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Is that a CEGEP or a Cégep?
Published: January 29, 2020
Have you ever wondered why the QCT uses both “CEGEP” and “Cégep” in front of the names of the various colleges we often report on, especially in sports articles? Is there a difference?
Winter fun enjoyed at Pointe-aux-Lièvres
Published: January 29, 2020
Photo: Jonathan Letellier-Black
Winter fun activities are in full swing along the St. Charles River in Quebec City. The Société de la Rivière Saint-Charles, a non-profit organization, manages a wide-ranging program of recreational pursuits for all four seasons.
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church signs an agreement with special events company Kamaï Événements
Published: January 29, 2020
Photo: Shirley Nadeau
In mid-December, 2019, the board of managers of St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in Old Quebec signed an unusual agreement with Kamaï Événements.
Clarendon Hotel reopens after 12 months of major repairs
Published: January 29, 2020
Photo: Hotel Clarendon
The Clarendon Hotel is open again, after being closed for the past 12 months. Co-owners Michel Côté and Marc-Olivier Côté were delighted to welcome their first guests, just in time for the 150th anniversary of Canada’s oldest hotel.
More than 40 American teams at the Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament
Published: January 29, 2020
The 61st edition of the Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament will feature teams from over 20 countries at the Videotron Centre from Feb. 12 to 23.
Of the 120 teams that will be playing at five different levels, 40 of them, or 33 per cent, will be from the United States. Even though the number of teams is quite impressive, it is still down from 42 in 2019.
St. Lawrence Lions basketball and hockey action
Published: January 29, 2020
Photo: SLC Lions
The CEGEP Champlain–St. Lawrence Lions basketball team got back on the court on Jan. 24, when they played the Jeannois from Collège d’Alma in their first game since the holidays.
However, the match-up the Lions are anxiously awaiting is the game on Jan. 31, when they host the Dynamiques from Cégep de Sainte-Foy. Tip-off is at 8 p.m. at the Lions’ Den.
2020 Quebec ice canoe racing season is up and running
Published: January 22, 2020
Photo: Cassandra Kerwin
The 2020 Circuit Québécois de Canot à Glace racing season was well and truly launched last week, starting with a press conference held on a cold and windy Jan. 15 at the Auberge Saint-Antoine.
This year, nearly 400 ice canoers will participate in the seven races scheduled from Jan. 18 to March 7 at different points along the ice-covered St. Lawrence River.
Ukrainian Flight 752: We pray that sanity prevails
Published: January 22, 2020
The new year got off to a violent, tragic and profoundly frightening start with the shooting down of Ukrainian Flight 752 shortly after takeoff from Tehran, killing all 176 people aboard. Among those who died were 57 Canadians.
Asbestos changing its name to shed its toxic image
Published: January 22, 2020
Photo: Wikimedia Commons - Public Domain
How attached are we to place names? For example, would the citizens of the settlement at the narrowing of the St. Lawrence River think differently of themselves if it were named Ludovica, rather than Quebec City?
The story behind Avenue Fabre
STREET VIEWS
Published: January 22, 2020
Photo: Screenshot from Google maps
This street is named in honour of Louis-Roch-Hector Fabre (1834-1910), a lawyer, journalist, diplomat and senator born in Montreal. He was admitted to the bar in 1856 but practised law only occasionally, opting instead for journalism.