Community News
Storytime at the Morrin Centre keeps getting better and better
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Danielle Burns
The Morrin Centre recently hired a new education co-ordinator who is running weekly storytimes for children on Saturday mornings.
Azanie Roy has been a member of Quebec City’s English-speaking community from a young age, attending English-language schools since kindergarten before studying international development at the University of Ottawa.
EQLC International Lunch
Published: December 5, 2018
Stephanie Dubé, Vincent-Jean Dubé, Josianne Giroux, Warren Thomson, Jean-Sébastien Jolin-Gignac, Ed Sweeney and Richard Walling, members and partners of the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign organizing committee, gathered at the Eastern Quebec Learning Centre’s International Lunch on Nov. 28 to enjoy a delicious Persian-inspired meal.
Pince-moi… Je rêve! raises funds for the Children’s Wish Foundation
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Stéphanie Carette
Allison Kirkwood, whose photographs have frequently graced the pages of the Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph, along with three other local photographers and friends, Stéphanie Carette, Carine Sabourin and Véronique Fournier, is launching a children’s book almost two years in the making entitled Pince-moi... Je rêve! (Pinch me... I’m dreaming!)
65th Winter Carnival to reveal Bonhomme’s Dreams
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
With nine weeks to go before the 65th Quebec Winter Carnival, the program was revealed on Nov. 29 during a press conference held at the Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec.
Le Local: a café, a boutique and a place of discoveries
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Julie Moffet
A unique café recently opened on Rue Saint-Jean in Old Quebec. It’s called Le Local, and it is also a boutique and a tourist information centre. Business partners Marie-Elsa Proulx and Marc Duchesne say they are “driven” by their “unconditional love for Quebec City and what it has to offer.”
Community Calendar
Published: December 5, 2018
Wednesday, Dec. 5 at 6 p.m. – Christmas concert for SAMS (Société pour les arts en milieux de santé), featuring Quintette Philanthros with excerpts from Schubert’s Trout Quintet, and Christmas songs performed by Judith Bouchard and Jordane Labrie at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, 31 Rue des Jardins. Visit cathedral.ca/music for details.
Nine Fighting Irish selected for the LHPS All-Star Games
Published: December 5, 2018
Basketball and hockey action at St. Lawrence
Published: December 5, 2018
Photo: Champlain-St. Lawrence Athletics
The CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Lady Lions basketball team will go into the Christmas holidays undefeated in the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).
St. Lawrence teams up for the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign
Published: December 5, 2018
The 23rd annual Community Christmas Hamper Campaign is in full swing and CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence is working hard to contribute as the Dec. 15 delivery day approaches.
The Marché de Noël allemand opens in Old Quebec
Published: November 28, 2018
The story behind Rue Blanchette
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Google maps
Rue Blanchette in Cap-Rouge is named in honour of Onésime Blanchette (1856-1951),who was born in Sillery. From 1882 to 1904, he was the business manager for Cooke Brothers, a large Ontario company specializing in the cutting and rafting of timber, a transportation method in which logs are tied together into rafts and then floated down a river or pulled across a body of water.
The joy of giving to the Community Christmas Hamper Campaign
Published: November 28, 2018
Our eight-year-old daughter was looking anxiously at the big boxes in the back of the van. Her big brother was earnestly reading aloud the address of the recipient. They were both so excited about the idea of delivering these goodies to strangers.
“What the #hashtag does that mean?”
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Elizabeth Perreault
CBC’s Peter Tardif and Julia Page facilitated the first in a four-part storytelling series, In the press, held at the Morrin Centre on Nov. 19.
CBC Quebec covers all the stories in the province of Quebec outside Montreal. Peter Tardif, researcher and travelling journalist for CBC, has a big job and he was happy to share what he has learned along the way.
Ford’s attack on Franco-Ontarians hard to explain
Published: November 28, 2018
Last fall a headline in this space boldly proclaimed “Franco-Ontarians to get new university.” Well, so much for that.
QCGN honours community builders
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Justin Desforges/Upside Photography
Hundreds of thousands of bilingual students across Canada have three stay-at-home mothers from Montreal’s South Shore to thank for their education.
SLC’s What The Heck pays homage to musical icons
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus students know how to bring down the house! On Nov. 23, the college band What The Heck (WTH) gave the rock and roll, punk and grunge show of the semester in the nearly sold-out amphitheatre. Former band members, friends and family drove all the way from Montreal to pay tribute to punk, pop and soul singers who are no longer with us.
A symphonic video game encounter with the OSQ
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
La Symphonie du Jeu Vidéo, composed by Maxime Goulet for Montreal’s 375th anniversary in 2017, has shone a positive light on the gaming universe. The soundtracks and musical scores of video games are now making their way into concert halls.
Memorials and Things of Fame
Published: November 28, 2018
November 28, 1818 – The Quebec Gazette
Gas Light From Wood
Twenty countries represented at the SLC International Lunch
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
Upon entering the Student Centre, one could smell the delicious aromas rising from 20 different serving dishes. Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus (SLC) students and staff prepared homemade dishes for the annual International Lunch on Nov. 22, which is free of charge.
Christmas shopping at the Salon Expo-Cadeaux
Published: November 28, 2018
Jules BLANCHET 1925-2018
Published: November 28, 2018
The Honourable Jules Blanchet passed away peacefully at the Maison Michel-Sarrazin in Quebec City in his 94th year, on November 15, 2018.
He was the beloved son of the late Gustave Blanchet and the late Rosalie Fortin of Rivière-à-Pierre in Portneuf.
Latest mystery puts Louise Penny at the top of her game
Published: November 28, 2018
Winter has come to the village of Three Pines, and Chief Superintendent Armand Gamache finds himself doing battle with the elements, driving along a snow-packed road toward an abandoned farmhouse. It’s not business this time, at least not obviously so. He’s been summoned by a cryptic note to a meeting.
The CWL hosts special event open to the public:
“Inspired by the Spirit, women respond to God’s call”
Published: November 28, 2018
The Catholic Women’s League (CWL) of St. Patrick’s Council is hosting a special panel discussion on Sunday, Dec. 2, at 1 p.m. in McMahon Hall of St. Patrick’s Church, 1145 Ave.
Laval takes home 10th Vanier Cup with 34-20 win over Western
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Jay Ouellet
Université Laval took home its 10th Vanier Cup, when the Rouge et Or cruised to a 34-20 win over the University of Western Ontario Mustangs in the 54th edition of the Vanier Cup, at Stade Telus, on Nov. 24.
It also represents the fourth perfect season in Rouge et Or history, after those in 2008, 2010, and 2013.
An offering of winter concerts at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity
Published: November 28, 2018
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity recently announced a series of nine concerts, to be held from Nov. 25 to Feb. 26.
Laval’s Mathieu Betts in a class by himself
Published: November 28, 2018
Photo: Luc Lang
Mathieu Betts, defensive lineman for the Université Laval Rouge et Or, made U SPORTS history at the All-Canadians Football Awards ceremony, held at the Vidéotron Centre on Nov. 22.
University football played on field of disparity
Published: November 21, 2018
The word “parity” is popping up a lot in the pronouncements of sports commentators, in relation to the National Hockey League (NHL).
The gist of the “parity” phenomenon is that, even though the league is only about a quarter of the way into the 82-game schedule, a bunch of teams are making fools out of pre-season prognosticators.
Quebec High School still remembers … 100 years later
Published: November 21, 2018
The wonderful Sears life: a Christmas shopping story
Published: November 21, 2018
Photo: Sébastien Clavet
Once upon a Christmas time, shopping malls were the preferred destination to buy all the gifts for your loved ones.
The story behind Rue Braille
Published: November 21, 2018
