Dec. 8, 1915, issue of the British magazine Punch, he did not receive …
This street is named after a rather mysterious woman named Élisabeth Couc (1667- circa 1750) sometimes called Isabelle. She was the daughter of Pierre Couc, dit Lafleur, and Marie Miteoamegoukoué, …
November 3, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteMontreal, Oct.30 – Many inhabitants of this city assert that, on Thursday last about 25 minutes past 7 o’clock a.m., they perceived in their …
On Nov. 1, the province of Quebec was hit by a violent storm, with 100-km/h winds and heavy rain. Around noon, various regions and cities lost hydro power one by …