Morrin Centre holds volunteer appreciation evening Shirley Nadeau shirley@qctonline.com On Jan. 22, the Morrin Centre held a fun event to show appreciation to the many volunteers* who help out either…
The Raviolis – (back row) Susan Saul, Sarah Blair, (front row) Gail Cameron, Lucie Bouchard, Louisa Blair and Gillian Baird – were the winners of the Volunteer Appreciation Night brain games. Gabrielle Colanero, the young girl in the background on the far right, was on the second-place “Winners” team. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
About 175 runners of all fitness levels and ages ran through the two floors of the Galeries de la Capitale in the name of encouraging physical activity. (Photo by Cassandra Kerwin) 
Mezzo-soprano Isabel Leonard and conductor Lina González- Granados both expressed their gratitude and pleasure to have been invited by the OSQ for this concert celebrating travels and friendship. (Photo by Myriam Labbé) 
Violinist Kerson Leong thrilled the audience with his extraor- dinary performance of Mozart’s Violin Concerto No. 3 on Jan. 31. The Orchestre symphonique de Québec was directed by guest conductor Anna Rakitina. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
In this scene from The Old Maid and the Thief, Miss Todd (Rébecca Veilleux) and her maid Laetitia (Rose Lebeau Sabourin) try to figure out what to do with the intoxicated but very handsome vagabond, Bob (Élie Lefebvre-Pellegrino), before their nosy neighbour discovers they are harbouring a criminal. (Photo by Shirley Nadeau) 
Isabelle Weidemann skated to a fourth-place finish in the 3,000m at the ISU World Cup event at the Centre des Glaces Intact Assurances. (Photo by Luc Lang) 
Antony Auclair, who played 56 games in the NFL with Tampa Bay and Houston, announced his retirement from football. Auclair will now join the coaching staff at his alma mater, Université Laval. (Photo by Luc Lang) 
Goaltender Thomas Laferrière was in front of the Lions’ net for both games in Gatineau against the Griffons of Cégep de l’Outaouais. Laferrière has nine wins and a goals against average of 2.77 this season. (Photo courtesy of the St. Lawrence Lions via Facebook) 
Luc Tardif, president of the International Ice Hockey Federation; Marty Walsh, executive director of the NHL Players Association; and Gary Bettman, commissioner of the NHL, announced Feb. 1 that NHL players will participate in the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy. They also confirmed the presence of NHL players at the 2030 Games, which are expected to be held in the French Alps. Bettman also stated that the league is open to expansion applications from different cities, including Salt Lake City, Atlanta, Kansas City, Houston, Cincinnati, Omaha, and Quebec City. (LL) (Screenshot photo by Luc Lang)