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Community Calendar
Published: October 3, 2018
Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 10 a.m. – What You Need to Know About Advance Medical Directives. The Wellness Centre, Lifelong Learning and Éducaloi will host a community information session at the Eastern Québec Learning Centre, 3005 Rue William-Stuart. To register, contact Jan Anderson at the Wellness Centre at [email protected] or call 418-684-5333, ext. 1539.
St. Patrick’s High grad Edward Godin finally sees CFL action
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: courtesy of the BC Lions website
The first St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish football program graduate in the Canadian Football League (CFL), Edward Godin, is finally seeing some action with the BC Lions. Godin dressed for his first game on Sept. 14, against the Alouettes in Montreal.
Laval football, women’s rugby teams feast on Concordia Stingers
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: Kyran Thicke-Université Laval
The Université Laval football and women’s rugby teams had a double date with the Concordia University Stingers over the past weekend in Montreal. Instead of having a crush on them, the Rouge et Or handed the Stingers two crushing defeats.
Lady Lions rugby sevens team have a perfect Sunday
Published: October 3, 2018
Photo: Luc Lang
The CEGEP Champlain-St. Lawrence Lady Lions rugby sevens team was back on the pitch Sept. 30, on the Charlesbourg campus of Cégep Limoilou. It was a fantastic weekend for the Double Blue.
The Lady Lions got three wins in the three games they played during the second day of Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference action.
Paul McCartney delivers a magical evening at the Vidéotron Centre
Published: September 26, 2018
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
Paul McCartney had the audience at the Vidéotron Centre in the palm of his hand for a magical two-hour-30-minute, non-stop show on Sept. 17. The indefatigable former Beatle performed his and their greatest hits and many new songs from his new solo album, Egypt Station.
Let’s assume Québec Solidaire became really populaire
Published: September 26, 2018
(The following is SATIRE; it is meant to be ridiculous.).
QUEBEC (Staff), Nov. 13, 2018
Québec Solidaire (QS) co-spokespersons Manon Massé and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois were sworn in today as co-spokesministers-among-equals of Quebec at a simple ceremony in a downtown soup kitchen.
Wall Street boldly going where no markets have gone before
Published: September 26, 2018
The unofficial barometer of the U.S. economy, the Dow Jones Industrial Average index, was fast approaching the 27,000 milestone when it closed at an all-time high of 26,743.50 this past Friday. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index is also venturing into record territory, closing at 2,929.67 on the same day, a few points shy of the 3,000 landmark.
Memorials and Things of Fame
Published: September 26, 2018
September 27, 1818 – The Quebec Gazette
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The story behind Rue de la Beauce
Published: September 26, 2018
Photo: Google Maps
This street is named in honour of a section of the Chaudière-Appalaches region that extends southeast of the city of Lévis to the Canada-U.S. border.
The towns of Saint-Georges, Sainte-Marie, Beauceville and Vallée-Jonction are located on the banks of the Chaudière River, which flows through this picturesque valley to the St. Lawrence River.
Université Laval research project seeks English-speaking volunteers
Published: September 26, 2018
The CHU de Québec has reached out to the English-speaking community for help in validating a cognitive screening tool they are developing in order to refine diagnoses for patients suffering from memory problems.