Québec – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Culture and Identity, Parks Canada, and Jean-Yves Duclos, Member of Parliament for Québec, announced the designation of the Hôpital-Général de Québec Monastery as a national historic site under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. The Hôpital-Général de Québec monastery, located at the intersection of the Saint-Roch and Saint-Sauveur neighbourhoods in the city …
Gatineau – Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Minister responsible for Parks Canada, announced the designation of the Colored Hockey League of the Maritimes as an event of national historic significance under Parks Canada’s National Program of Historical Commemoration. In 1895, Black Baptist leaders in Halifax created three hockey teams – the Eurekas, the Jubilees, and the …
Toronto – Parks Canada and Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada will participate in a plaque unveiling ceremony to commemorate the national historic significance of Penman Textile Mill. Penman Textile Mill in Paris, Ontario, was once at the core of the Penman Manufacturing Company, Canada’s largest producer of woolen knit goods in the late 19th century. Founded in 1868 …
