SLC athlete wins award
Champlain Saint Lawrence College’s Veronique Johnson has been named the top student athlete in the Provincial AAA Collegiate Basketball League. The league held its annual banquet last Saturday during the …
More seal pups stranded on beaches
The Quebec Marine Mammal Emergency Response Network expects there will be more incidents involving seal pups stranded on beaches in the next few weeks. Poor ice conditions in the Gulf …
Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada
Ladies and gentleman, meet the new Canada. No longer the humble also-rans, in two short weeks Canada redefined itself as brash, pushy, boisterous – and not afraid to put everything …
Irish Moutarde ready for St. Patrick’s Day
“My brother and I were doing a lot of Medieval parties,” said Christian Haerinck, “and we were friends with some Scots who did Medieval re-enactments and I would wonder why …
Minister praises Paralympic team
Minister of State Gary Lunn this week praised the 2010 Winter Paralympic team members and Jean Labonte, the sledge hockey captain, on being named Canada’s flag-bearer at the 2010 Paralympic …
NYPD Pipe and Drum Corps joins the parade
© Google – Map data © 2010 Google – Tele Atlas Parade Route Begins March 20 at 11:30 at St. Patrick’s School on ave de Salaberry then will end …
Kebs make player moves, break losing streak
Friday night’s Premier Basketball Leagues game in Quebec City, where the Quebec City Kebs played against the Halifax Rainmen, was just what the doctor ordered. The Kebs finally ended their …
44th annual Shannon Irish Show dedicated to O’Gradys March 13th
Saturday night, the Catholic Women’s League of Shannon will dedicate its 44th annual Irish Show to Ellen and Gene O’Grady. Raised in Montreal and Frampton respectively, the O’Gradys were married …
Lawyers salivating over governments’ sin taxes
In 2001, a class action suit was brought by 120,000 problem gamblers in Quebec. They demanded that the costs of treating their addiction be covered by Loto-Quebec – the quasi-crown …
St-Patrick’s Day events
The March 20 St-Patrick’s Day parade, while the centerpiece of the celebration, is just one of many events scheduled to celebrate the wearin’ o’ the green.Sunday at 2 p.m., the …