High school basketball season ends with one title for the Blazers
The 2018-19 high school basketball season has come to an end in the Québec Chaudière-Appalaches region of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ).The Quebec High School Blazers fielded …
Future of St. Patrick’s High hockey program looks bright
St. Patrick’s High School hockey teams have just completed their second season in the Ligue de Hockey Préparatoire Scolaire (LHPS) and the future looks bright.With the traditional sports at St. …
OBITUARY: Michael George AYRE
Michael Ayre passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Friday, March 8 at the CHUL in Quebec City.Michael is survived by his children and their spouses: Simon (Ashley), Nick (Lisa) …
St. Pat’s students and Pleins Pâtés raise funds for a good cause
Pies for sale! All for a good cause. Proceeds go to Deuil-Jeunesse to help grieving youths and children.Five years ago, William-Alexandre Soucy, now a Secondary 4 student at St. Patrick’s …
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
April 19, 1819 – The Quebec GazetteFrom English PapersThe most costly book of the month and one of the most splendid in the language, is the edition of Don Quixote, …
The story behind Chemin de Château-Bigot
Château-Bigot is the name of both a district and a street in Quebec City. At one time, it was the name of an actual manor house that stood at the …
SLC students learn about the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls
After years of hard work, research and hearings, and decades – even centuries – of abuse, First Nations women and girls are finally being heard. On June 3 in Gatineau, …
Is Bill 21 resurrecting the sovereignty movement?
It’s Easter-time and there’s a buzz about resurrection in the air. Not just the Jesus-rolling-away-the-rock kind of resurrection. That other kind, the resurrection of an idea, a notion, a dream, …
Portraits of fugitives from slavery at the MNBAQ
Art is not one of the sciences of history like archeology or ethnology, but it can help historians represent the past. A new exhibit, Fugitives, on the third floor of …
City closes Sillery arena – slated for demolition
Quebec City has one less arena. City officials have confirmed the Jacques Côté arena in Sillery will be demolished within weeks. The structure, built in 1972, and home to several …