MONTREAL NOW: Québec’s Upcoming Election, or Pulling the “pure laine” Over the Voters’ Eyes
Zsolt gives gentle guidance if you are perplexed about how to vote in our upcoming election.
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Onishka: Indigenous Perspectives
Shows by indigenous performers, some local, some from around the world, address the theme of reconciliation.
1764: Return of the Acadians & Other Quebec Curios
The British authorities were the ones that ordered the mass deportation of the Acadians starting in 1755, but they would also be the ones to allow their returns. Deportations [read on]
1763: The Royal Proclamation & Other Quebec Curios
While King George III is unfortunately known as the tyrant who lost the Thirteen Colonies and who suffered from at least two bouts of mental illness, re-evaluations of this [read on]
1763: The Treaty of Paris & Other Quebec Curios
While the surrender of Montreal is commonly regarded as the de facto end of the Seven Years’ War, the war would in fact continue on for another three years. This is due to [read on]
1760: The Capitulation of Montreal & Other Quebec Curios
After the Battle of the Plains of Abraham, in which both the English and the French commanders died, both sides continued taking up their arms and fighting each other. With [read on]
1759: Here Died Wolfe Victorious & Other Quebec Curios
The Plains of Abraham, though such a significant battle to Quebec history, was short even by contemporary standards. Lasting only about fifteen minutes, with British general [read on]
1759: The Other Ticonderoga & Other Quebec Curios
On the heels of the massive failure that was the Battle of Ticonderoga/Carillon, the British had a victory in the Battle of Ticonderoga. The British, wanting to claim Fort [read on]
1758: (One of) Two Ticonderogas & Other Quebec Curios
While ensuing alliances were being made in Europe, the British and French were having their respective victories over in the colonies located in the New World. Two of these [read on]
1756-7: The War Goes to Europe & Other Quebec Curios
While 1754 marked the beginning of a major colonial war in North America, the year 1756 marks the time when the Seven Years’ War truly became a global conflict. The British [read on]
1755: Evangeline’s People & Other Quebec Curios
Just about any Quebec history book will have at least a section dedicated to Acadia (Acadie), the former French colony fell under British rule following the 1713 Treaty of [read on]
1754: The Beginning of the End & Other Quebec Curios
The traditional date of the beginning of the Seven Years’ War is 1754, when somebody named George Washington attacked a French scouting party, provoking the French into [read on]
1713: The Treaty of Utrecht & Other Quebec Curios
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, far away from New France, in a not-so-little continent named Europe, there was a war going on, and all because of the lack of [read on]
1663: Ensuring New France’s Survival & Other Quebec Curios
As stated many times in the past few weeks, New France’s population was an epic fail at best. Despite Champlain’s permanent settlement, the Habitation, as well as both [read on]
1642: Growing a Colony & Other Quebec Curios
Champlain’s Habitation, though meant as the first permanent settlement in the colony of New France, needed a population to match. Despite surviving several sieges, the [read on]
1620s and 1630s: Early Quebec & Other Quebec Curios
What did an early Quebec look like in the 1620s and 1630s? Find out on this week’s Quebec Curios.
1629: Pirates Try to Conquer Quebec & Other Quebec Curios
Our story begins with a simple man: David Kirke. Born and raised in Normandy, like many people of his time, little is known about this Englishman until his participation in [read on]
1608: Everything You Wanted to Know About Champlain & Other Quebec Curios
Champlain: one of the great names of Quebec history, but how well do we know him? Like Jacques Cartier, we are still questioning details about Champlain’s early life, [read on]
1534: Everything You Wanted to Know about Cartier & Other Quebec Curios
The Vikings may have landed in Canada first, but the first permanent settlement was manned by Jacques Cartier, a French explorer. Learn about this era of exploration in this week’s Quebec Curios.
1000: The Vikings Beat Columbus to It & Other Quebec Curios
Christopher Columbus is widely credited as being the discoverer of North America, but there were another people who beat him to it by about four hundred years: the Vikings. [read on]