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At 3:00 p.m. EST on March 13, 2023, in Amqui, a town 350 kilometers (220 miles) northeast of Quebec City in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada, a man drove his pick up truck into groups of pedestrians walking along Saint-Benoît Boulevard, also known as Route 132. [1] [2] [3] The driver fled the scene. A suspect turned himself to police ...
The May 2022 Canadian derecho was a high-impact derecho [5] event that affected the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor, Canada's most densely populated region, on May 21, 2022.. Described by meteorologists as a historic derecho and one of the most impactful thunderstorms in Canadian history, [6] [7] winds up to 190 km/h (120 mph) as well as around four tornadoes caused widespread and extensive ...
With a participation rate of 85.27%, the highest in Quebec's history, 41% of voters give 71 seats to the PQ. 1976 – Quebec-born author Saul Bellow wins the Nobel Prize for literature. 1977 - On April 15, the Expos play their first game at Olympic Stadium. 1977 – On August 26, the Quebec Charter of the French Language (Bill 101) becomes law.
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The total of 91 candidates broke the record for the longest list of candidates in a federal by-election. [8]Ballot comprising 91 candidates. On July 19, Montreal city councillor Laura Palestini was selected by the Liberals as their candidate over others seeking the nomination [9] such as Eddy Kara, a political strategist, [10] Christopher Baenninger, Quebec Liberal candidate in Sainte-Marie ...
Most grocery stores or pharmacies refused entry to people with COVID-19 symptoms in Montreal. May 3 — As Montrealers experienced their second day of +20 °C (68 °F) weather of the year and began crowding into parks, [64] the city announced the closure of the parking lots at La Fontaine Park, Maisonneuve Park, Jarry Park, Frédéric-Back Park, and the Île de la Visitation nature park ...
Quebec is advised to define its secular nature to improve relations between the white, French-speaking majority and the province's ethnic minorities. 2009 - In November's municipal elections, Gérald Tremblay is re-elected as mayor of Montreal, Régis Labeaume as mayor of Quebec City and Gilles Vaillancourt as mayor of Laval.
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