News Digest May 14, 2014
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Roger Lamont 1954 – 2014
Roger Lamont1954 – 2014 Courageously and peacefully surrounded by family and friends passed away at Laval Hospital on Sunday April 27, 2014. He lived in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, son of the late …
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Annual spring Family Fun Run a sunny success
The 2014 edition of the annual spring Family Fun Run, held on Sunday, May 11, at the Base de plein air de Sainte-Foy, was organized and hosted by Ste-Foy Elementary …
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Memorials and Things of Fame
1864 The Morning Chronicle We beg our friends to bear with us under circumstances which, though not otherwise than gratifying, are beyond our control. The sitting of Parliament occurring at …
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Street views: the stories behind the names of Quebec City streets
Boulevard Neilson, which runs from the west end of Boulevard Hochelaga to Chemin des Quatre Bourgeois, is named after John Neilson. John Neilson was born in Scotland in 1776 and …
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2014 Celtic Festival announces its fall program: a new activity for everyone
Guy Morisset, president of the Quebec City Celtic Festival, convened a press conference last Thursday at the Kiosk des Gouverneurs on the heights of the Plains of Abraham, overlooking the …
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A passionate end to the Easter season at St. Patrick’s
St. Patrick’s Parish presented A Passion Play, a choral cantata written by Hubert Radoux, Barry O’Connell and John Halpin with music and lyrics by Halpin last Saturday. The musical presentation …
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Université Laval wins again at Shell Eco-Marathon of the Americas
On May 8, the QCT spoke with Luis Cooper of the Université Laval engineering team, who had just returned from the 2014 Shell Eco-Marathon of the Americas in Houston, Texas. …
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Teen girls hit the track to promote active lifestyles
Last Tuesday, 20 girls and three teachers from La Tuque High School awoke for school a bit earlier than usual. “We got up at six o’clock in the morning – …
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Steve Pound inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame
On May 4, 2014, on his birthday, Steve Pound was enshrined into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame at the Augusta Civic Center for his illustrious basketball career. The former …
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