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In 1889, German medical researchers determined that something in the pancreas was involved in the onset of diabetes mellitus (commonly referred to as Type 1 diabetes). It was not until the summer of 1921 that Dr. Frederick Banting at the University of Toronto suggested a new line of investigation. By the spring of 1922, the research team of Banting, Charles Best, J.B.

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The Ville de Québec would like to inform residents that new hours are now in effect at the city’s écocentres (recycling centres), making them even more accessible.

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Équipe Québec manager Patrick Scalabrini wished his team could have a .500 winning percentage when his players returned from their respective national team duties. On June 6, he got his wish as Équipe Québec defeated the Washington Wild Things 1-0 in Frontier League action.

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Yellow dandelions that painted the fields of green into yellow have now coloured these same fields silver. The dandelion phases are said to represent the sun, moon and stars. The yellow flower represents the sun, the white puffball symbolizes the moon and the dispersed seeds, the stars.

Malcolm Ross WARD, CD

The family of Malcolm Ross Ward, CD, sadly announce his passing at Ste. Anne’s Hospital in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on May 28, 2021 at the age of 91. Married to Marguerite (Margot) Caron for 60 years before her death in 2015, he was the son of Ronald Ward and Alice Bobbitt of Quebec City.

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In the mid-1850s, revolutionary Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), broke with the stylistic straitjacket of the day and created three masterpieces, considered to be the “golden triangle” of his best-loved operas: Rigoletto (1851), Il Trovatore (1853) et La Traviata (1853).

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The new Ross Gaudreault Cruise Terminal at Pier 30, near the Bunge grain elevators, has become a temporary COVID-19 vaccination site.

As they get their second dose, doff their masks and burst from their bubbles, Quebecers by the thousands will head off this summer to hike trails, set up at a campsite, open the cottage or slip their watercraft into the lake or stream. Some will even hop aboard a seaplane for a fishing expedition and get a bird’s-eye view of the boundless forests of Quebec.

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Michelle Morin-Doyle is among four city councillors from Équipe Labeaume who are not planning to run again in November’s municipal election.

Morin-Doyle, a former chair of the Central Québec School Board and president of Voice of English-speaking Québec, has served as Mayor Régis Labeaume’s deputy mayor since she was first elected in 2009.

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June 4, 1821 – The Quebec Gazette
Cleopatra’s Needle
Cleopatra’s Needle may be shortly expected to arrive in London from Alexandria – a present from the Pasha of Egypt to His Majesty George IV. It is, we understand, to be set up in Waterloo Place, opposite Carlton House. The weight of the column is about 200 tons, the diameter at the pedestal 7 feet.

The federal government is being cautious about showing open support for the Quebec City-Lévis tunnel project the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government announced two weeks ago.

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How many family pets have come to an awful end or lost a limb because they became caught in a hunter’s trap? This sad situation happens more often than we think.

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Summer is coming, and with it, wine season. Fresh, crisp whites, exciting bubblies and floral rosés are popular on summer wine lists, not forgetting full-bodied and lighter reds. Actually, all types of wine can be consumed at any time of the year, depending on what they are paired with.

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The Équipe Québec 2021 baseball season finally opened on May 28 with a doubleheader against the Gateway Grizzlies in Sauget, Ill.

The team, consisting of players from the Québec Capitales and the Trois-Rivières Aigles, saw their May 27 opening game postponed due to inclement weather, forcing them to play a doubleheader the next day.

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Quebec Remparts goaltender Thomas Sigouin and teammate Charle Truchon were honoured by their team for their achievements over the past season.

Sigouin, who played his final junior season, won the Coupe Budweiser as the team’s player of the year.