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This is Quebec

This is Quebec

By: CBC
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From the Eastern Townships to Quebec's Far North and everywhere in between, our podcast brings you the stories shaping life across the province from our journalists who call it home. Each week, we dig into the local issues that have Quebecers talking, no matter which language they speak or sing. Every Friday, with host Alison Brunette.

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Episodes
  • Food insecurity doesn’t break for summer holidays

    Food insecurity doesn’t break for summer holidays
    Jul 10 2026

    Community groups in Quebec are coming up with new ways to reach people who need food aid during the summer months, when donations tend to drop. Community fridges on the Lower North Shore; farmers pairing up with food banks in the Eastern Townships; and lunch box programs in Quebec City: here’s a look at the work being done to fight insecurity.
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    17 mins
  • Canada’s only watchmaking school stands the test of time

    Canada’s only watchmaking school stands the test of time
    Jul 3 2026

    The École nationale d’horlogerie in Trois-Rivières is the only watchmaking school in Canada. It was founded 80 years ago, after WWII, to help veterans learn new skills and reintegrate into society after returning home. Today it trains watchmakers for the global market in a wide variety of professions.
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    14 mins
  • Towns on the Lower North Shore left stranded as route 138 plans canned again

    Towns on the Lower North Shore left stranded as route 138 plans canned again
    Jun 26 2026

    Yet again, plans to extend route 138 on Quebec’s Lower North Shore have been scrapped. People living in a dozen towns and villages along the coast have been waiting for a road to connect them to the rest of the province for decades. Without it, locals must rely on planes, ferry service - even quads and snowmobiles - to travel. After two former Liberal governments promised and failed to complete the 400 kilometre stretch of road from Old-Fort Bay and Kegaska, it's the CAQ that now finds itself tearing up its proposed extension plan.
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    15 mins
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