XMen and XWomen run for the Arthritis Society
Over 2,200 participants of various ages, shapes and sizes pushed themselves to the limit in the provincial final of the XMan Triple Crown Race at Le Relais ski centre last Saturday. A total of 10,400...
View ArticleCoptic Pope’s “visit of a lifetime” to Quebec City
The Egyptian Orthodox community of Quebec received the visit of a lifetime on September 22. As part of a Canada-wide tour, Pope Tawadros II, the spiritual leader of that church, visited the Coptic...
View ArticleThe (put your name here) wing of Everest Elementary School
The new wing of Everest Elementary School is now completed and we are currently seeking a name for the addition. Between October 6 and October 16, 2014, you will be able to go to an Ebay website and...
View ArticleClan Gunn leaders visit Quebec City
On the weekend of September 19 to 21, Clan Gunn was the honoured clan at the New Hampshire Highland Games at Loon Mountain in Lincoln, N.H. The annual general meeting of the Clan Gunn Society of North...
View ArticleFrom Quebec City to the Great War in 1914
Last Wednesday evening, Charles André Nadeau gave a presentation at the Morrin Centre about the embarkation of over 32,000 soldiers at the Port of Quebec at the outset of the Great War in 1914....
View ArticleA Texan comes home to Île d’Orleans
It's a long way from Marble Falls, Texas, to Île d'Orléans, Quebec (3,460 kilometres, to be exact), but Albert Breton, 79, finally got to check "visit Orleans Island" off his Bucket List of things he...
View ArticleLocal schools continue Terry Fox Run tradition
Nearly 35 years after partial amputee Terry Fox decided to run 8,000 kilometres across Canada to raise money for cancer research, fundraising runs in his honour have become a Canadian autumn tradition,...
View ArticleOn their toes at the Vieux-Québec Féis
Laval University's PEPS athletic centre echoed with the sounds of hundreds of hard shoes on Saturday, as Irish dancers from as far away as British Columbia gathered for the inaugural Vieux-Québec Féis....
View ArticleDocumentaries win big at Quebec City film festival
Quebec filmmaker Julie Lambert will have a hard act to follow - her own. Lambert's debut film, Un film de chasse de filles, captured two top prizes and came close to the biggest prize of all at the...
View ArticleThe story behind Rue Corrigan
Rue Corrigan is a short street in Sainte-Foy between Chemin Saint-Louis and Rue Gregg. It is named after James "Jim" Corrigan, who owned a prosperous farm located on the south side of Chemin...
View ArticleIHQ marks 125th anniversary of the Quebec City rockslide
On September 15, Irish Heritage Quebec kicked off its 2014-2015 season of historical talks by marking the 125th anniversary of the Quebec City rockslide. Many descendants of survivors of the 1889...
View ArticleEnglish-speaking community very concerned about Barrette reform bill
The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) and its community stakeholders are concerned about a massive reorganization of the health-care sector. We are apprehensive about the impact these profound...
View ArticleVEQ forum on integrating English-speaking newcomers
On September 22 at City Hall, the Voice of English-speaking Quebec (VEQ) participated in a forum co-organized by the Ville de Québec and VEQ; the subject was the integration of English-speaking...
View ArticleGrilling for a good cause at Oktoberfest
The leaves are changing colour and the smell of sauerkraut and sausage is in the air - it must be Oktoberfest. From Munich - home of the original Oktoberfest - to Brazil, Argentina and of course...
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