On April 12, Tourisme Wendake, with the collaboration of Cegep Champlain-St. Lawrence Tourism students, launched a mobile, virtual off-line application to attract more and possibly, younger, tourists to its historic…
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Defi Holland Challenge: Twice the fun as year number one
Runners of all ages will take to the streets of Quebec on Sunday, May 15, as part of the Defi Holland Challenge. The organizers – the Friends of Holland School…
MEMORIALS AND THINGS OF FAME
1851The Morning ChronicleThis being St. George’s Day, the St. George’s Society meet at Mr. Russell’s hotel and march from thence to church. We are glad the weather is so propitious….
St. Lawrence Lions win back-to-back AAA Hockey Championships
The St. Lawrence College Lions faced the Sorel-Tracy Rebelles in the final contest of the Provincial AAA Collegiate Hockey Championships in Three Rivers on Sunday, April 10.The game was a…
Eastern Quebec Learning Centre hosts Food Service and Tourism Job Fair
As the snow piles shrink a bit more each day, it’s impossible to hide from the fact that spring is here. Quebec has welcomed back the birds, and soon the…
Review of the QAC production Prisoner of Second Avenue
Last weekend, the cast and crew of the Quebec Art Company outdid itself with the production of Neil Simon’s play Prisoner of Second Avenue, directed by Nathalie Perron. The dark…
Lieutenant Governor’s Awards
Maureen Gurrie of Quebec City was one of the eight seniors awarded the Silver Medal by the Lieutenant Governor Pierre Duchesne in recognition of her ongoing volunteer work throughout her…
Research taps into maple syrup goodness
Earlier this month, during the peak of the maple syrup season, researchers at the University of Rhode Island announced the discovery of a new compound in Canadian maple syrup. The…
Winners of the Alex and Ruth Dworkin Foundation Writing Contest
A poem written by Fanny Doddridge, a student at Cégep Limoilou, merited her first prize in the Alex and Ruth Dworkin Foundation Writing Contest. Canadian authors Roch Carrier, Linda Leith…
Social Action “Irish-Style”
For the past three months groups of Secondary V students at St. Patrick’s High School have been working on various social action projects for the Quebec and World community. What…