The Voltigeurs de Québec and the First World War
Historian Michel Litalien recently launched Le 57e Bataillon d’infanterie, CEC : les Voltigeurs de Québec et la Première Guerre Mondiale.Because Canada relied only on volunteers at the start of the …
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Two wins in four games for St. Pat’s hockey teams
Something that has happened rarely this season, the two St. Patrick’s High Fighting Irish hockey teams were playing in the same arena at College Notre-Dame in Montreal and came back …
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Sports briefs: Capitales, cross-country skiing and hockey
The Quebec Capitales, of the Frontier Baseball League, acquired two new pitchers on Dec. 5. The Caps handed contracts to starting pitcher Yeudi Garcia and relief pitcher Frank Moscatiello. Garcia …
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SLC Lions hockey team go into the holidays tied for first
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Lions hockey team will start 2020 tied for first place with the Cégep de Thetford Filons in the Northeast division of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant …
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The QAC’s Fiddler on the Roof ends its highly successful run
The large cast and crew of the Quebec Art Company’s production of Fiddler on the Roof took the time for one final photo after their last show on Nov. …
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Shannon’s St. Joseph’s Chapel – 75 years blessed
On Dec. 1, St. Joseph’s Chapel in Shannon marked its 75th anniversary. Erected in 1944 on land leased from the Quebec Power Company for $1 a year, the chapel was …
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Scheer conundrum: Conservatives have a tortured history of ousting leaders
To paraphrase Napoleon: “Never interrupt your enemy when he is in the process of destroying himself.”This much mutated military maxim is surely on the minds of the wily strategists in …
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The first edition of Evenings with Leaders a success
CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence held the first of its series of Evenings with Leaders on Nov. 14 in the iA Financial Group Auditorium. Students, alumni, partners and members of the community …
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SOS violence conjugale campaign targets young people
SOS violence conjugale recently launched a campaign aimed at raising awareness among 15-to-25-year-olds about the first signs of psychological violence. Well before the more obvious physical violence, a whole range …
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The story behind Rue Eugène-Chinic
Guillaume-Eugène Chinic (1818-1889) was born in Quebec City. At a very early age, probably around 15, he began working for François-Xavier Méthot, who owned a hardware store on Rue Saint-Pierre. …
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