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Hockey fans in Quebec City, we need your help.

We've discovered you have an amazing hockey arena but no NHL team to play in it?

So we want to bring back your legendary Nordiques for just one day. Are you a Nordiques fan? Come and play hockey with us in a fun, friendly match.

Friday 25 September: 2pm-4.30pm. Ice Rink B, Hall of Physical Education and Sports, 2300 Rue de la Terrasse, Quebec, QC G1V 0A6

Players can rent hockey equipment from the venue, or bring your own.

Hope to see you there. Please wear your Nordiques shirts! #RetourDesNordiques

What issues do Quebec City residents care about most ahead of the election? And what do they love about their community? 

We hit the streets to find out and (perhaps unsurprisingly) separatism and the integration of non-French speakers were hot topics.

But we heard about so much more. Everything from saving the local marketplace to the city's thriving metal music scene.

Here's a film of what we discovered.

Are you in Québec? Tell us if you agree - and how these issues affect you. Contact us via Twitter and Facebook or email bbcpopup@bbc.co.uk

There is a hole in the heart of Quebec City.

They just opened this huge new hockey arena, the Videotron, but there is no NHL team to play in it.

So is it time for the return of the legendary Nordiques? Or is hockey just an expensive distraction from more important political issues?

We'd like to meet Nordiques fans in Quebec City and find out why this game of hockey means so much to you. We might even arrange a little practice game on the ice - just for fun.

Can you help us find a rink to play on here? Would you like to come play and "try out" for the new (ahem) BBC Pop Up hockey team*?

Write to us! Tweet us @bbcpopup, send us a Facebook message or email bbcpopup@bbc.co.uk.

*NHL franchise pending

We asked those on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook to send us five words describing how they "feel about today's Canada".

We received hundreds of responses that we then turned into a video.

Have you recently immigrated to Quebec from North Africa?

How was it integrating here? We want to hear from you!

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We were invited to Université Laval to exchange ideas with young journalists in Quebec City.

Their suggestions ranged from better cycling lanes to the heavy metal music scene.

Meanwhile we're getting curious about the Videotron - the ice hockey stadium without a team. What should the city do with this expensive white elephant? Send us your most creative suggestions for filling the arena.

En route to our first destination, Quebec City, we stopped off in Montreal.

We found amazing athletes, arts and architecture. Here are some of our highlights. We hope we'll be back to film a story.

For example - many of you have suggested we make a film about Canadian music and culture. Is there a particular band, musician or scene in Montreal we should explore?

Our colleague and fellow BBC Pop Up alum Anthony Zurcher has been in Alberta for the past few days, sizing up the Canadian political debate as well as the one in the US.

On Wednesday evening, Anthony pulled up a bar stool at a pub in downtown Calgary to get a flavour of what Canadians thought of the second US Republican debate.

But on Thursday night, he turned his sights towards Canada's second election debate in Calgary, between the country's three party leaders.

Anthony writes:

Given the tightness of the three-way race for control of the Canadian government, it's not surprising that Thursday night's leaders' debate got chippy early. All three candidates exchanged barbs and interrupted each other on topics like economic policy, the environment and immigration.

With his nation's economy struggling following the sharp decline of the Canadian energy sector, Prime Minster Stephen Harper's record 10-year tenure in office is clearly in jeopardy. From the start of the debate it seemed his goal was to paint Justin Trudeau of the Liberal Party of being in favour of out-of-control deficit spending and the NDP's Thomas Mulcair of killing jobs by raising taxes, while promising stability in tough times.

Read more here.

It's worth also mentioning that nearly one year ago, Anthony joined BBC Pop Up in Colorado during its tour of the US to help us break down the 2014 US mid-term elections.

Here are some of your thoughts so far:

Ahead of our visit to Yellowknife in Canada's Northwest Territories, BBC Pop Up will join local station 100.1 Moose FM for a live discussion show. Listen online on Wednesday at 0900 MDT and tell us the stories and issues that matter to you.

This weekend the BBC Pop Up car rolls into Quebec City, the crown jewel of French Canada, and home to perhaps the most picturesque hotel in the world. But we're not coming as tourists. We want to highlight the issues that citizens are facing as October's election approaches.

Tell us your story ideas - what should we be filming in Quebec?

Here are some of your messages to us so far:

Next month’s federal elections are a chance for Canadians to cast their verdict on the state of the country – and the government that’s been running it. Millions will vote on 19 October but each individual voice matters – and BBC Pop Up wants to know how you feel about your country.

Are you happy with your politicians and the political system? Are the parties addressing or ignoring the issues that matter to you? Is Canada heading in the right or wrong direction?

In five words, tell us how you feel about today’s Canada.

We’ll share your thoughts with a global audience – and if you have a story idea that highlights an important issue for this election we may be able to come visit and film it.

Get involved using #bbcpopup on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Or email us at bbcpopup@bbc.co.uk.

Here are some of your 5-word suggestions: