Olympic hockey now a long way from amateur
The French, comme d’habitude, have le mot juste to describe something. The case at hand is the word “amateur.” For those born with an anglo tongue, “amateur” means many things, …
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SLC, Cégep Limoilou launch bilingual business program
High school graduates in the Quebec City region who want to study business management will soon have a new bilingual CEGEP program at their disposal, thanks to a new partnership …
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Secrets of the 1943 Quebec Conference leaked to a German spy?
Did you know that the secret memorandum of the first Quebec Conference between Churchill and Roosevelt, which took place in Quebec City from Aug. 17 to 24, 1943, was leaked …
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The story behind Rue Victor-Hugo
This street is named in honour of Victor-Marie Hugo, a French poet, novelist, and dramatist of the Romantic movement. Hugo is considered to be one of the greatest and best-known …
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Wellness Centre offering pain control workshops
If you suffer from chronic pain, you know that it can be challenging, to say the least. Start your new year on a positive note by joining in on a …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
January 16, 1818 – The Morning Chronicle A gang of thieves who had been operating throughout the city at this time, changed the scene of their crimes for that of …
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Fire and Ice! Did you hear what happened at the Ice Hotel?
A fire broke out recently at the Ice Hotel. That’s right – a fire in a building made of snow and ice. In the early hours of Jan. 9, a …
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St. Lawrence addition to be named Jeffery Hale Student Centre
The new addition at CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence is to officially be named the Jeffery Hale Student Centre. “Without the support of the Jeffery Hale Foundation, this project would not have …
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Atikuss Hopeboots promote Aboriginal culture and fair wages
The Quebec Winter Carnival has partnered for the first time with Atikuss, a Quebec-based footwear company that sells boots made by First Nations craftspeople using ancestral techniques, to continue to …
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Putting together an action plan for the new year
It’s January, the time of self-promises and good intentions. Gyms everywhere are full. File folders are flying off the shelves at Bureau en gros. New former smokers have a fresh …
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