Andrea Andrade Chapal, Gabriel Langlois and Matea Marjanovic, students at Champlain-St. Lawrence, organized and hosted the college’s annual blood drive. This year, donation numbers were lower than anticipated, after a…
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Cabane à sucre party a sure sign of spring in Quebec
Spring can be appreciated in many ways but for me the best is at a cabane à sucre (sugar shack) “boiling off” party in a maple grove with warm sunshine,…
Laval’s Auclair signs as free agent with NFL’s Bucs
Kids play football with the dream of someday playing in the National Football League, even in Canada. Well, last Saturday, Anthony Auclair, from the Université Laval Rouge et Or team,…
Who knows who will win Tory leadership?
So, the Dragon turned out to lack the leadership magic and puffed out. With Kevin O’Leary’s exit, pundits and pollsters say the race to replace Stephen Harper is now Maxime…
QHS and St. Pat’s rugby teams start their spring season on the field
The last sport of the Réseau du Sport Étudiant du Québec (RSEQ) to be played in the 2016-2017 high school athletic season will start this week on fields in the…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1867The Morning ChronicleWe learn by a telegram from Father Point [Pointe-au-Père near Rimouski] of the destruction by fire of the Father Point Light-House and dwelling house. The oil, powder and…
The story behind Rue du Marché-Finlay
Rue du Marché-Finlay is named after the merchant William Finlay who played a leading role in the business world of Quebec City in the 19th century. Possibly a native of…
Love is just as lovely the second time around
When they look at each other, you can see the love-light in their eyes. And I’m sure what they see is the 20-something young man and woman they once were…
What The Heck “breaks the mold” of traditional school rock shows
On April 29, Champlain-St. Lawrence’s rock band What The Heck brought down the house with its recent show, Break The Mold.* During what is hopefully the final performance outside the…
Campaign begins for organ and tissue donations
To launch the 20th National Organ and Tissue Donation Awareness Week from April 23 to 29, Transplant Québec and the City of Quebec invited citizens to join this year’s organ…