by Mike LabadieThe long hours coasting on smooth interstate highways 81 and 90 were spent watching movies, studying and catching interrupted power naps as they came. Our boys prepared for…
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Fighting Irish football fit for championship year
St. Patrick’s High School Fighting Irish football teams left nothing to chance last Sunday, obliterating their respective opponents at the annual Tailgate match on the Plains of Abraham. The Senior…
Quebec City falters on Terry Fox Run
As with any great event perhaps, it all started with a dream. The dream of a young man who lost his leg from cancer at the age of 18 and…
Hockey Lions Kick Off Home Season on the Right Foot
After a tightly contested first period that ended on a 1-1 score, the team stepped on the gas pedal to cruise to the win. You could feel the nervousness in…
Rouge et Or ride roughshod over Carabins
“We’re in search of excellence,” said Glen Constantin, head coach of the threetime national champions Université Laval Rouge et Or football club. They seem to have found what they’re looking…
Polio survivor hand cycles to “Eradicate, educate, rehabilitate”
Ramesh Ferris stands on the doorstep of history, wearing leg braces and with the aid of crutches. In the wake of Canadian legends like Terry Fox and Rick Hansen, the…
Golfers wanted for a good cause
The 18th edition of the annual Jeffery Hale Friends’ Foundation is looking for golfers to hit the links on September 15 at le Club de Golf le Grand Portneuf to…
Quebec tae kwon do champions ready for Olympic fights in Beijing
For the first time since tae kwon do became an Olympic discipline at the 2000 Sydney Games, Canada will be represented in the sport by a male athlete. Sebastien Michaud…
Quebec High School Alumni Golf Tournament
This year’s champions of the annual Quebec High School Alumni Golf Tournament. (left to right) Felix Rosenhek, Jean Robert, Guillaume Lamarre and Paul Gendron. The trophy was presented to the…
Archer hits Olympic target
Marie-Pier Beaudet, 21, breathed a sigh of relief on Sunday, July 20 when her last arrow hit the target. By winning her match against Kateri Vrakking, the archer from Lévis…