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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Jacquelyn Smith leads Transition Québec toward fall poll
When Jacquelyn Smith first moved to Quebec City in 2006, her French was just about good enough to puzzle out that the mayor of the city at the time, Andrée …
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Remparts can’t find a way to beat the Saguenéens
The Quebec Remparts finished their six-game schedule in the Chicoutimi protected environment, losing 3-0 to the Chicoutimi Saguenéens on March 7 at the Centre Georges-Vézina. The loss gives the Remparts …
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Canada’s Hockey Dad will be missed at Pee-Wee Tournament
Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey great Wayne Gretzky, affectionately known as Canada’s Hockey Dad, died peacefully on March 4 at the age of 82 after a long battle with …
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Laplante’s 2021 plans for Capitales go all the way from A to Z
Québec Capitales president Michel Laplante has several plans for his team in 2021 if the Frontier Baseball League can’t play out its regular season as planned.“We have a plan B …
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Maple syrup … every Quebecer’s favourite ‘sauce’
March is maple syrup month in Quebec. As spring approaches and melts the snow, the sun warms the maple trees and gets the sap flowing. An urban tree-tapping (acériculture) exhibit …
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The St. Patrick’s Day parades of 1911 and 1921
The Défilé de la Saint-Patrick is cancelled for the second year in a row, so it’s a great time to look back on celebrations from a century, and more, ago. …
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Up and coming entertainment
• The Trio celtique presents The Craic Sessions, a series of online performances, from March 12 to 14. For details, see the article below. • The Shannon Irish Show 50th-anniversary …
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