Patrick McKenna to launch book on history of St. Patrick’s High School
For the past several years, Patrick McKenna has been busy writing St. Patrick’s High School in Quebec City 1843-1998.The QCT met with McKenna at the school recently for a sneak …
Elections 2019 – Vote for a leader or a platform?
In an article published in the QCT just before the 2015 federal election, I wrote: “Canada is not the Canada of which I was a proud citizen until recently. It …
Grand Dadventures on Mount Wright
Dadventures, a new Wellness Centre initiative to support men raising children, got off to an exciting start in late September with a drizzly-but-fun hike up Mount Wright (Parc du Mont …
Alice Evelyn (née Ross) AIRD
Alice Evelyn (née Ross) Aird passed away peacefully after a long illness in the Avalon Care Centre in Orangeville, Ontario, on Oct. 1, 2019.She was born in Quebec City on …
Community Calendar
Oct. 17 at 10 a.m. – VEQ Out and About visits the Musée de la civilisation. Members of the community ages 50 and over are invited to join us as …
St. Pat’s Junior football team at the door of the playoffs
The St. Patrick’s High Junior football team is one step away from making the playoffs, in the RSEQ Eastern Conference. On Oct. 12, the Fighting Irish Juniors won 27-8 over …
Remparts hockey, Bataillon football and Capitales baseball news
The Quebec Remparts, of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, are having a great start to the month of October. After wins in Charlottetown and Saint John earlier this month, …
Université Laval football and women’s rugby news
The Université Laval Rouge et Or football team played one good half of football and that was all it needed on Oct. 12 to cruise to an easy 39-3 win …
Paul-Hus defends big majority in Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles
Charlesbourg–Haute-Saint-Charles would seem to be one of the most solid Conservative seats in Quebec. Pierre Paul-Hus won the riding in 2015 by 22 points and nearly 10,000 votes. His winning …
It was a great day for the CQSB Cross-Country Run
The weather was ideal for the annual Central Québec School Board (CQSB) Cross-Country Run on Oct. 5. For the 23rd edition, some 525 runners and many supporters assembled at the …