Rouge et Or players drafted and signed by CFL teams
Two student-athletes from the Université Laval Rouge et Or football team were selected in the 2021 Canadian Football League (CFL) draft, held online May 4.The first player to be called …
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Looking forward to a normal-ish future
For the past several months, many of us have been waiting for that magic potion that will make COVID-19 disappear – poof! – never to be seen again.Vaccines are not …
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Prix Hommage Aînés will honour exceptional seniors
On May 3, Marguerite Blais, minister responsible for seniors and informal caregivers, launched a call for nominations for the 2021 edition of the Prix Hommage Aînés. Nominations will be accepted …
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Community Calendar of Events
Quebec Art Company QACStage Pass performances of vintage radio plays are uploaded to the QAC YouTube channel on the last Sunday of every month and can be viewed free of …
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Opera de Québec presents ‘The Barber of Seville’ in concert
To celebrate the arrival of spring with lightness and humour, the Opéra de Québec presents Gioachino Rossini’s The Barber of Seville in a concert version that will delight lovers of …
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A ‘pink’ supermoon appears over Quebec City
On the evening of April 26, people looking toward the southeastern sky saw the rising “pink moon,” the first of two supermoons of 2021. This moon appears no different from …
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Mothers (and Ken Dryden) nurtured Canada’s advances in child care
It’s not just because of a possible playoff matchup between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens that Ken Dryden’s name is in the news.He did happen to be in …
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Tramway on a roll: Call for tenders made, alternate routes proposed
Quebec City’s tramway project picked up serious momentum last week with the call for tenders to build and maintain the system, and the announcement of possible routes and stations for …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
May 5, 1821 – The Quebec GazetteSchool Master WantedFunds having been raised in the Parish of Malbaye [sic] of an amount sufficient to form a reasonable remuneration for a School …
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The story behind Rue Luc-Pelletier
Luc Pelletier (1859-1944) was born in Saint-Roch-des-Aulnaies (Lower Saint Lawrence) and was an entrepreneur who played a key role in the development of the Notre-Dame-des-Laurentides municipality, today a part of …
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