The Ministry of Transport has been doing a study this winter on a 40-kilometre stretch of Highway 20 near Rivière-du-Loup, between Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Cacouna. Being tested is a new, environmentally…
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Governors Promenade closed for the winter due to work on Dufferin Terrace
As a follow up on Dufferin Terrace construction work, Parks Canada has announced that the Governors Promenade will also be completely closed until spring 2011. The entrance to the Promenade…
Possible winter opening of Gilmour Hill: NBC meets with Mayor Labeaume
On Tuesday, January 18, representatives of the National Battlefields Commission (NBC) met with Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume to discuss his interest in having (Côte) Gilmour Hill open year round,…
Chevrolet Volt comes to the Quebec City Market
Hydro-Québec and Chevrolet Canada today announced a new partnership by which Hydro-Québec will integrate 20 Chevrolet Volts into its fleet, starting in 2011.“We are very pleased with this acquisition as…
Newsie Notes
English Discussion Group at the Morrin Centre. Back by popular demand, our Advanced English Discussion Group has been a great success! Are you looking for a good way to keep…
A Spiritual Journey, Following the Star
With Christmas now but a memory, many of our churches are in the midst of the season of Epiphany, a Greek word meaning “manifestation” or “revelation.”The one whose manifestation we…
Quebec City billet families keeping the Peewee Tournament running smoothly!
As Bonhomme Carnaval prepares to bring down the curtain on the world’s largest winter festival, hockey players begin their annual pilgrimage to the Mecca of Peewee Hockey which takes place…
Memorials and Things of Fame for January 19, 2011
1851The Morning ChronicleCatherine O’Brien, a frail, but not fair spinster, of uncertain age, was charged with stealing from the shop of Messrs. Marois and Lepage, a shawl of the value…
Jos Miller, a private legend
Note to the Editor: The article by Colin Standish, who has been fortunate to visit Hong Kong and the sites where our Canadian soldiers suffered at the hands of the…
Thoughts for the Minister of Education to consider
On January 24, there will be a meeting of the Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) and school board chairpersons with Education Minister Line Beauchamp. According to the QESBA, the…