Sports briefs: AAA Midget Hockey, Laval football, Remparts
The 2019-20 regular season of the Quebec AAA Midget Hockey League is now complete. The playoffs started March 2, and will end in mid-April, with the champions winning the Jimmy …
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Olympic volleyball team to stop at PEPS
After the visit of the 2019 NBA champion Toronto Raptors, Université Laval announced that Canada’s Olympic men’s volleyball team would stop at the university in early May for three days …
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Record number of athletes at Pentathlon des Neiges
The Pentathlon des Neiges returned to the Plains of Abraham with a record-breaking number of participants. From Feb. 22 to March 1, this unique multi-sport event has attracted 6,000 athletes …
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What would the ‘New World’ be like without Cartier’s ‘miracle’?
What’s more fun for amateur historians than the endless possibilities of alternate histories?A multitude of books and dramatic productions have examined various historical alternate-universe scenarios. A recent favourite is Stephen …
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Welcome back to Canada, Ruby! I found out in your recent Postcards from Europe that you’re now back safe and sound in our country. I hope it’s not too cold …
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The stories behind Avenue Garneau and Rue Garneau
Quebec City has an Avenue Garneau and a Rue Garneau, and each is named after a different person. Avenue Garneau, located on the Plains of Abraham, is named in honour …
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MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
February 28, 1820 – The Quebec GazetteThe PacketsHalifax – Four tedious months of the year, from October to March, our English mails are sent to us by way of Bermuda …
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Leboeuf and Modig defend their triathlon titles
Quebecer Maxime Leboeuf and Swede Lovisa Modig won big once again at the ITU S3 Winter Triathlon World Cup on the Plains of Abraham this weekend. On Feb. 23, Leboeuf …
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Laurent Duvernay-Tardif receives Quebec Medal of Honour
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif, a tall, powerful offensive lineman (6’5”, 330 lbs.) who wears No. 76 for the Kansas City Chiefs, is the first NFL player to become a medical doctor during …
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Discover the many faces of art at FIFA
Everyone has a different definition of what constitutes a work of art. For some, the height of beauty may be a Renaissance painting, for others, a folk song, for others, …
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