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Hard time for churches

Hard time for churches

News - February 16th, 2021

Listings could be less and less rare, even if a moratorium is still in effect in Montreal. Read the article in Le Devoir , by Jeanne Corriveau

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Religious heritage must return to the heart of the debate

Religious heritage must return to the heart of the debate

News - February 15th, 2021

Over the past ten years or so, the idea of ​​safeguarding religious heritage has gradually faded from public debate in favor of a discourse that has swallowed it up as one element among others of a so-called…

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The heritage bill lacks solid foundations, according to Serge Joyal and Phyllis Lambert

The heritage bill lacks solid foundations, according to Serge Joyal and Phyllis Lambert

News - February 9th, 2021

"We ask you to intervene so that Bill 69 is fundamentally rewritten, so that it truly becomes the law 101 of our history and our roots. Left as is, this bill will perpetuate the same dynamic that…

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A church heated with bitcoins

A church heated with bitcoins

News - February 8th, 2021

[Updated Feb. 8, 2021] There is no bingo hall in the basement of Saint-Adrien Church. Rather multiple servers that mine cryptocurrency. Without them, the project of transforming the church into a creative…

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Death of architect Frédérick Dawson

Death of architect Frédérick Dawson

News - January 25th, 2021

As an architect, one of his proudest accomplishments was designing the Notre-Dame-de-Pompei Catholic Church on Sauvé St. Dawson has the distinction of being the only architect to have designed…

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Religious archives,

Religious archives, "great forgotten ones in the reflection on Quebec's cultural heritage"

News - January 22nd, 2021

Private archives, and more specifically religious archives, are "the great forgotten ones in the reflection on Quebec's cultural heritage", deplores the Canadian Society of the History of…

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Ottawa donates $ 1 million to Notre-Dame Basilica

Ottawa donates $ 1 million to Notre-Dame Basilica

News - January 19th, 2021

Canada Economic Development is disbursing 1 million to help the basilica get through the health crisis that is shaking up the tourism industry. Notre-Dame Basilica is one of the most frequented sites…

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