On Jan. 29, 2017, six Muslim men were shot dead in a Québec City mosque. An armed white nationalist terrorist went on a shooting rampage in the Islamic Cultural Centre in Sainte-Foy, Québec, just after evening prayers. It remains the worst mass murder in a house of worship in Canada’s history.
A halal grocery store owner, a professor at Université Laval, three civil servants and a pharmacy worker were slain by Alexandre Bissonnette. These men originally came from Morocco, Algeria and Guinea. The murder victims were: Ibrahima Barry, 39; Mamadou Tanou Barry, 42; Khaled Belkacemi, 60; Aboubaker Thabti, 44; Abdelkrim Hassane, 41; and Azzedine Soufiane; 57. Nineteen other worshippers were injured, including Aymen Derbali, who was paralyzed in an attempt to stop Bissonnette.
MONTREAL Quebec City s renowned Winter Carnival will go on as planned, though with major changes due to the ongoing pandemic. This week, teams were hard at work preparing for the sixty-seventh edition of the event. Winter Carnival CEO Melanie Raymond said planning has been an exercise in “finding new solutions.” “It s like finding something new, rethinking our carnival,” she said. Though there will still be traditions such as appearances by mascot Bonhomme Carnaval, there will be physical distancing and masks, and respect for the Quebec-wide curfew. “We had to give up all the activities that gather a lot of people at the same place, the activities which could provoke a lineup,” said Raymond.