Fighting Irish Juniors earn spot in Eastern Conference final
For the second straight season, the St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish junior football team met the Laser from École secondaire Les Sentiers, in the regional playoffs. But unlike 2018, …
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Laval rugby women fall (again) to Ottawa in RSEQ championship
For the third straight year, the Université Laval Rouge et Or women’s rugby team lost the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) conference final to the University of Ottawa …
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Rouge et Or cross-country running and Lions basketball
Jean-Simon Desgagnés of the Université Laval Rouge et Or defended his cross-country conference title in front of a big crowd on Oct. 26 on the Plains of Abraham, when he …
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A grand day for a walk with Pierre Lavoie
Since 1999, the Grand Défi Pierre Lavoie has been encouraging people of all ages to “get up and move,” for the sake of their health. Pierre Lavoie is an amateur …
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Haunting Halloween hangouts
A top-hatted ghoul seems unaware of the approaching ape in this gruesome scene on Rue du Petit-Champlain. Photo by Jonathan Letellier-Black A giant black spider makes its lair in the …
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Local author short-listed for Governor General’s award for translation of Lepage’s 887
Poetry is a notorious challenge for any translator. It was Louisa Blair’s prowess at translating poetry that caught the attention of renowned Quebec City playwright and producer Robert Lepage …
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Does Canada have a plan for President Elizabeth Warren?
What better way to avoid talking about an election whose results are unknown at this writing than to talk about another impending election – to wit, the one down south?Whatever …
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Mayor backs school’s plan to use idle Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Quebec Mayor Régis Labeaume has given his blessing to a plan to use the abandoned Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste on Rue Saint-Jean to expand activities at the adjacent Saint-Jean-Baptiste elementary school.Labeaume’s endorsement …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
October 25, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteNew Steam BoatOn Tuesday last the new steam boat in the Ottawa River, having received her engine at Lachine, made a trip of about …
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The story behind Earl Grey Terrace
This terrace on the Plains of Abraham, overlooking the St. Lawrence River, is named in honour of Sir Albert Henry George Grey, the fourth Earl Grey. Born in London, England, …
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