Quebec City: 400 Years Old Today

Happy Birthday to our frogophone neighbors up north. You're screwed up as hell, but happy celebration to you anyway. Hurry up an secede. Harper, Quebec - Premier Jean Charest, Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean and French Prime Minister François Fillon were among many dignitaries at a ceremony marking explorer Samuel de Champlain's arrival on July 3, 1608. "1608 is a historic date for you, for Quebec and for all of Canada," Harper said. "Because it was beginning on July 3, 1608, exactly 400 years ago today, that we really started becoming what we are today." FULL STORY at CBC... MORE ABOUT QUEBEC: Quebec report rings health care alarm Crunch time for public health care in Quebec Authorities target Quebec companies in scheme to fix gas prices ... Border cops seize 10 hockey bags of pot in Quebec 400 Years of Something Is multiculturalism really keeping... Vermont Edition (VPR): Quebec's uncomfortable multiculturalism Quebec parachutist dies on first jump Quebec's destiny within Canada: poll Quebec hotel workers vote on strikes Quebec police investigate body found in alleged drunk driver's vehicle Quebec man arrested in alleged sword brandishing