On October 4, the official list of candidates for the position of Mayor of the Quebec City and councillors for each district was announced by the president of elections, Sylvain …
Daily Archives: 9 October 2013
The blues are his business: Jammin’ with Jay Sewall
Two lowlights focused on centre stage. A lone harmonica gleamed a rosy silver, flashing as it wailed. The song had a fast-moving repetitive rhythm, the kind that makes your leg …
Students Learn it! Do it! at EQLC activity day
On Wednesday, October 2, Eastern Quebec Learning Centre hosted its annual all-school activity day. Students were grouped into teams which ran a gauntlet of challenges prepared by their teachers. Ranging …
Jeffery Hale Friends’ golf tournament great success
The Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation Foundation Annual golf tournament, held on September 15, was a great success, raising $22,377. Including our fantastic volunteers of course, the Foundation would like to …
St. Lawrence College hosts Canada’s best golfers
Champlain St. Lawrence is proud to announce that they will be hosting the best collegiate golfers from across Canada. From October 15 to 18, the 2013 Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association …
Central Quebec School Board Cross-Country Run
Saturday was an exciting day for participants and the cheering crowd at the Central Quebec School Board (CQSB) Cross-Country Run with over 600 eager entrants. All the races (1 km …
What’s all this fuss about school boards?
Recent statements made by the Quebec Premier and her colleague, the Minister of Education, Leisure and Sports (MELS), about school taxes and school boards in general, have almost certainly attracted …
A little bit of trash goes a long way
From October 19 to 27, an annual province-wide effort seeks to raise awareness and motivation among Quebecers about what a waste all our trash really is. The Semaine Québécoise de …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1863 The Morning Chronicle Gen. Tom Thumb, accompanied by Mrs. Thumb and Miss Minnie Warren visited the Speaker’s Gallery of the House of Assembly last evening. The Lilliputian visitors remained …
Hôtel la Ferme, cultivating a community
First there was a mountain, then a train, then a farm – all purchased by a man with a utopian vision. The man is Daniel Gauthier, a co-founder of the …