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The Most Polite Canadian Cities Were Ranked & 3 Quebec Spots Made The Cut

In a recently published ranking of Canadian cities, Censuswide found that Quebec's own Saguenay was the second most polite city in the entire country, losing only to Ontario's Markham.

The survey concluded that Cape Breton was third-most polite, with two more Quebecois cities, Lévis and Québec City coming in at fifth and sixth place, respectively.

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Quebec Is Ditching Its Plan For A New Highway Under The Saint Lawrence River

The highly anticipated "third link" tunnel project connecting Québec to Lévis is no longer prioritizing car lanes, according to the Journal de Québec and confirmed to MTL Blog by Minister of Transport Geneviève Guilbault's spokesperson Maxime Roy via email.

Guilbault is set to formally announce this shift in focus at a press conference on Thursday, Roy told MTL Blog. Initial plans for the third-link tunnel included three lanes in each direction stacked on top of each other in a two-level setup, with one lane in each direction reserved for electric buses, plus connections to Québec City's forthcoming tramway.

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This New Riverside Skating Path Outside Quebec City Has Gorgeous Skyline Views & It's Free

If you don't mind a little road trip and you want to practice your skating skills for free, there is a new Quebec skating path in Lévis where you can have fun while admiring the capital city's stunning skyline.

Narcity Québec was first to report this story.

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3 Quebec Cities Were Ranked Among The Best Small Cities In Canada

Those towns you might know best as passing exit signs are getting some overdue attention. Three Quebec cities made it onto a new ranking of the best small cities in Canada, though none made the top 10.

Lévis, Sherbrooke and Trois-Rivières came in at numbers 12, 16 and 19, respectively. Victoria, Kelowna, Kingston, Niagara Falls and Waterloo occupied the top five spots nationally.

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$400,000 Homes For Sale In 11 Different Cities In Quebec (PHOTOS)

Remote work means Montrealers can look beyond their increasingly expensive island for real estate opportunities — and they'll quickly see how much more space their money can buy. The farther you look from Quebec's largest urban centres, the bigger homes for sale get.

Below are 32 examples of homes on the market for around $400,000 in 11 different cities in the province. This list is meant to provide examples for prospective homebuyers and not to offer a representative sample of properties at this price point (crafty homeowners may, for example, list their homes lower than the expected sale price in hopes of spurring a bidding war).

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What Canada's Election & A Liberal Minority Gov't Could Mean For Quebec

Now that the dust has settled on the 2021 Federal Election, many of us living in Quebec might be wondering what the point of all this was. But no election is without some kind of meaning, especially for voters.

So, what did this election mean for the people of Quebec and what does a Liberal minority mean for the province?

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Police Found A Group Of Teens Having A Party At A Quebec Hotel & Gave Them $1,000 Fines

Police were called to break up an illegal hotel party in Lévis, Quebec on Saturday, January 16. The Service de police de Lévis (SPVL) confirmed to MTL Blog that six teenagers aged 17 to 18 were fined "$1,000 plus costs."

Gatherings of this kind are not allowed under Quebec's current public health regulations. 

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