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Ontario’s David Mutai out-paced all competitors on Oct. 13, completing the 42.2-kilometre SSQ Quebec City Marathon in 2:25. Caroline Shaw from Virginia won the women's race in 3:06.

OK, Justin Trudeau is not his dad, Andrew Scheer is not exactly a clone of Joe Clark, and for sure François Legault is not René Lévesque. But as we enter the denouement of this election we can’t help but be reminded of the 1979 vote when those three characters had lead roles in an intense national drama.

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This street is named in honour of Paul-Louis-Denis Bellot (1876-1944), a Benedictine monk and architect. He was born in Paris and died in Quebec City. “‘Dom” is an honorary title reserved for royalty, select nobles, and high ranking members of the clergy.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

The Club Musical de Québec opened its season at the Palais Montcalm on Oct. 7 by taking a full house on a sublime excursion into 19th-century Parisian music and poetry.

Photo: Lise Lafond

Landfills in Quebec now have an ally. Ecocentres are giving citizens an eco-friendly way to dispose of their unwanted items while minimizing the volume of waste destined for landfills.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

For the past several years, Patrick McKenna has been busy writing St. Patrick’s High School in Quebec City 1843-1998.

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Dadventures, a new Wellness Centre initiative to support men raising children, got off to an exciting start in late September with a drizzly-but-fun hike up Mount Wright (Parc du Mont Wright). The 15 eager participants included five dads, one grandad and nine excited children from 10 months to eight years old.

Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. – VEQ Out and About visits the Musée de la civilisation. Members of the community ages 50 and over are invited to join us as we discover the exhibits at the Museum of Civilization on Rue Dalhousie. Free admission, and transportation. Departing from the Jeffery Hale Pavilion at 10 a.m. with the possibility of pick-up at your home. Contact Catherine at 418-683-2366, ext.

Photo: Nathalie Martin - U Laval

The Université Laval Rouge et Or football team played one good half of football and that was all it needed on Oct. 12 to cruise to an easy 39-3 win over McGill University at Montreal’s Percival-Molson Stadium.

Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles would seem to be one of the most solid Conservative seats in Quebec. Pierre Paul-Hus won the riding in 2015 by 22 points and nearly 10,000 votes.

The word “unimpeachable” has taken on new meaning in the context of the current malaise in government visited on our cousins south of the border. Officially, according to my beloved brick of a Webster’s, unimpeachable is defined as “cannot be doubted, questioned or discredited; blameless; irreproachable.”

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This street was named to commemorate Clan Douglas, one of Scotland’s most powerful families, and certainly the most prominent family in lowland Scotland in the Late Middle Ages, often holding the real power behind the throne of the Stewart kings.

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

Rich Cahill, a historian and teacher, contacted the QCT recently to report that he had noticed a number of brass plaques located at historical locations around Quebec City had gone missing.

Photo: Lise Lafond

The theme of WoodRise 2019, held from Sept. 30 to Oct. 4 at the Quebec City Centre des Congrès/Convention Centre, was “Building our cities for future generations.”

Photo: Shirley Nadeau

The Octuor à Vent, an octet comprised of musicians from the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec, presented a program of chamber music for wind instruments – oboes, clarinets, bassoons, horns, and a duo of flutes – at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity on Oct. 3.