Sherbrooke hands the Rouge et Or their first loss of the season
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com After 32 straight losses to the Université Laval Rouge et Or football team, the Université de Sherbrooke Vert et Or finally put an end to that streak …
Équipe Québec captures the Atlantic division crown
Luc Lang luclang@qctonline.com Equipe Québec scored four runs in the second inning and never relin- quished their lead. They won their last game of the 2021 regular season 11-7 over …
QCGN holds four days of public hearings on Bill 96
ADAPTED FROM A GCGN PRESS RELEASE Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) president Marlene Jennings delivered her opening remarks on Sept. 9 to kick off four days of public hearings on …
Festival features international flavours at Place Fleur de Lys
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Mondo Karnaval was back for its eighth edition, this time at Place Fleur de Lys, from Sept. 4 to 6. Following last year’s highly successful virtual edition, …
Hundreds march during Fête Arc-en-ciel opening event
Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Some 100 people marched through the Old City on Sept. 5. They were walking in the name of friendship and love as part of the Fête Arc-en-ciel …
With another minority looming, is a King-Byng thing possible?
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com There comes a rare time in the life of a politics geek when he/she gets to blow the dust off one of the most notorious episodes in …
Louis-Hébert: Lightbound faces high-profile Conservative Lépine
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Despite an unfavourable trend for the Liberals in the 2019 election, Joël Lightbound managed to increase his hold on the Louis- Hébert riding. The 33-year-old lawyer also …
Charlesbourg: Ex-QS candidate runs for Bloc against Tory Paul-Hus
Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com Perhaps more than any other entrenched Conservative MP in the Quebec City area, Pierre Paul-Hus will have to watch his back if he wants to hold onto …
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh unveils program for Quebec
Ruby Pratka ruby@qctonline.com New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh chose one of Quebec’s most emblematic backdrops to announce his party’s program for the province. On Sept. 2, Singh and deputy …
The story behind the Promenade des Acadiens
Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com In 1604, Pierre Dugua de Mons, accompanied by a group of settlers, founded a colony at the mouth of the Sainte-Croix River (near present-day St. Andrew’s, New …