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The Quebec Winter Carnival ( French: Carnaval de Québec ), commonly known in both English and French as Carnaval, is a pre-Lenten festival held in Quebec City. After being held intermittently since 1894, the Carnaval de Québec has been celebrated annually since 1955. [1] That year, Bonhomme Carnaval, the mascot of the festival, made his first ...
Québec (oraș) ( { {PAGENAME}}) / 46.817°N 71.217°V. Orașul Québec (în engleză Quebec City, franceză Ville de Québec) este capitala provinciei Québec și reședința regiunii administrative a Capitalei-Naționale ( région de la Capitale-Nationale ). Este sediul Parlamentului Québecului și pentru principalele instituții ale ...
Université Laval. / 46.78000°N 71.27472°W / 46.78000; -71.27472. Université Laval ( English: Laval University) [2] [note 1] is a public research university in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The university was founded by François de Montmorency-Laval as Séminaire de Québec in 1663, making it the oldest institution of higher ...
Le Journal de Québec is a French-language daily newspaper in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. Printed in tabloid format, it has the highest circulation for a Quebec City newspaper, with its closest competitor being Le Soleil . It was founded March 6, 1967, by Pierre Péladeau, founder of Quebecor. Like its sister paper, the much more widely-read ...
25 May 1948. The ramparts of Quebec City ( French: Fortifications de Québec) is a city wall that surrounds the western end of Old Quebec 's Upper Town in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. The ramparts date back to the 17th century, with the ramparts having undergone a succession of modifications and improvements throughout their history.
Quebec was first called Canada between 1534 and 1763. It was the most developed colony of New France as well as New France's centre, responsible for a variety of dependencies (ex. Acadia, Plaisance, Louisiana, and the Pays d'en Haut ). Common themes in Quebec's early history as Canada include the fur trade — because it was the main industry ...
2. Injured. 5. Perpetrator. Carl Girouard. On 31 October 2020, two people were stabbed to death and five others injured near the Parliament Building in the Old Quebec neighbourhood of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. [1] [2] [3] The perpetrator, 24-year-old Carl Girouard, was arrested immediately following the attack. [2] [3]
