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A Beauty Pageant Of The Sea Is Coming To Quebec City

... Both the Eagle and Amerigo Vespucci, built in 1931, were among the 16 or so tall ships that sailed into New York harbor with a vast array of spectator vessels on July 4, 1976. Both returned for the Statue of Liberty centennial in 1986 and the millennium celebrations of 2000. From Gaspesie inland, the St. Lawrence provides plenty of opportunities to see scattered contingents of the fleet under sail and at anchor. July 7 and July 9 are the dates to see the fleet under sail from the cliffs of Land's End in Forillon National Park. The communities of Rimouski, Gaspe, Sept-Iles, Tadoussac and Iles de la Madeleine, are among the prime locations that have activities planned while some of the ships are in port. Those on the wide river's south shore are almost guaranteed a backdrop of spectacular sunsets in clear weather. The racing ships among the fleet are stopping for several days at a time at ports marking each leg of the competition, which begins April 13-16 in the London borough of Royal Greenwich, Britain, and ends Aug. 31-Sept. 3 in Le Havre, France. Their schedule: April 29-May 1, Sines, Portugal; June 1-5, Bermuda; ...

David Aurine & Mathieu Fornier Are Not The Quebec City Mosque Shooting Suspects

... connected to major news events. The account has only two people following it, and follows 278. But the tweet was reposted more than 1,000 times in the hour after it was posted and the names spread quickly on social media. The photo on the left in the fake account’s tweet is of Davis M. J. Aurini , an alt-right Trump supporter from Canada. Aurini, who calls himself Davis the Deplorable , appears to be in on the joke. He has previously retweeted the fake Reuters account, and on Sunday shared an article calling him the shooter, saying “Time to come clean: David Aurine is my twin brother, left handed, works with Antifa, wasn’t raised by wolves like me.”. The man in the second photo, called Mathieu Fornier, is Matt Forney , an alt-right writer. The Reuters “parody” account previously used a photo of Forney and called him the leader of Russia’s hacking team. BREAKING: CIA identifies leader of Russian hacking campaign in US election as Matvei Fornov #Russia #russianhacking __link__/n TYNfs QWdj. — Gerald Butts 🇨🇦 (@gmbutts) January 30, 2017. Another hoax, which claims the shooters were recent refugees from Syria, has spread on Reddit and on Twitter. Quebec city shooters 2 ...

Conservative Caucus In Quebec City

... Conservatives. Interim leader Rona Ambrose kicks off a two-day strategy session for MPs and senators today in Quebec City — a chance to refocus minds ahead of Parliament's return next Monday. Beyond the usual update briefings, the discussions may wrestle with three fundamental questions. How to oppose Trudeau without talking down Canada. Donald Trump's inauguration brings a more inward-looking, protectionist and skeptical southern neighbour. Ex-army commander Leslie to play key role with Americans. Former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney and other past advisers were recruited to reach out. Conservatives across Canada (incl fmr PMs) have put partisanship aside to pitch in with the new @potus. This is the opposite of that. __link__/Qy WJKXLHwf. "They're late to the game," said Saskatchewan MP Randy ...

Hurricanes ‘not Moving’ To Quebec City

... La Vieille Capitale. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman quickly put those rumours to bed in his annual State of the League media availability later Saturday afternoon at Staples Center. “The club is not moving,” Bettman said. Instead, Bettman categorized any link to Quebec City as a “made-up story” and said that Karmanos was caught in a “candid moment” where he was “expressing his open-mindedness whimsically.”. “There is no formal sale process,” Bettman said. “He may sell. He may not. He may sell none of it.”. Carolina draws the fewest fans in the NHL as measured by both a per-game average (11,933) and capacity percentage (64 per cent) of PNC Arena. Fan interest has waned in the Raleigh-Durham Triangle region since the Hurricanes captured the Stanley Cup in 2006; the Canes have not qualified for the playoffs since 2009, making it seven straight springs without meaningful hockey. Karmanos has also been forced to keep the franchise afloat with the team often running at a deficit at times over the past decade. The Hurricanes remain a potentially attractive option for ...

5 Reported Dead In Terrorist Attack At Quebec City Mosque

... friends who were inside the mosque at the time of the shooting. He spoke to them afterward, and described the scene as “a carnage.”. “From what we heard over the phone, one person had a weapon discharged in his face because he had wanted to jump on the man to stop him. And the three others died because they wanted to catch the man.”. He said the assailant went into the mosque a first time, then left to recharge his weapon and came back a second, then a third time. “Many of the people who lived through this fled their home countries to avoid such situations, because they lived through trauma and didn’t want the same for their children.”. A non-profit group that fights Islamophobia in Quebec said it has been asking authorities “for years” to deal with threats and attacks on Quebec mosques. The Collectif Canadien Anti-Islamophobie said on ...

A Beauty Pageant Of The Sea Is Coming To Quebec City, River

... you free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set. Got it. FILE - In this June 16, 2000, file photo, the Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci sails past Fort Monroe at the entrance to Hampton Roads during Op Sail 2000 in Norfolk, Va. The venerable three-masted frigate is a handsome piece of work and just one of dozens of majestic ships that will be sailing North Atlantic waters this summer, visiting ports along the St. Lawrence River for weeks and gathering en masse in Quebec City July 18-23. (Steve Helber, File/Associated Press). By Calvin Woodward | AP By Calvin Woodward | AP January 17. As the story goes, the training ship Amerigo Vespucci was sailing the Mediterranean in 1962 when the U. S. aircraft carrier Independence spotted it and radioed: “Who are you?” Came the reply: “School ship Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian Navy.” The Independence answered: “You are the most beautiful ship in the world.”. Tall ships sometimes come with tall tales, and whether that one is true may be lost to history. What’s not in dispute is that the venerable three-masted frigate is a handsome piece of work ...

Multiple People Reported Killed And Injured By Gunmen At Quebec City Mosque

... free updates as they’re published. You’ll receive free e-mail news updates each time a new story is published. You’re all set. Got it. By Derek Hawkins and Alan Freeman By Derek Hawkins and Alan Freeman January 30 at 12:03 AM. Multiple people were killed and others injured Sunday after gunmen opened fire on worshipers at a Quebec City mosque as evening prayers were ending in what Quebec’s premier described as an act of terrorism. The mosque’s president told Reuters that five people were killed. Police said via Twitter that there were “deaths and injuries” but did not specify a number. A police spokesperson said that two suspects had been arrested. “The situation is under control, the premises are secure and the occupants were evacuated,” police said in a tweet. “The investigation is ongoing.”. Witnesses said that two ...

A Beauty Pageant Of The Sea Is Coming To Quebec City, And Ports Along The St. Lawrence River

... trans-Atlantic race from Britain to North America to France. Joining them in Quebec City will be more tall ships, based in Boston and the Great Lakes. Among superstars of Rendez-vous 2017: the U. S. Coast Guard’s Eagle, a cutter built by Nazi Germany and seized by the U. S. as a war prize. It’s the sixth Coast Guard ship to be named Eagle in a line dating to 1792. Germany’s graceful Alexander von Humboldt II, distinguished by 24 green sails, is also on tap. So are El Galeon, replica of the Spanish galleons that for three centuries linked Asia, the Americas and Spain; the reconstructed War of 1812 warship Niagara; the 1928-built Picton Castle barque; and the Peruvian Navy’s four-masted BAP Union. Both the Eagle and Amerigo Vespucci, built in 1931, were among the 16 or so tall ships that sailed into New York harbour with a vast array of spectator ...