125 years ago the city boomed with modern progress
The More Salient Features of Quebec City Improvements During the Last Two YearsOn Jan. 22, 1896, the Quebec Morning Chronicle published a lengthy letter to the editor from Charles Baillairgé, …
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Pet adoptions break records during COVID-19 – but buyers beware
The Société protectrice des animaux (SPA) in Quebec City had a 100 per cent adoption rate in 2020. With over 2,400 animals adopted, it is nice to think that all …
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It’s Super Bowl time for Laval graduate Anthony Auclair
Former Université Laval Rouge et Or football player Anthony Auclair will have a chance to duplicate what McGill alumnus Laurent Duvernay-Tardif did last year – win a Super Bowl.Auclair and …
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Patrick Roy sets a QMJHL record with his 408th win
Quebec Remparts general manager and head coach Patrick Roy set a new Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL) record with his 408th victory behind the Remparts’ bench. Roy got the …
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IOC committed to holding the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games
During a virtual press conference held on Jan. 26, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach declared that the 2020 Olympic Summer Games and the 2020 Paralympic Games will take …
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How was your Groundhog Day this year?
Thousands of years ago when animism and the worship of the spirits of nature were prevalent, people in what is now Germany believed that the badger had the power to …
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Sunrise and sunset along the frozen St. Lawrence River
QCT photojournalist Cassandra Kerwin set out early in the morning of Jan. 30 to capture these gorgeous photos of the ice-choked St. Lawrence River. The interplay of light on the …
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Laval’s ‘Nordic Campus’ offers antidote for pandemic idleness
The Université Laval campus has been transformed into a winter sports park. As the adage from that baseball movie goes, “Build it and they will come.” What the university built …
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OBITUARY: Roberta (O’Hara) BRANION
Roberta (O’Hara) BRANIONIt is with sadness that we announce the death of our dear mother “Bertie.” Mum passed away peacefully in her sleep on Monday, January 18th at Saint Brigid’s …
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OBITUARY: Patrick Michael Joseph HUTCHINGS
Patrick Michael Joseph HUTCHINGS Patrick, son of Charles Hutchings and Mary Bryson Hutchings, both deceased, died on January 22, 2021, at 68 years old, after a courageous battle with cancer.Patrick …
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