- La Minerve
"La Minerve" (French for "The Minerva") was a newspaper founded in
Montreal ,Lower Canada (present-dayQuebec ) byAugustin-Norbert Morin to promote the political goals ofLouis-Joseph Papineau 'sParti patriote . It was notably directed byLudger Duvernay in its earlier years. It existed from 1826 to 1837, and again from 1842 to 1899. Throughout the years, it went from being a radical paper to a conservative one.History
It was first published on November 9, 1826 and was soon bought by journalist and future
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society founder Ludger Duvernay in 1827. It was prohibited in 1837 during the events surrounding thePatriotes Rebellion , which sought to establish an independentrepublic for Lower Canada. Back from exile in the United States (he had been forbidden to return byLord Durham because of his role in the Rebellion), Duvernay started publication again in 1842.It then defended the idea of
responsible government and, after the passing of Duvernay in 1852, the paper was the propriety of a number of people before becoming the organ of the Conservative Party of Canada. It became a daily in 1864 and defended theCanadian Confederation project, denounced by Papineau and becoming reality in 1867. The paper lost its governmental support when the Conservatives lost power in 1896 to theLiberal Party of Canada . Money became scarce and the last edition was published on May 27, 1899.Trivia
*From June 14, 1830 to September 7, 1848, its namesake
Minerva appeared upon the first page.
*The town ofLa Minerve, Quebec is named after the newspaper.
*The title of the paper is apparently based on the French newspaper "La Minerve". Titles of things such as newspapers and organizations inspired from France were common at the time.References
* [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=La_Minerve_%28journal%29. "La Minerve (journal)"] in "
La Mémoire du Québec "
* [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=Duvernay_%28Ludger%29. "Duvernay (Ludger)"] in "La Mémoire du Québec "
* [http://www.memoireduquebec.com/wiki/index.php?title=La_Minerve_%28municipalit%C3%A9_de_canton%29. "La Minerve (municipalité de canton)"] in "La Mémoire du Québec "See also
*
List of Quebec historical newspapers
*List of Quebec media
*Quebec independence movement
*History of Quebec External links
* [http://bibnum2.banq.qc.ca/bna/minerve/index.html Digitized issues of "La Minerve"] at the
Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
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