Last Thursday, CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence held its annual sports banquet to honour their top athletes of the 2016-2017 season. Laurence Vandal (women’s basketball), and Raphaël Gosselin (hockey) were named the …
Monthly Archives: May 2017
QCT Print Edition – May 3 2017
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Jeffery Hale Community Partners thank tea-rrific volunteers
During Canada’s National Volunteer Week, April 23 to 29, many organizations take the opportunity to express their appreciation to the volunteers who have helped them during the past year. Jeffery …
SLC Blood Drive helps save lives
Andrea Andrade Chapal, Gabriel Langlois and Matea Marjanovic, students at Champlain-St. Lawrence, organized and hosted the college’s annual blood drive. This year, donation numbers were lower than anticipated, after a …
Cabane à sucre party a sure sign of spring in Quebec
Spring can be appreciated in many ways but for me the best is at a cabane à sucre (sugar shack) “boiling off” party in a maple grove with warm sunshine, …
Who knows who will win Tory leadership?
So, the Dragon turned out to lack the leadership magic and puffed out. With Kevin O’Leary’s exit, pundits and pollsters say the race to replace Stephen Harper is now …
Laval’s Auclair signs as free agent with NFL’s Bucs
Kids play football with the dream of someday playing in the National Football League, even in Canada. Well, last Saturday, Anthony Auclair, from the Université Laval Rouge et Or team, …
QHS and St. Pat’s rugby teams start their spring season on the field
The last sport of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) to be played in the 2016-2017 high school athletic season will start this week on fields in the …
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867 The Morning Chronicle We learn by a telegram from Father Point [Pointe-au-Père near Rimouski] of the destruction by fire of the Father Point Light-House and dwelling house. The oil, …
The story behind Rue du Marché-Finlay
Rue du Marché-Finlay is named after the merchant William Finlay who played a leading role in the business world of Quebec City in the 19th century. Possibly a native of …