Heritage buildings are being valued throughout the Province of Québec

Here is a "potpourri" of recent announcements:

"Un art d'habiter"

Permanent exhibition devoted to the built heritage of Deschambault-Grondines.

Heritage buildings and architectural detail photographs is a major player in the exhibition. An interactive medium, accessible through Internet, allows heritage homeowners to find the information needed to make the best choices possible when undertaking work.

Church of Grandes-Piles will become a cultural space

The Making of Grandes-Piles bequeathed to the municipality, in August, the church built in 1899. While religious celebrations are still held, a community hall will be built at the front of the building with a view to presenting concerts and plays, for example. In addition, the library will be located, according to plans, at the top of the church. The work is estimated at nearly $800,000.

Source: Les Arts et la ville, which takes it source from Sandra Lacroix. "L'église de Grandes-Piles sera transformée en lieu de culture et culture", L'Hebdo Mékinac des Chenaux, August 11, 2010.

Victoriaville launches its Heritage Policy on the Web

Historic houses in the area of the Bonaventure island will be restored

The Québec Ministry of Culture is acquirring the men's house (part of the mother house of the Soeurs-Grises-de-Montréal)

The heritage building housing the municipal court located in Sainte-Julienne, Lanaudière, will be restored

Montréal Should Invest More in its Public Librarys - and a Serial Novel on the Web to Promotre Reading

Released this week in La Presse:


The Commission permanente sur le développement culturel et la qualité du milieu de vie, consisting mostly of elected members of the party of Montréal Mayor Gérald Tremblay, recommends that the City Executive invest more in its public libraries.

The Bibliothèques publiques de Montréal's Web site for its part offers a serial novel, Mille vies (in French):

Skibbereen, Montréal, Kingston, Vicksburg, Boston and Lowell are some cities that mark the 1000 lives of Molly Galloway . Nurtured by the upheavals of her era, she takes the train of ideas and battles for life and freedom. Her path leads her on the pavement of emerging cities, the railway tracks and trenches of the battlefield.

The story is narrated by a young immigrant traveling through America in the 19th century. During her adventures, Molly, just as her own hero, D'Artagnan and the Count of Monte Cristo, is to get involved in causes and disorders of her era.

The adventure is at the heart of this saga. It depicts major moments in the history of Montréal, Québec, America and the world around 1850.