Rimouski is a city in Quebec, Canada. Rimouski is located in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region, at the mouth of the Rimouski River. It has a population of 48,664. Rimouski is the site of Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), the Cégep de Rimouski and the Music Conservatory. It is also the home of some ocean sciences research centres.
Pointe-au-Père is a district (secteur) of the city of Rimouski, Quebec, which is located in the central part of the Bas-Saint-Laurent region in eastern Quebec at the mouth of the St. Lawrence River. Its population was 4,240 in 2002, the year it merged with Rimouski. It is named after Father Henri Nouvel, who celebrated the first mass there in 1663.
Haute-Gaspésie—La Mitis—Matane—Matapédia was a federal electoral district in Quebec, Canada, that was represented in the House of Commons of Canada from 1979 until 2013. It has the lowest percentage of visible minorities among all Canadian electoral districts (0.3%).
The Colisée Financière Sun Life is a 4,030-seat multi-purpose arena in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada, built in 1966. It is home to the Rimouski Océanic ice hockey team, and the arena hosted the 2009 Memorial Cup.
CBRX-FM is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts SRC's Ici Musique network at 101.5 FM in Rimouski, Quebec.
CJOI-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec.
CJBR-FM is a French-language Canadian radio station located in Rimouski, Quebec. Owned and operated by the (government-owned) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, it broadcasts on 89.1 MHz using a directional antenna with an average effective radiated power of 19,400 watts and a peak effective radiated power of 38,800 watts. The station has an ad-free news/talk format and is part of the Ici Radio-Canada Première network, which operates across Canada. Like all other Première stations, but unlike most FM stations, CJBR-FM broadcasts in mono.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rimouski is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of Quebec, Canada, and includes the suffragan dioceses of Baie-Comeau and Gaspé.
Rimouski is a provincial electoral district in the Bas-Saint-Laurent region of Quebec, Canada, that elects members to the National Assembly of Quebec. It notably includes the municipalities of Rimouski and Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard.
The Cégep de Rimouski is a post-secondary education institution located in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
Sagapool is a gypsy jazz band from Montreal, Quebec. The band performs most often in Quebec. The six band members are Luzio Altobelli, Guillaume Bourque, Alexis Dumais, Zoé Dumais, Dany Nicolas, Marton Maderspach
Anca Parghel was a Romanian jazz singer, composer, arranger, pianist, choir conductor, and music teacher. As a jazz vocalist, she excelled in scat, vocal percussion, and improvisation. Her voice had a four octave range, this being one of the reasons she was compared to Yma Sumac in the Romanian music press. She had an exceptional ability to interpret songs in English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, or Portuguese.
CKMN-FM is a community radio station that operates at 96.5 MHz (FM) in Rimouski, Quebec, Canada.
Le Bic is a former municipality in Quebec, Canada.
Emplume is a street theater duet made up of two twin sisters. Their work has been classified as "urban animation." The duet has performed in their native Quebec and various venues around the world.
The Rimouski Seignory was a seignory during the French colonisation of New France. It was located in the present-day Rimouski-Neigette Regional County Municipality in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Quebec.
HMCS d'Iberville is a Canadian Forces Naval Reserve Division (NRD) located in Rimouski, Quebec. Dubbed a stone frigate, HMCS d'Iberville is a land-based naval establishment for part-time sailors as well as a local recruitment centre for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN). It is one of 24 naval reserve divisions located in major cities across Canada.
Benjamin Deschamps is a Canadian jazz saxophonist based in Montreal. He has won numerous awards, including the 2017-2018 Révélation Radio-Canada en jazz. Although he is best known for his talents as a saxophonist and composer, he is also an arranger and plays the flute and clarinet.
