Remparts to play Foreurs and Huskies in Val d’Or
After a nine-hour bus ride to Val d’Or, the Quebec Remparts will get a chance to lace up their skates and play four games in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey …
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SLC Lions sports teams start planning for next season
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence (SLC) Lions sports teams hoped all year long, like their college counterparts throughout the province and Canada, that maybe, just maybe, the pandemic would ease up …
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Capitales sign more players as baseball season approaches
There might be snow on the ground, and the dome may still be in place at Stade Canac, but the Québec Capitales have been very active this past week, signing …
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The story behind Carré Lépine
A very short street and a stairway are named in honour of the Lépine family, notably Germain Legris dit Lépine (1821-1899) who began his career as a cabinet maker. In …
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Quebec City celebrates St. Patrick’s Day throughout March
Spring is in the air, and with St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, the organizers of the Défilé de la Saint-Patrick de Québec (DSPQ) are determined to keep the …
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Students march to demand a return to school sports
High school student and football player Isaac Pépin led some 22,000 Quebecers in a march around the National Assembly on March 7 as they waved signs demanding that Premier François …
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Cartier Starbucks among coffee giant’s closures
Despite its apparent prime location, the Starbucks coffee shop at the corner of Avenue Cartier and Boulevard René-Lévesque is one of some 200 outlets the Seattle-based company is closing across …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
March 8, 1827 – The Quebec GazetteThe House of Assembly of the Provincial Parliament of Lower Canada voted a sum not exceeding 25,000 pounds for shares in the Welland Canal.Note …
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City declares kitchen waste recycling pilot project a hit
The city’s kitchen waste recycling pilot project was a smash success, declared city officials on March 1. In announcing the results of the test involving more than 2,000 households, Mayor …
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As plague abates, June federal election talk bursting out all over
If a scenario now being bandied about in the high councils of media punditry comes to pass, Canadians could be slipping their ballots into the box at about the same …
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