Capitales and Aigles won’t play in the Frontier League in 2020
The Quebec Capitales and the Trois-Rivières Aigles will have to wait until 2021 to play in the Frontier Baseball League. When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced last week that the …
Freestyle skier Lewis Irving is training for the coming season
Charlesbourg’s Lewis Irving is back training at the Centre AcrobatX, at Lac-Beauport, for the upcoming FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup season. Irving will be training during the hot summer months …
Remparts make Evan Nause their first-round selection
The Quebec Remparts selected defenceman Evan Nause, from the Sioux Falls Stampede of the United States Hockey League, in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League’s annual draft, held online this …
St. Pat’s and SLC Lions’ student-athletes honoured
St. Patrick’s High School recently honoured its Fighting Irish student-athletes for the 2019-2020 school year. Because the season ended so abruptly due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual awards were …
Asterisk* be damned! Bring on the NHL play-ins!
Turning now to sports news. The National Hockey League (NHL) has announced its “return to play” plan. In an extraordinary move dictated by extraordinary times, the league has decided to …
Frontier Baseball League still exploring a shortened season
The Frontier Baseball League’s board of directors are still exploring options for a shortened 2020 season for this summer. The league’s commissioner, Bill Lee, said in a press release that …
Quebec Remparts are ready for the upcoming QMJHL draft
Patrick Roy, general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts, and his team of hockey scouts are ready for the upcoming annual draft of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey …
Hockey quiz: How well do you remember the Nordiques?
The Nordiques left Quebec City in 1995 for Denver to become the Colorado Avalanche, after being in the Vieille Capitale since 1972. The team started in the now defunct World …
Patrick Roy wants the 2022 Memorial Cup held in Quebec
Quebec Remparts general manager and head coach Patrick Roy wants the team to be host of the 2022 Memorial Cup tournament. Quebec City last hosted the event in 2015; it …
Golfers among those who may practise their sports during COVID-19
Golfers, get your clubs ready for May 20. That is the date when Isabelle Charest, Quebec’s junior minister of education and minister for the status of women, announced that golf, …