ELAN offers a Penny for your thoughts in Three Pines
Louise Penny, author of the award-winning series of murder mysteries featuring Chief Inspector Armand Gamache, delighted her YouTube audience with a rare and intimate chat on Feb. 12, during the …
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The 67th Winter Carnival continues until Feb. 21
Like a blizzard, the 67th Quebec Winter Carnival has come and … actually, Carnival organizers recently announced that due to public demand, the ice towers and ice and snow sculptures …
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CAQ government yet to get on board with tramway project
Chances are when Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume announced his grand tramway plan in March 2018, he didn’t imagine that his biggest obstacle would turn out to be political, rather …
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Freedom of speech being questioned on many fronts
Someone in our household is receiving emails from a notorious figure in Donald Trump’s insurrection escapade. Such unsolicited missives would normally go straight to spam, but somehow the messages from …
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The story behind Avenue Juchereau
Avenue Juchereau is named in honour of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay (1740-1806), the sixth seigneur of the Manoir de Beauport and the son of Antoine Juchereau Duchesnay and Marie Françoise Chartier …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
February 15, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteQuebec Harmonic SocietyA few individuals resident in Quebec, but not subscribers, have contrary to the rules of the Quebec Harmonic Society, found admittance into …
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‘Turner and the Sublime’ finally arrives at the MNBAQ
Much to the delight of art lovers, the Turner and the Sublime exhibit, originally scheduled to open at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ) last October, is finally …
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‘Xin Nian Kuai Le’ – Happy Chinese New Year!
Anyone who thinks the Christmas holidays are long has never celebrated Chinese New Year! The Spring Festival, or Chinese New Year, has a different date every year according to the …
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Snow basketball – a new Winter Olympic sport?
Basketball might not immediately come to mind as an outdoor winter sport, but this young man found a snow-friendly ball with which to shoot hoops in Parc Victoria last weekend....
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Lost and found fence features missing winter foot and finger wear
Missing a glove, a mitten or a boot? This impromptu array of lost and found winter wear was spiked on a fence along the Plains of Abraham. It seems to …
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