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“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.”
~ Albert Einstein

I was paddling my kayak slowly on the Cabano River in Témiscouata, my camera tucked safely away in its waterproof bag. Enjoying the scenery on a beautiful sunny day, I was hoping to encounter some ducks with their ducklings or, if I was lucky, maybe a green heron.

Wednesday, July 31 at 12:05 p.m. – Musical Wednesdays concert featuring Samuel Croteau (piano) and Antoine Trépanier (bassoon, voice and musical saw) at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, 78 Rue Sainte-Ursule in Old Quebec. Free admission. Donations welcome. Door prize draw at the end of each concert.

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“You are greater than your addiction.”
~ Nasia Davos

They’re everywhere – on the beach, in front of office buildings, in parks and parking lots. Cigarette butts pollute: 30 per cent of all litter found on our shorelines consists of butts. Just one cigarette butt can pollute three litres of sea or fresh water.

The Morrin Centre invites you to discover exciting, new activities during its fifth annual Arts Alive! Québec festival. On Aug. 2 and 3, Quebec City’s English-language cultural hub will host several performances, concerts, and workshops, proudly featuring Quebec City-based artists. This year’s programming explores nature and dreams with events on the theme: “The Garden of Live Flowers.”

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Margaret Atwood has famously claimed that everything in her speculative fiction novels is happening now, or is possible.

Which brings us to the future of meat. Is Atwood’s depiction in her novel Oryx and Crake a taste of what will be on your plate in the coming years?:

A dozen years ago, English-speaking moms met at what was then known as Holland Centre and asked for help organizing fun activities that would get them out of the house to meet other English-speaking mothers with young children. Their request gave birth to Moms’ Nite-out, or MNO for short.

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July 24, 1819 – The Quebec Gazette

Forged Bank Notes
Within these few days several strangers have been taken into custody, charged with circulating forged bank notes and counterfeit gold coin. The measures lately taken by the Police, it is hoped, will lead to the detection of others who may be concerned in a species of fraud, witherto little known in this community.

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Dennis Drainville, who retired as bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Quebec in 2017, announced June 5 he would be running for the Greens in the riding of Gaspésie–Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, which covers part of the Gaspé Peninsula and the Magdalen Islands.

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With less than a month before the event, 20 current and former National Hockey League players have agreed to play in the 11th Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron, named for Simon Gagné and Patrice Bergeron. The event will take place at the Videotron Centre on Aug. 8. at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 24 at 12:05 p.m. – Musical Wednesdays concert featuring renowned organist Jacques Boucher and violinist Anne Robert at Chalmers-Wesley United Church, tions welcome. Door prize draw at the end of each concert.

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The Quebec City Celtic Festival / Festival celtique de Québec (FCQ) has revealed the preliminary programming of its 14th edition. The festival will be held from Sept. 5 to 8, mainly at the enchanting Domaine de Maizerets. Certain activities will still take place in Old Quebec, specifically on Rue Saint-Jean.

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There was almost no room in front of the Bell Stage on July 13. Despite weather warnings, people had been lined up for hours. Some had driven hundreds of kilometres to see Imagine Dragons, a concert on the roster of the Festival d’Été de Québec (FEQ). To everyone’s disappointment, Mother Nature created a repeat of the Foo Fighters’ 2015 concert, to the day.

A few years ago we rented a cottage in the Eastern Townships and, on our first night there, we heard a skittering sound above suggesting a mouse afoot. An investigation of the attic in the morning led to the discovery of not a mouse but a virtual time capsule of magazines.

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This street is named in honour of Charles Pierre de Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1863 - 1937), also known as Pierre de Coubertin.

Born into an aristocratic French family, Coubertin became an academic and studied a broad range of topics, most notably education and history. He was deeply interested in physical education and the role of sports in schooling.

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He turns 83 on July 30, so Buddy Guy has more than earned the right to sing the blues and claim the title of the last of the great bluesmen, B.B. King, Muddy Waters and their ilk having already ascended to the big three-chord progression in the sky.