St. Pat’s hockey teams preparing for another season
The St. Patrick’s High School hockey teams will start their third season in the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire Scolaire (LHPS) on Oct. 4, at the Complexe 2 Glaces Honco in …
High school, university and Major Junior Football League action
The St. Patrick’s Junior Fighting Irish football team defeated the Dragons from the Polyvalente de Saint-Georges, 20-9, on Sept. 29. The victory is the third for the Junior Irish in …
SLC’S Élizabeth Labbé wins gold at RSEQ golf championship
CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence golfer Élizabeth Labbé won the gold medal at the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec golf championship played on Sept. 28 and 29 at the Club de …
VEQ Fall Fest brings community groups together
Fall was well and truly “launched” as members of the English-speaking community came together at St. Vincent’s Elementary School to celebrate the season’s arrival on Sept. 21. The weather certainly …
Reid Duns crossing Canada for the Alzheimer Society
Reid Duns, a teacher at Ste-Foy Elementary School in Quebec City, is training for his second attempt to ride his bicycle across Canada, this time with the goal of raising …
Tory Godin faces challenge from Grit Talbot in Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier
Portneuf–Jacques-Cartier riding is “all over the map,” geographically and politically.First, geographically, the constituency covers a swath of territory from east to west, almost completely encircling Quebec City. The odd consequence …
CAQ looking at compromise on elected anglo school boards
Prime Minister “Aladdin” might not be the best example these days – bet he’d like the genie to grant all three wishes about now – but the fact is, a …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
September 23, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteUncommon EggsThere may be seen at the Union Hotel, between the hours of 10 and 4 on Friday, two Eggs, upon one of which …
The story behind behind Dufferin Terrace
Dufferin Terrace is named in honour of Frederick Temple Blackwood (1826-1902), who was born in Florence, Italy, into an aristocratic Anglo-Irish family. The first Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, more …
Kuessipan wins the QCFF Feature Film Award
Kuessipan shows everything that is wonderful, uplifting and difficult about growing up in Uashat, an Innu community next to Sept-Îles, Quebec. The film’s première on Sept. 18 at the Quebec …