Wednesday, Nov. 13, from 5 to 7 p.m. – CV Clinic at F.O.R.T./Valcartier Family Centre, 2630 Boul. Hochelaga. Bring your CV and cover letter for a private 10-minute, one-on-one review with tips provided. Book an appointment with your own personal guidance counsellor. To register, contact [email protected]. Provide full name, phone number and email.

Photo: Cassandra Kerwin

On Nov. 6, the gymnasium at Quebec High School (QHS) was transformed into a Héma-Québec blood donation clinic for the day. After weeks of preparation and organization, the students of the leadership program achieved their goal of 75 blood donations (450 ml or slightly less than a pint each) at their annual Blood Drive.

Photo: Dylan Page courtesy of Morrin Centre

Quebec City’s world-renowned playwright, actor, film and stage director Robert Lepage was the much sought-after guest speaker at the Morrin Centre’s annual Literary Feast fundraising dinner on Oct. 30. Literary Feast organizers had invited him a number of times, and finally their persistence paid off.

Photo: Gertrude Bourdon Twitter

With federal election signs yet to be removed, new ones began appearing on poles and lawns as the provincial byelection in Jean-Talon riding got underway.

Premier François Legault called the election for Dec. 2 to replace Liberal MNA Sébastien Proulx, the former education minister, who announced in the summer he was quitting politics.

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This street is named after a rather mysterious woman named Élisabeth Couc (1667- circa 1750) sometimes called Isabelle. She was the daughter of Pierre Couc, dit Lafleur, and Marie Miteoamegoukoué, an Algonquin Christian, and was probably born at Trois-Rivières. Like her first name and place of birth, the details about her early years are uncertain.