Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Mondo Karnaval was back for its eighth edition, this time at Place Fleur de Lys, from Sept. 4 to 6. Following last year’s highly successful virtual edition, …
Daily Archives: 7 September 2021
Hundreds march during Fête Arc-en-ciel opening event
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Some 100 people marched through the Old City on Sept. 5. They were walking in the name of friendship and love as part of the Fête Arc-en-ciel …
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …
Louis-Hébert: Lightbound faces high-profile Conservative Lépine
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Despite an unfavourable trend for the Liberals in the 2019 election, Joël Lightbound managed to increase his hold on the Louis- Hébert riding. The 33-year-old lawyer also …
Charlesbourg: Ex-QS candidate runs for Bloc against Tory Paul-Hus
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Perhaps more than any other entrenched Conservative MP in the Quebec City area, Pierre Paul-Hus will have to watch his back if he wants to hold onto …
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unveils program for Quebec
Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh chose one of Quebec’s most emblematic backdrops to announce his party’s program for the province. On Sept. 2, Singh and deputy …
The story behind the Promenade des Acadiens
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com In 1604, Pierre Dugua de Mons, accompanied by a group of settlers, founded a colony at the mouth of the Sainte-Croix River (near present-day St. Andrew’s, New …
September 10, 1921 – Parents Are Blamed For “Flapper” Styles
Not the children but the parents are to blame when ‘flappers’ run around the streets with their stockings rolled down, dressed in peek-a-boo waists and short skirts and their hair …
September 8, 1961 – Thetford Canoeist Off On Last Lap Of 1,700m Paddle
Sydney (CP) – Quebec adventurer Ward Sealy [sic] sailed for his birthplace in Belleoram, Nfld., Wednesday apparently confident he will make out all right in his 17-foot kayak regardless of …
September 7, 1896 – Seizure of an Illicit Still and Whiskey at Charlesbourg
For some time past there has been a suspicion, in fact a certainty, that whiskey was being illegally manufactured in Charlesbourg. Acting upon information received, Officer Bourget … seized a …