Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Mondo Karnaval was back for its eighth edition, this time at Place Fleur de Lys, from Sept. 4 to 6. Following last year’s highly successful virtual edition,…
Tag Archives: September 8 2021
Hundreds march during Fête Arc-en-ciel opening event
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Some 100 people marched through the Old City on Sept. 5. They were walking in the name of friendship and love as part of the Fête Arc-en-ciel…
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in…
Louis-Hébert: Lightbound faces high-profile Conservative Lépine
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Despite an unfavourable trend for the Liberals in the 2019 election, Joël Lightbound managed to increase his hold on the Louis- Hébert riding. The 33-year-old lawyer also…
Charlesbourg: Ex-QS candidate runs for Bloc against Tory Paul-Hus
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Perhaps more than any other entrenched Conservative MP in the Quebec City area, Pierre Paul-Hus will have to watch his back if he wants to hold onto…
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unveils program for Quebec
Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh chose one of Quebec’s most emblematic backdrops to announce his party’s program for the province. On Sept. 2, Singh and deputy…
The story behind the Promenade des Acadiens
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com In 1604, Pierre Dugua de Mons, accompanied by a group of settlers, founded a colony at the mouth of the Sainte-Croix River (near present-day St. Andrew’s, New…
September 10, 1921 – Parents Are Blamed For “Flapper” Styles
Not the children but the parents are to blame when ‘flappers’ run around the streets with their stockings rolled down, dressed in peek-a-boo waists and short skirts and their hair…
September 8, 1961 – Thetford Canoeist Off On Last Lap Of 1,700m Paddle
Sydney (CP) – Quebec adventurer Ward Sealy [sic] sailed for his birthplace in Belleoram, Nfld., Wednesday apparently confident he will make out all right in his 17-foot kayak regardless of…
September 7, 1896 – Seizure of an Illicit Still and Whiskey at Charlesbourg
For some time past there has been a suspicion, in fact a certainty, that whiskey was being illegally manufactured in Charlesbourg. Acting upon information received, Officer Bourget … seized a…