To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the choir of the Orchestre symphonique de Québec (OSQ), a special concert was held at the Grand Théâtre last Wednesday, April 2. The orchestra,…
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SLC’s performance hall project reaches first milestone
Champlain Regional College recently announced it had reached another important point in the school’s efforts to add a major extension to St. Lawrence Campus. On April 3, director general Ken…
Bake sale held for St. Lawrence’s annual Fashion Show
Champlain-St. Lawrence students will hold their annual Fashion Show on April 18, and funds raised will go to the Benjo Foundation to help children in the Saint-Roch neighbourhood. To help…
SLC Lions take first game of provincial finals
The St. Lawrence Lions men’s hockey team began their fifth consecutive appearance in the provincial finals of Quebec’s Division 1 men’s college hockey league with a thrilling 4-3 win over…
Cheerleading at its best
Last weekend, Quebec City was host to the 2014 Canadian Cheerleading Championships at the Pavillon de la Jeunesse at ExpoCité. Eighty-one teams of the All Star division competed on Saturday…
Fair-weather warning: How to share the streets safely
The days are lengthening and the streets are slowly being cleared of ice and gravel. Although pedestrians are still walking along snow-walled sidewalks, they are out walking in increasing numbers….
Pillow fight at Place d’Youville
On April 5, people armed with pillows gathered in Place d’Youville. On signal, at 3:00 p.m., they started whacking each other and the International Pillow Fight Day battle was underway….
François de Laval and Marie de l’Incarnation proclaimed as Saints
A message from Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic BishopsIt is with great joy and thanksgiving that the Bishops of Canada welcome [on…
Memorials and Things of Fame
1864The Morning ChronicleMr. Hough of St. Anne street, has in his possession, not an Egyptian mummy, but a human skeleton forming part of the trunk of a tree. This skeleton,…
Andrea Falk: walking and ringing in circles
In 1972, Andrea Falk was an undergraduate student in Victoria, British Columbia. A friend of hers had signed up for a kung fu class and didn’t want to go alone….