Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Campus is a very socially aware college, and works to benefit a variety of organizations. From fundraising campaigns to volunteering, the staff and students are always looking for new ways to help others. The latest effort took place from April 29 to May 1. Biology lab technician Diane Denault organized a bake sale, which raised $1,250 for MS Walk.

Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black

After seven years of uncertainty, the former Boucherie W.E. Bégin building on Rue Saint-Jean, at the corner of Rue Sainte-Claire, will be demolished, starting this month.

The abandoned building, more of nostalgic value than historic, will be replaced by 10 luxury co-property units, called 500 Saint-Jean, which the promoter says will be available for occupancy by the end of this year.

The Great Famine Voices Roadshow 2019 is a series of open house events in the United States and Canada that brings together Irish emigrants, their descendants, and members of their communities to share family memories and stories of coming from Ireland to North America, especially during the period of the Great Hunger and afterwards.

Photo: Mathieu Bélanger - Courtesy of Gestev

Some 5,000 runners were at the starting line of the 16th annual Lévis Half-Marathon and organizers were delighted that new records were set both in the men’s and the women’s categories.

Floods, they’ve been around since Noah.

Although no one is building an ark, thousands of Quebecers have been taking whatever steps they can to preserve what they can of their homes and possessions from rising waters, the likes of which have not been seen, say the old-timers, in ages, or ever.