The new Ross Gaudreault Cruise Terminal at Pier 30, near the Bunge grain elevators, has become a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site. iA Financial Group followed the lead of Biscuits Leclerc …
Daily Archives: 1 June 2021
Second supermoon in two months delights sky watchers
While people living on the southwestern coast of the Pacific Ocean observed a lunar eclipse as the Flower Moon passed through Earth’s shadow on May 26, the moon was barely …
Quebecers can’t see forest mismanagement through the trees
As they get their second dose, doff their masks and burst from their bubbles, Quebecers by the thousands will head off this summer to hike trails, set up at a …
Michelle Morin-Doyle among departing city councillors
Michelle Morin-Doyle is among four city councillors from Équipe Labeaume who are not planning to run again in November’s municipal election.Morin-Doyle, a former chair of the Central Québec School Board …
City’s new tourism campaign aimed at Quebecers
Quebec City is going all out to persuade tourists to visit the city this summer. A $27-million package of measures is aimed at helping the pandemic-battered tourism industry recover from …
STREET VIEWS: The story behind Avenue Louis-Jobin
This street is named in honour of Louis Jobin, best known as a sculptor of religious statuary, born in Saint-Raymond de Portneuf in 1845. At the age of 14 or …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
June 4, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteCleopatra’s NeedleCleopatra’s Needle may be shortly expected to arrive in London from Alexandria – a present from the Pasha of Egypt to His Majesty …
City diversity strategy embraces festivals
On May 16, declared the International Day of Living Together in Peace by the United Nations, the Ville de Québec announced plans to invest a total of more than $10.5 …
Polls reveal divisions over language rights
Non-francophones hold widely diverging views from French-speaking Quebecers on Bill 96, which aims to reinforce the Charter of the French Language (Bill 101). A majority of anglophones and allophones also …
Ottawa cautious about CAQ government’s tunnel plan
The federal government is being cautious about showing open support for the Quebec City-Lévis tunnel project the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government announced two weeks ago. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, …