Federal government pledges financial support toward organic waste treatment system for Quebec City
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Josee Verner has pledged the federal government’s financial support toward the construction of an organic waste treatment system in Quebec City. In addition to treating organic waste, …
Isabel McCartney: A century young
“Can you speak up? I can’t hear you.” The speaker leans in closer and speaks louder. “I was just teasing you,” McCartney said. Isabel McCartney may have started her second …
St. Patrick’s High School student part of Juvenile Curling Team
The juvenile curling team of 15 and 16 year-olds of Bergeron-Gallant consists of skip Alexandre Bergeron-Gallant, third Marc Lachance, a student of St. Patrick’s High School, second Olivier Larouche and …
Autism treatment comes naturally for “Effervescence” author
Simone Brenneman has taken a unique approach to raising autistic children. “Many treatments focus on trying to make the autistic child normal,” Brenneman, a mother of four, said. But the …
Children’s Wish Foundation grants ill 12-year-old boy’s wish
Gregory Herbert is a 12-year-old boy. He fell ill suddenly at the age of 10. Several organs were attacked, including his eyes, brain, kidneys and heart, by a genetic mitochondrial …
Former QCT journalist Dean Rhodes passes away
A former journalist for the Chronicle-Telegraph, whose career spanned more than three decades, died Monday in Hilton Head, S.C. Dean Rhodes died at age 80 after several years of declining …
65 Student-Athletes on the St. Lawrence All-Academic Team (Fall 2009)
The Champlain Saint-Lawrence College Athletic Department has released a list of 65 of its athletes who were able to maintain an 80 percent average or better in school while lettering …
Winter Carnival’s Canoe Ice Race scheduled to be a great one
Russ Keber, at 38, initially thought that he’d hung up his ice canoe paddle and crampons however, having received an impassioned plea from the Calgary team by way of a …
Tainted food warning
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and Metro Inc. are warning people with allergies to milk or egg not to consume Selection brand Iced Chocolatey Donuts. The affected product contains …
Canadian Forces in Operation HESTIA
Canadian Forces (CF) members carry orphans from a CF Griffon helicopter at the Port-au-Prince Airport in Haiti. The orphans were in the process of being adopted by Canadian families at …