Shawinigan High School will play host to the 11th edition of the Central Quebec School Boards Basketball Tournament this Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Games will be played at Shawinigan High …
Daily Archives: 10 February 2010
Sexual purity also duty for men
In response to last week’s editorial by Muhammed Khaled Hamou: Muhammed, I agree with you that hypersexualisation of women isn’t equivalant to liberation, but putting the obligation of sexual purity …
Acid indigestion and stinky feet
I was on the city of Québec website the other day, looking at how our fair city presents itself to the outside world. There was a lot of talk about …
Teaching English Second Language
Since my retirement as a criminal investigator with the Federal Government in 1999, I have been teaching English to adults in different professions: Banking and Insurance Institutions and Provincial Government …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1850The Morning Chronicle February 8, 1850: A tremendous conflagration occurred at San Francisco on the 24th of December, destroying nearly half the city. Note from Cathy: On December 24, 1849 …
Feeling like one of the Messier family
It was February 2006 when I finally got it! I was driving westward along Boulevard Champlain towards the arena in Ste. Foy. Beside me in the passanger seat was none …
Federal government has announced $700 million joint investment to aid Québec’s crumbling infrastructure
The federal government has announced a total joint investment of more than $700 million to upgrade infrastructure throughout the province of Quebec. John Baird, Canada’s Minister of Transport and Infrastructure …
Calgarian canoe team satisfied with results
“Wait ‘til next year!” Russ Keber and the other members of his five-man will have to rely on that age-old rallying after finishing 18th or 19th out of 24 in …
Health Minister involved with Shannon complaints
A new television news report as well as tests showing the severity of water contamination near the Valcartier military base has aroused the curiosity of Quebec’s health minister. According to …
It’s official: St. Patrick’s Day parade on March 20, 2010
Organizers of the St-Patrick’s Day parade have been given the green light to stage the event, missing from the city for nearly 85 years, March 20. “It was a lot …