City officials have unveiled a new on-demand minivan service for outlying regions. The wheelchair-accessible, eight-passenger vehicles, called Flexibuses, are expected to be deployed as of August.The service would operate much …
Daily Archives: 9 February 2021
Untidy with love
I’m really bad at the accordion. I won’t even tell you some of the things my family has said about my accordion playing. Last fall, the only place I could …
Tricultural festival builds bridges by the bay
Singer-songwriter Marie-Lou Brière Berthelot was immediately intrigued when she was invited to a new festival in Pointe-à-la-Croix in the Baie des Chaleurs in June 2019.Berthelot’s friend Dave Felker had spent …
Auclair gets Super Bowl ring; FAA waits for first ATP title
Former Université Laval Rouge et Or student-athlete Anthony Auclair became the first graduate of the UL football program to win the Super Bowl when his team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, …
Remparts win four of six games in Rimouski
Théo Rochette scored one goal and added an assist, while rookie defenceman Evan Nause added three assists to lead the Quebec Remparts to an impressive 5-2 win over the Baie-Comeau …
Capitales sign coveted starting pitcher Nicholas Economos
The Quebec Capitales made their first signing of 2021 and landed a major prize.Starting pitcher Nicholas Economos, a 6’6”, 25-year-old right-hander, was courted by many independent baseball teams but finally …
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Thank you for the lovely tribute to Jay Ouellet in the first issue of 2021! We have been enjoying Jay’s great photos for so many years and had not known …
Canada must not abandon its leadership on official languages
The government of Canada must not retreat from its legal and moral obligation to Canada’s linguistic duality, and support for our French and English linguistic minority communities. In a letter …
Two official language minorities in Canada, not just one
Canada’s Official Languages Act was established upon the principle that this country has two official languages, English and French, and that official language minority communities in Quebec (English-speaking Canadians) and …
What do you see when you look at those white fluffy clouds?
Have you ever lain on your back on the green grass, looking at slow-moving white clouds, letting your imagination soar, trying to find animal shapes while the clouds pass across …