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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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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