Quebec City finally closes the deal to buy Maison Pollack
Mayor Régis Labeaume is planning a visit soon to the city’s newest acquisition, the crumbling mansion on Grande Allée known as Maison Pollack.Last week, the city confirmed the purchase of …
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Private schools are ‘above the law’ when it comes to Bill 21
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is 34 years old, born in 1987, five years after the signing of the Canadian Constitution with its Charter of Rights and Freedoms, containing the …
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STREET VIEWS: The story behind Rue Louis-Alexandre-Taschereau
This street was named in honour of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau (1867-1952), who served as the 14th premier of Quebec from 1920 to 1936. Born in Quebec City, he was the son …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 27, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteQuebec LibraryThe Quebec Library will remain in its present situation in the upper part of House No. 1, St. Louis Street, for twelve months …
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V for Vaccination: Give it your best shot!
As of this writing, 2.8 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered around the province, to more than 2.7 million Quebecers. Are you one of them? Anyone 60 or …
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Bill 21: Use of notwithstanding clause would run roughshod over rights of English-speaking Quebecers
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) is alarmed that Premier François Legault has foreshadowed that the Quebec government may invoke the notwithstanding clause to limit the linguistic rights of English-speaking …
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Health Canada to review Medicago Phase 3 COVID-19 vaccine trials
As Canada’s COVID-19 immunization campaign accelerates, one of the country’s few homegrown vaccine candidates is moving ever closer to approval.Quebec City-based Medicago announced last week that Health Canada has “received …
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Avenue Saint-Sacrement blocked to connect new building
A major construction operation on Avenue Saint-Sacrement has forced motorists to make a detour around the zone via Boulevard de l’Entente for the past two weeks. According to city documents, …
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Reconnect to your ‘inner tortoise’ at the Blue Met Festival
“Ask the books I’ve read why I have changed.” William St-Hilaire said this quote by Indian poet Kamala Das has inspired her from the moment she joined the Blue Metropolis …
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Getting up close and personal with the colourful wood duck
Sitting by the lake, observing a group of mallard ducks, suddenly one notices that one of the birds looks a lot smaller than the others. Using binoculars, the intruder is …
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