Videotron Centre will become the QMJHL ‘bubble’ for 10 days
Great news for the Québec Remparts and junior hockey fans – the Videotron Centre has been designated the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s “bubble” for a seven-team tournament from Nov. …
Number 19 has more ties to Quebec City than COVID
The number 19 has been associated with the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic that will change the rest of our lives. On the local sports scene, the …
Virologist asks why rapid COVID-19 tests aren’t being used
Alex Culley is an associate professor in the department of biochemistry, microbiology and bioinformatics at Université Laval. A virologist by day, he’s also a father of two school-age children and …
Quebec City residents awaken to Halloween horror
Quebec City residents awoke on Nov. 1 to the horrifying news that two people had been killed and five others injured within the walls of Old Quebec on Halloween, by …
City unveils plan to link rivers in huge park
City officials last week unveiled an ambitious plan to connect the city’s five main rivers into a sweeping network of parks to be called the Parc des Grandes Rivières.The plan, …
Spat with China raises questions about port expansion project
Whatever has Canada done to cheese off China so? It’s a bit inscrutable why exactly China is blowing up what used to be a pretty comfortable relationship with Canada over …
Charlesbourg hosts a frightfully good Hall’auto-ween party
A full blue moon on a cool Saturday evening and an extra hour in the day … sounds like a perfect Halloween. Something spooky, however, was happening in the Charlesbourg …
Canadian students use data science to prevent plastic pollution
Kids Code Jeunesse (KCJ) is launching the #kids2030 Challenge, an annual global learning experience that teaches young people digital skills by addressing the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs). In 2020, …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
November 1, 1870 – The Morning ChronicleWeather – On Sunday, the sudden fall of the barometer forboded [sic] a rapid change in the weather, and early yesterday morning, the snow …
The story behind Rue Jean-Brillant
This street honours Jean Baptiste Arthur Brillant (1890-1918), who was born in Routhierville in the Lower Saint Lawrence region. One of the bravest Canadian officers during the First World War, …