Prime Minister Stephen Harper and fellow Conservative deputies and ministers descended upon Lévis and Quebec City for their annual Conservative caucus meeting last week. Conservatives used the occasion to demonstrate …
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Golfers wanted for a good cause
The 18th edition of the annual Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation is looking for golfers to hit the links on September 15 at le Club de Golf le Grand Portneuf to …
Quebec tae kwon do champions ready for Olympic fights in Beijing
For the first time since tae kwon do became an Olympic discipline at the 2000 Sydney Games, Canada will be represented in the sport by a male athlete. Sebastien Michaud …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
The Morning Chronicle 1848 A Visit to St Leon Springs Visitors leaving Quebec arrive in Three Rivers early the same evening, where they may get an excellent bed and supper …
Toronto city centre remains within reach of Quebec City
Porter Airlines announ-ced on July 30 that it would extend its flights between Quebec City and Toronto beyond the end of its summer schedule. Three airlines operate flights between Quebec …
LHSQ’s patrimony for sale
The Literary and Historical Society of Quebec, Canada’s oldest learned society, is about to divest itself of its heart and soul: the sale by “silent auction” of 1,500 of its …
Shocked by the lack of transparency on Tasers
On July 22, a 17-year-old boy died in Winnipeg after being shocked by police officers with a conducted energy weapon (commonly referred to as the Taser). He was the 21st …
Aspiring archaeologists invited to dig on the Plains
Aspiring archaeologists will be given an opportunity this week to unearth part of Quebec’s British colonial history on the Plains of Abraham. In parallel to Archaeology Month, the National Battlefields …
Archaeology Month reveals history underfoot
Anyone with a sense of curiosity, love for history and not afraid to get a little dirty is invited to be transported back through centuries of history at the fourth …