May 2012 Archives

Monday May 7, 2012

Marching with the Junior Rangers in Salluit

Patrolling across the territories and Nunavik, the Canadian Rangers are this country's northernmost military unit. Specialized in search and rescue in the sometimes harsh, Canadian Arctic climate, they have their own cadet branch known as the Junior Rangers. The CBC's Ainslie MacLellan was in Salluit recently and met with some Junior Rangers as they went through their drills.

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Thursday May 3, 2012

Salluit hip hop artist Arkey

Adamie Argun goes by the name Arkey when he's performing. The young rapper from the Inuit community of Salluit, says hip hop is an outlet for some of the stresses in his life. While in Salluit, the CBC's Ainslie MacLellan met with the 18-year-old who spends many evenings writing lyrics and rapping along to his favourite songs, and who even got a chance to record with singer-songwriter Ariane Moffatt.

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Wednesday May 2, 2012

Hip hop workshop does social work in Inukjuak

Blueprint For Life uses hip hop music and dance to try to get young people to open up and to talk about everything, from depression, alcohol and drug abuse, bullying and even suicide. The CBC's Ainslie MacLellan stopped in on one of the group's workshops in Inukjuak.

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• May 2013
  • Fri., 17 – La Journée des Patriotes: Remembered
     
  • Fri., 17 – Comedian Sugar Sammy's multilingual look at Quebec
     
  • Fri., 17 – Sutton First Responders celebrate 2-year anniversary
     
  • Thu., 16 – Holland Huskies headed to Sherbrooke
     
  • Wed., 15 – La Vie Parisienne in Quebec City
     
  • Wed., 15 – StoryNet: Making History
     
  • Tue., 14 – Quebec City woman opts for preventative double mastectomy
     
  • Tue., 14 – Everest: From the top of the world to St-Romuald
     
  • Mon., 13 – Brome Lake Books in Knowlton
     
  • Mon., 13 – Baie Comeau High School publishes book
     
  • Fri., 10 – Jardin des Glaciers closes in Baie-Comeau
     
  • Fri., 10 – Extraordinary mothers on Quebec's StoryNet
     
  • Thu., 9 – Gaspe Elementary Aboriginal Art Night
     
  • Wed., 8 – Public speaking contest in the Townships 2013
     
  • Wed., 8 – Ross Murray joins Jacquie in studio
     
  • Tue., 7 – Ross Murray: Spring Clean-Up
     
  • Tue., 7 – Baie-Comeau Drakkar face off against the Halifax Mooseheads
     
  • Mon., 6 – Quebec City's Damn The Luck
     
  • Fri., 3 – Giant crêpe making machine
     
• April 2013
  • Tue., 30 – Line-up for Quebec City's Opera Festival announced
     
  • Mon., 29 – New gelato business in a very old house
     
  • Thu., 25 – The Importance of Being Earnest in Quebec City
     
  • Wed., 24 – BookFest at Flemming Elementary
     
  • Wed., 24 – Sept-Iles Students in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 23 – Changes in store for St. Michael's Anglican Church
     
  • Tue., 23 – Ross Murray: Shameless Self-Promotion
     
  • Fri., 19 – Quebec circumnavigator ready to set sail again
     
  • Thu., 18 – The Montreal Canadiens storied past in Suttton
     
  • Wed., 17 – Visual arts students create a "sound walk"
     
  • Wed., 17 – Prohibition exhibit at the Sutton Museum
     
  • Tue., 16 – Au Diable Vert in the Eastern Townships
     
  • Tue., 16 – ImagiNation Writer's Festival: Interviews
     
  • Mon., 15 – A "Bury Your Dead" walking tour in Old Quebec
     
  • Fri., 12 – Q's Jian Ghomeshi in Quebec City
     
  • Fri., 12 – Emma Donoghue on "faction"
     
  • Thu., 11 – The Aurian Haller Band launches second album
     
  • Wed., 10 – Sugar Shack Sessions: And the winner is...
     
  • Wed., 10 – Science fiction writer Robert J. Sawyer in Quebec
     
  • Tue., 9 – Ross Murray: Community Suppers
     
  • Tue., 9 – Paul Almond new book "The Chaplain"
     
  • Mon., 8 – The Tenors in Quebec City
     
  • Fri., 5 – Illusionist Luc Langevin making magic
     
• March 2013
  • Thu., 28 – Holland School custodian retires after 38 years
     
  • Tue., 26 – Ross Murray: Emails
     
  • Tue., 26 – Raymond Setlakwe of the Setlakwe Mode stores
     
  • Tue., 26 – Ireland invites descendants to The Gathering
     
  • Mon., 25 – "Memoirs of the English-Speaking Community," Thetford Mines book launch
     
  • Fri., 22 – Performing Arts Festival at Quebec High School
     
  • Wed., 20 – Sugar Shack Sessions in the Townships
     
  • Wed., 20 – "Memoirs of the English-Speaking Community," Quebec City book launch
     
  • Tue., 19 – Ross Murray: The ultimate Public Service Announcement
     
  • Mon., 18 – Lithium mining in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 18 – The Sharman family sugar shack in Hatley
     
  • Fri., 15 – Shannon Irish Show honours Henri Lacasse
     
  • Fri., 15 – The amazing foot race of the War of 1812
     
  • Thu., 14 – Come to the Cabaret - in Quebec
     
  • Wed., 13 – Father Pelletier's Pope Francis connection
     
  • Tue., 12 – Quebec Lodge Foundation final campaign push
     
  • Tue., 12 – Ross Murray: Dental Dread
     
  • Tue., 12 – La Motte welcoming media as papal watch continues
     
  • Tue., 12 – Better services in English at Rouyn Hospital
     
  • Fri., 8 – 18-year-old Douglastown student wins prestigious scholarship
     
  • Fri., 8 – Quebec High School steps back in time for filming of Les Boys
     
  • Fri., 8 – International Women's Day in Lennoxville
     
  • Thu., 7 – Remembering Stompin' Tom Connors Entry Island Home
     
  • Wed., 6 – The winter migration of Quebec City's 19th-century Irish ship labourers
     
  • Mon., 4 – Les Boys at Quebec High School
     
  • Fri., 1 – SEARCHLIGHT: Breakaway's Top 10 in the search for Canada's best new musical act
     
  • Fri., 1 – Colloquium at the Morrin Centre on Quebec City's English speaking-communities
     
  • Fri., 1 – French students in kindergarten at Golden Valley School
     
• February 2013
  • Tue., 26 – Ross Murray: Drinking
     
  • Fri., 22 – St. Lawrence College stages The Broth of Brith
     
  • Thu., 21 – CQSB fights for Engligh-school rights for army francophones
     
  • Thu., 21 – Sunny Bank, Gaspe -- snowy banks, Gaspe
     
  • Tue., 19 – Assembling 100 objects that represent English-speaking Quebec
     
  • Mon., 18 – National Assembly correspondent Tim Duboyce on Living English
     
  • Thu., 14 – Elisapie in The Legend of Sarila
     
  • Thu., 14 – Flowery tales from February the fourteenth
     
  • Tue., 12 – Ross Murray: Opinion polls
     
  • Fri., 8 – The women of the George V Ice Canoe team
     
  • Fri., 8 – Quebec City's first female hockey tournament
     
  • Thu., 7 – Skating at Holland Elementary School
     
  • Tue., 5 – Lumocité: Architectural mapping in Quebec
     
  • Tue., 5 – "Winter Wonderland" novel set in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 4 – **Calling all musicians in the regions of Quebec**
     
• January 2013
  • Thu., 31 – Honky Tonk Blue: The Night Patsy Met Hank
     
  • Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Campaign for anglophones
     
  • Mon., 28 – Quebec maple syrup in space
     
  • Mon., 28 – Tremblant's Peter Duncan on Erik Guay's silver
     
  • Fri., 25 – Quebec City's Melvis & The Jive Cats
     
  • Thu., 24 – 100 years for the Quebec International Bonspiel
     
  • Thu., 24 – All eyes on Tremblant's Erik Guay in Kitzbühel
     
  • Wed., 23 – The passions of Quebec's Tocadéo
     
  • Wed., 23 – Gaspé alumina plant produces first tonne
     
  • Tue., 22 – Shawinigan band East Road formed in the Mags
     
  • Tue., 22 – Ashley Iserhoff: Losing weight, gaining wisdom
     
  • Fri., 18 – Big Air snowboarding competition in Quebec City
     
  • Fri., 18 – Ice fishing at L'Anse-à-Benjamin
     
  • Thu., 17 – Cross-country ski co-op in Sutton
     
  • Wed., 16 – The scourge of Quebec's Norway Maples
     
  • Wed., 16 – Othello on stage at CEGEP St. Lawrence
     
  • Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Coaching basketball
     
  • Mon., 14 – Boutique Louise Charette celebrates rich ski history
     
  • Mon., 14 – Proposing a ban on shark fins in Quebec
     
  • Fri., 11 – Downton Abbey coming to Radio-Canada
     
  • Thu., 10 – Eyewitness accounts of Orcas trapped near Inukjuak
     
  • Wed., 9 – The Shigawake connection to the Academy Award nominations
     
  • Wed., 9 – Arborist from the Townships climbing the world's tallest trees in South Africa
     
  • Mon., 7 – Bulwer's Purple Prose Project
     
  • Fri., 4 – Winter knitting circle on the Magdalen Islands
     
  • Thu., 3 – Ross Murray: Sliding
     
  • Thu., 3 – Explaining the great maple syrup heist of 2012
     
  • Wed., 2 – Entry Island's hilltop cows
     
• December 2012
  • Fri., 21 – Happy Holidays from Breakaway!
     
  • Fri., 21 – Ross Murray: Christmas
     
  • Fri., 21 – British pigeon gets lost during a race and finds a new home in Quebec
     
  • Fri., 21 – The Fletcher family's love of Mont Tremblant snow
     
  • Wed., 19 – Boy George to ring in the New Year in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 18 – Les Pee-Wee 3D movie to hit the screen
     
  • Mon., 17 – Aldo the donkey, the delight of Old Quebec's Anglican Cathedral
     
  • Fri., 14 – A rare opening of Moe's River Church
     
  • Thu., 13 – A Celtic twist to French cuisine in the Laurentians
     
  • Wed., 12 – Arundel Elementary School's Eco-Club
     
  • Wed., 12 – The Weaverworld of the Eastern Townships
     
  • Tue., 11 – Ross Murray: Hamster-based learning
     
  • Tue., 11 – Fort Ouest, a Laurentians multi-activity centre
     
  • Mon., 10 – Debbie's Store, the hub of Arundel
     
  • Fri., 7 – Breakaway -- Live in Arundel
     
  • Wed., 5 – Quebec City's ever-more popular German Christmas Market
     
  • Mon., 3 – Chance Quebec City encounter foreshadows royal pregnancy
     
• November 2012
  • Fri., 30 – QHS students showcase their talent
     
  • Thu., 29 – Quebec Art Company's "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
     
  • Wed., 28 – Chalmers-Wesley United soars to new heights
     
  • Tue., 27 – Aladdin, a Knowlton Players' pantomime
     
  • Tue., 27 – Ross Murray: Mysterious dream world
     
  • Fri., 23 – Emile-Claire Barlow's foray into français
     
  • Wed., 21 – Maia discovers her Héritage in first solo album
     
  • Tue., 20 – James Bond film producer's legacy lives on in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 19 – First TEDxQuebec for Quebec City
     
  • Fri., 16 – Wooden yurts made in Fermont
     
  • Wed., 14 – New book chronicles Simple Plan's story
     
  • Tue., 13 – Ross Murray: Meeting Robert Frost
     
  • Mon., 12 – Angèle Dubeau: Video game music on the violin
     
  • Mon., 12 – "Life in Quebec": New bilingual magazine for the Quebec City region
     
  • Fri., 9 – Magdalen Islands' pride for its veterans
     
  • Thu., 8 – The Songs of Nick Drake tour comes to Quebec
     
  • Thu., 8 – The CBC "Fun Hunt" comes to Quebec City
     
  • Wed., 7 – Ulverton Folk celebrates five years of concerts
     
  • Mon., 5 – Gaspé's Boyd Coffin warns about the dangers of wild rabbits
     
  • Fri., 2 – Marc Bieler's cranberry fields near Drummondville
     
• October 2012
  • Tue., 30 – The Ultimate Québécois Outdoorswoman
     
  • Tue., 30 – Ross Murray: Halloween movies
     
  • Tue., 30 – Nunavik's Elisapie Isaac and new Polar Pop
     
  • Mon., 29 – Empress of Ireland collection sold to Canada's Museum of Civilization
     
  • Fri., 26 – Quebec's queen of country - Renée Martel - honoured for 60 years in music
     
  • Wed., 24 – Gaspé students welcome cruise ship passengers
     
  • Wed., 24 – Welcoming cruise ships in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 23 – Sept-Iles' Yvan Pedneault in Notre-Dame de Paris
     
  • Tue., 23 – Quebec Lodge Foundation hopes to reopen residential summer camp
     
  • Fri., 19 – Soprano Laura Whalen stars as Violetta in La Traviata in Quebec City
     
  • Thu., 18 – Food critic Jacob Richler's new book and his tastes of the Townships
     
  • Tue., 16 – A conversation and a cigar with jazz trumpet legend Arturo Sandoval
     
  • Tue., 16 – Ross Murray: Looking hot
     
  • Mon., 15 – Around the world with Mark Bérubé and his music
     
  • Thu., 11 – Design for Quebec City's new arena unveiled
     
  • Thu., 11 – Blue and Gold Recording Club at QHS
     
  • Wed., 10 – Matthew McCully's Heritage Music Tour in the Eastern Townships
     
  • Tue., 9 – 200 volunteer performers make up cast in Saguenay show
     
  • Tue., 9 – Kruzenshtern Tall-Ship in Quebec
     
  • Fri., 5 – The legendary Michel Louvain visits hometown Thetford Mines
     
  • Fri., 5 – Stanbridge East as Louise Penny's Three Pines
     
  • Thu., 4 – Allison Blair's Bravo Ministries in Burundi
     
  • Wed., 3 – Georgeville's landmark Old School House
     
  • Wed., 3 – Choir from Ukrainian Monastery in Quebec
     
• September 2012
  • Fri., 28 – The private and public Pauline Marois
     
  • Fri., 28 – The regional cuisine of the five-star Le Hatley
     
  • Wed., 26 – Hip-Hop helps raise awareness on anglo identity
     
  • Tue., 25 – Quebec City's Frissong launches debut CD
     
  • Mon., 24 – Bridging eras old and new at the Manoir Hovey
     
  • Fri., 21 – Antiques at l'Isle-aux-Coudres
     
  • Thu., 20 – Record enrolment at the only English elementary school in Saguenay
     
  • Thu., 20 – Farnham's Les Pervenches and its sold-out Chardonnay
     
  • Tue., 18 – Ross Murray: King of Quebec's anglophones
     
  • Mon., 17 – Reconstructing the tomb of leading Loyalist Sir John Johnson
     
  • Thu., 13 – Bringing the Domaine Cataraqui back to its fruitful former days
     
  • Wed., 12 – The Pilgrim: Paul Almond's fourth novel in his Alford Saga
     
  • Tue., 11 – Gaelic football recruiting in Quebec City
     
  • Mon., 10 – Augusta Webster-Fenton at 100 years strong
     
  • Fri., 7 – Famed Quebec movie producer Jake Eberts dies at 71
     
  • Thu., 6 – The Bordeaux Wine Festival in Quebec City
     
  • Wed., 5 – Election night in the ridings of Brome-Missisquoi and Trois-Rivières
     
  • Wed., 5 – World-class cyclists prepare for Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec
     
  • Tue., 4 – Panama: A world of contrasts
     
• August 2012
  • Thu., 30 – Happy Birthday to August Fenton-Webster
     
  • Wed., 29 – Isle-aux-Coudres' island doctor
     
  • Wed., 29 – New Richmond Bluegrass Festival bigger than ever
     
  • Tue., 28 – Dead or deranged gannets showing up along the Lower North Shore
     
  • Tue., 28 – Touring the mills on Isle-aux-Coudres
     
  • Mon., 27 – L'Isle aux Coudres celebrates 50 years since NFB documentary
     
  • Mon., 27 – English School Boards react to CAQ's plan to abolish their institutions
     
  • Wed., 22 – A union for junior hockey players?
     
  • Tue., 21 – Rediscovering St. John the Evangelist Cemetery
     
  • Tue., 21 – Riding Profile: Lévis
     
  • Mon., 20 – The Craig's Road in St-Sylvestre
     
  • Fri., 17 – Coirneal Cealteach: Preserving Irish History
     
  • Thu., 16 – Second edition of the Eastern Townships Film Festival underway
     
  • Thu., 16 – Flash Mob to perform somewhere in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 14 – Remembering two pillars of the English-speaking community
     
  • Tue., 14 – The future of the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant
     
  • Mon., 13 – Voter profiles make up video essay
     
  • Fri., 10 – Old Fashioned Day at the Cookshire Fairgrounds
     
  • Thu., 9 – Different political parties using same stock photo
     
  • Wed., 8 – Circus show inspired by Elsie Reford's life
     
  • Tue., 7 – Going beneath the Dufferin Terrace
     
  • Tue., 7 – New editions of a Lower Saint Lawrence classic
     
  • Mon., 6 – White lobster caught on the Lower North Shore
     
  • Sun., 5 – The musical legacy of Joe Drody in Douglastown
     
  • Wed., 1 – The legacy of the Carrick shipwreck in Gaspé
     
  • Wed., 1 – Webster at les Fêtes de la Nouvelle-France
     
• July 2012
  • Mon., 30 – New national ski training centre at Mont-Sainte-Anne
     
  • Mon., 30 – Quebec swimmer Katerine Savard
     
  • Fri., 27 – Glen Sutton cheers for Clara Hughes
     
  • Fri., 27 – Playing the Whale-O-Phone in Tadoussac
     
  • Thu., 26 – A taste of the Olympics from sportcafe.ca
     
  • Tue., 24 – Dale Boyle's latest album, Throwback
     
  • Mon., 23 – Richard Purdy's latest art installations
     
  • Mon., 23 – Roger Waters wows Quebec with The Wall
     
  • Fri., 20 – Olympic bound from Lac Beauport
     
  • Thu., 19 – The amazing maze of maize!
     
  • Wed., 18 – Robert Lepage to premiere Tempest opera
     
  • Mon., 16 – Bye-bye wading pools. Hello water play parks.
     
  • Mon., 16 – Shigawake's first-ever Local Products Festival
     
  • Fri., 13 – Living like coureurs des bois in Trois-Rivières
     
  • Thu., 12 – New beer route in the Mauricie
     
  • Wed., 11 – The Tedeschi Trucks Band
     
  • Tue., 10 – A Harley for Hallyday
     
  • Fri., 6 – La Prucheraie, a Georgeville estate
     
  • Thu., 5 – The Inverugie Golf Club near Georgeville
     
  • Wed., 4 – Quebec City brother and sister electro-pop duo Midaz & Ellie
     
  • Tue., 3 – Sammy's summer in Georgeville
     
• June 2012
  • Fri., 29 – Le Phat Hawg: Georgeville's summer canteen
     
  • Fri., 29 – Adapted workplace in Amqui
     
  • Thu., 28 – The Farmers' Market in Georgeville
     
  • Wed., 27 – Coconut bagels and small business networking
     
  • Tue., 26 – Reconstructing Georgeville's Beechwood Barn
     
  • Fri., 22 – Métis-sur-Mer new bilingual library
     
  • Thu., 21 – Lucky Uke strums right into summer
     
  • Thu., 21 – Forever Crazy hoping to seduce Quebec
     
  • Wed., 20 – The Royal 22nd Regiment gets to showcase more of its history
     
  • Wed., 20 – Bringing the youth back to the Lower North Shore
     
  • Mon., 18 – The future of Entry Island School
     
  • Fri., 15 – Domaine Forget: a musical gem in the Charlevoix
     
  • Fri., 15 – Mission to recover bodies of USA sevicemen in St-Lawrence
     
  • Thu., 14 – Jellyfish at the Quebec Aquarium's new pavilion
     
  • Thu., 14 – The Panache Mobile, the food truck with a view
     
  • Thu., 14 – Catou MacKinnon paints the scene during judge Delisle's verdict
     
  • Mon., 11 – New Cirque du Soleil show coming to Quebec City
     
  • Thu., 7 – The pride of Port Cartier, Marie-Hélène Chisholm
     
  • Thu., 7 – Stanstead College hockey star an NHL draft prospect
     
  • Wed., 6 – Boot Hill at Bishop's: A musical adaptation of Hamlet, set in the Old West
     
  • Tue., 5 – Building boom in Port-Cartier
     
  • Tue., 5 – Quebec's Phil Collins incarnation
     
  • Fri., 1 – My month with Marilyn Monroe
     
• May 2012
  • Thu., 31 – David Blair honoured at Quebec City's Morrin Centre
     
  • Wed., 30 – Kelly Hrudey on the L.A. King's return
     
  • Wed., 30 – Health and hospital help, in English
     
  • Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Dogs
     
  • Tue., 29 – A perfect season for women's rugby at Bishop's College School
     
  • Mon., 28 – Cataractes capture the Memorial Cup in OT!
     
  • Fri., 25 – Knowlton Players stage Sylvia
     
  • Thu., 24 – "SportAccord" movers and shakers in Quebec
     
  • Thu., 24 – Quebeckers on stage with Queen Extravaganza
     
  • Wed., 23 – Wildberry Project on the Lower North Shore
     
  • Tue., 22 – Luncheon raises thousands for Olympians
     
  • Fri., 18 – In the garden with Larry Hodgson
     
  • Thu., 17 – Musical History Night in Lennoxville
     
  • Wed., 16 – Encouraging young entrepreneurs in Rouyn
     
  • Tue., 15 – Comedian Sugar Sammy joking his way through the province
     
  • Tue., 15 – Public speaking contest in the Townships
     
  • Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Omnibus or off the bus
     
  • Fri., 11 – An Evening of Culture in Georgeville
     
  • Thu., 10 – Watching over St. Peter's-by-the-Sea
     
  • Wed., 9 – Townships' elementary school linked to Houston Space Center
     
  • Wed., 9 – The shipwrecked past of the Magdalen Islands
     
  • Tue., 8 – Bringing tourism to the easternmost Magdalen Islands
     
  • Mon., 7 – Audio walking tour of Old Harry Head
     
  • Mon., 7 – Marching with the Junior Rangers in Salluit
     
  • Mon., 7 – Lobster season to begin in the Mags
     
  • Thu., 3 – Photo project for Baie-Comeau's 75th
     
  • Thu., 3 – Salluit hip hop artist Arkey
     
  • Wed., 2 – Hip hop workshop does social work in Inukjuak
     
  • Wed., 2 – Deathtrap at the Quebec Art Company
     
  • Tue., 1 – Les Violons du Roy play Vivaldi
     
  • Tue., 1 – Sept-Iles' Ann-Sophie Bettez named top university athlete in Canada
     
  • Tue., 1 – Ross Murray: Book publishing
     
• April 2012
  • Fri., 27 – BookFest on Breakaway
     
  • Fri., 27 – The winter session at Laval ends, as the unrest continues
     
  • Fri., 27 – Students keeping abreast of unrest
     
  • Wed., 25 – Health care history of Rouyn-Noranda
     
  • Wed., 25 – Astronaut David Saint-Jacques back home in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 24 – Vintage fashion show for Maison de Marthe
     
  • Mon., 23 – "The Once" to play rare concert in Knowlton
     
  • Fri., 20 – Frédérick Roy after the Remparts
     
  • Fri., 20 – Documentary on storytelling sessions across Quebec
     
  • Thu., 19 – Tackling the toxins in body care products
     
  • Wed., 18 – Gaspé students learning aboard cruise ships
     
  • Tue., 17 – Champlain's baptismal certificate discovered
     
  • Tue., 17 – Ross Murray: Carpe diem
     
  • Tue., 17 – Noranda School's volleyball brilliance
     
  • Mon., 16 – Life ring from the Titanic on Île d'Orléans
     
  • Thu., 12 – Matane's monster moose sparks court case
     
  • Thu., 12 – A musical tribute to the Titanic from the Townships
     
  • Wed., 11 – Paul Almond at the ImagiNation Writers' Festival
     
  • Wed., 4 – Health and Wellness Challenge in Métis-Sur-Mer
     
  • Tue., 3 – Ross Murray: Spring
     
  • Tue., 3 – Cowansville swimmer is Olympic bound
     
  • Mon., 2 – Adam Blanshay: From Quebec to Broadway
     
  • Mon., 2 – Legendary jazz pianist Chick Corea in Quebec
     
• March 2012
  • Fri., 30 – Rigging lobster traps and staying in school
     
  • Fri., 30 – Chateau Frontenac gets a facelift
     
  • Thu., 29 – "With Respect to Our Elders" program says goodbye and hello
     
  • Wed., 28 – It's a Girls' World at Butler Elementary
     
  • Wed., 28 – A new institute to safeguard Cree culture
     
  • Tue., 27 – New arena helps boost Quebec's hope for NHL team
     
  • Mon., 26 – The old days at sea with Spencer Chenell of Entry Island
     
  • Fri., 23 – Irish-Quebec hockey history remembered in St. Patrick's parade
     
  • Thu., 22 – A creative space for artists in Baie-Comeau
     
  • Thu., 22 – Little Grosse Ile School on the big world map
     
  • Wed., 21 – Spreading the sands of Magdalens
     
  • Wed., 21 – Ross Murray: Ross' reign
     
  • Tue., 20 – Transforming coffee with the salt spray of the Magdalens
     
  • Tue., 20 – Quebec City's St. Patrick's Parade
     
  • Mon., 19 – Lobstering on the Magdalens
     
  • Mon., 19 – Wellness Walk in Cree community of Ouje-Bougoumou
     
  • Fri., 16 – Cruising down the Crashed Ice course
     
  • Fri., 16 – Matthew McCully's St. Patrick's Day sing-along
     
  • Fri., 16 – Delay in repairing Baie des Chaleurs rail line
     
  • Wed., 14 – Marking Brain Awareness Week with music
     
  • Wed., 14 – Malika Sellami's musical journal from Quebec City to Saskatoon
     
  • Tue., 13 – Remembering hockey's Herb Carnegie
     
  • Tue., 13 – Sport Études hockey program at BCHS
     
  • Mon., 12 – Student enrollment challenges at BCHS
     
  • Wed., 7 – Documentary about Alzheimer's disease raises awareness in Gaspé
     
  • Wed., 7 – Quebec City bagel business gets a boost
     
  • Wed., 7 – Townshipper of the Month: February
     
  • Wed., 7 – Draining agricultural land in north-western Quebec
     
  • Tue., 6 – Ross Murray: Silence
     
  • Mon., 5 – More tracks in English than in French on Ariane Moffatt's new album, MA
     
  • Fri., 2 – Breakaway -- Live in Baie-Comeau
     
• February 2012
  • Wed., 29 – Pink-shirted teachers applaud Anti-Bullying Day
     
  • Tue., 28 – Calling old soldiers from the Devil's Brigade
     
  • Tue., 28 – A rare early flow for maple syrup in the Eastern Townships
     
  • Tue., 28 – Christopher Plummer's Townships beginnings
     
  • Thu., 23 – Original musical drama "Grosse Île" staged at CEGEP St. Lawrence
     
  • Wed., 22 – Bringing laughter to Quebec's regions
     
  • Wed., 22 – Sept Iles McDonald's staffed by Filipino employees
     
  • Tue., 21 – Ross Murray: Job interviews
     
  • Mon., 20 – Gaston Déry's Ile aux Pommes
     
  • Fri., 17 – Adam Cohen harmonizing with his genetic code
     
  • Wed., 15 – Reverend Jesse Jackson to speak at Bishop's
     
  • Wed., 15 – Pee Wee Tournament welcomes an Australian team for the first time
     
  • Tue., 14 – "Love Never Dies" on stage at the Knowlton Pub
     
  • Mon., 13 – Ice storm in the Mags wipes out power
     
  • Fri., 10 – Folk singer Bruce Cockburn on love and longevity
     
  • Fri., 10 – Pianist Tigran Hamasyan back in Quebec
     
  • Thu., 9 – Outdoor hockey arena opens in Levis
     
  • Thu., 9 – Quebec's adopted Mississippi queen
     
  • Wed., 8 – Entry Island Homecoming -- Revisted
     
  • Wed., 8 – Reviving Université Laval's student-run law review
     
  • Tue., 7 – Ross Murray: Tea
     
  • Tue., 7 – Madonna to play the Plains of Abraham
     
  • Tue., 7 – Celebrating Dickens and his memoirs of Quebec
     
  • Mon., 6 – Breakaway marks the Queen's Diamond Jubilee
     
  • Thu., 2 – The creative Quebec company behind Madonna's Super Bowl performance
     
  • Wed., 1 – Getting to know Quebec City's I.No
     
• January 2012
  • Tue., 31 – Townships company promotes international social and environmental impact management
     
  • Tue., 31 – A hockey history song
     
  • Mon., 30 – Elise Marcotte swimming towards the Olympics
     
  • Thu., 26 – Inverness café warms the community
     
  • Wed., 25 – Breakaway listeners share their outdoor adventure stories
     
  • Tue., 24 – Ross Murray: Anxiety
     
  • Mon., 23 – Ice canoeing: Fast, furious and all in the family
     
  • Mon., 23 – The Université de Sherbrooke's supercomputer is the most powerful in Canada
     
  • Fri., 20 – Townships artists who paint like the Old Masters
     
  • Thu., 19 – Quebec freestyle skiers react to news of their friend and fellow skier Sarah Burke's death
     
  • Tue., 17 – Indoor soccer and football stadium opens on campus at Université Laval
     
  • Mon., 16 – New 3.8 million dollar teaching centre to train wind turbine technicians
     
  • Fri., 13 – The Lennoxville Library turns 100
     
  • Thu., 12 – Laval University study finds bacteria on some recycled paper towels
     
  • Wed., 11 – Léon Mugesera ordered deported to Rwanda
     
  • Tue., 10 – Young families choosing Douglastown
     
  • Tue., 10 – Ross Murray: Television viewing
     
  • Mon., 9 – A death in Grenada hits close to home in Cascapedia-St-Jules
     
  • Fri., 6 – The Barr Brothers after The Late Show with David Letterman
     
  • Fri., 6 – A rodeling ride down Le Massif's snowy slope
     
• December 2011
  • Tue., 20 – Sherbrooke's record-setting Christmas tree
     
  • Tue., 20 – Ross Murray: A merry little Christmas column
     
  • Tue., 20 – Year-end rewind: Royal visit to Quebec City
     
  • Mon., 19 – East Angus church wins heritage contest
     
  • Mon., 19 – HUGS campaign in the Eastern Townships
     
  • Fri., 16 – Bûche de Noël: A frozen twist on a holiday classic
     
  • Thu., 15 – Gregory Charles' Quebec City Christmas party
     
  • Tue., 13 – Ross Murray: Christmas cover-ups
     
  • Fri., 9 – Doyon wins Queen Extravaganza competition
     
  • Fri., 9 – Quebec youth delegate at climate talks in Durban
     
  • Thu., 8 – Rick Hillier and the North Shore mining boom
     
  • Tue., 6 – NDP leadership candidate Peggy Nash in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 5 – German Christmas market in Quebec City
     
  • Thu., 1 – Musical firsts with the Quebec Art Company
     
• November 2011
  • Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Cougars in the Townships
     
  • Tue., 29 – Series launch on Fermont: Quebec's booming mining town
     
  • Fri., 25 – Quebec City musicians channel Queen
     
  • Thu., 24 – Celebrating FRIENDSgiving in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 22 – Remembering Francis Cabot
     
  • Tue., 22 – Emmanuel United Church in the running for Historia contest
     
  • Mon., 21 – Fire destroys the Auberge Port Menier in Anticosti
     
  • Mon., 21 – Quebec Art Company presents Guys and Dolls
     
  • Fri., 18 – Discovering Quebec City in a new board game
     
  • Thu., 17 – Students in Thetford Mines speak to an astronaut in outer space
     
  • Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Cursing
     
  • Mon., 14 – The English-speaking singers who inspire Isabelle Boulay
     
  • Fri., 11 – Gilles Lamontagne's wartime relections
     
  • Tue., 8 – Playing hockey, en anglais
     
  • Mon., 7 – Remembering Chubby Power
     
  • Fri., 4 – CF-18 crews return to Bagotville from Libya
     
  • Thu., 3 – Women on the farm
     
  • Tue., 1 – New music and travel tales with Coeur de Pirate
     
  • Tue., 1 – Ross Murray: Competing with the kids
     
• October 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Halloween house in Sherbrooke
     
  • Fri., 28 – Author Ian Rankin in Quebec City
     
  • Mon., 24 – Chef Jean Soulard's new cookbook
     
  • Mon., 24 – Made in Quebec: The world's best vodka
     
  • Mon., 24 – Practicing your second language
     
  • Fri., 21 – The beautification project at the Boutelles Cemetery
     
  • Fri., 21 – Quebec-made bats swinging in the World Series
     
  • Fri., 21 – Intensive English
     
  • Fri., 21 – Bilingual students at St. Patrick's High School
     
  • Thu., 20 – English 101: Intensive English
     
  • Thu., 20 – English 101: La Grande Aventure en Anglais
     
  • Tue., 18 – The Ladies Who Lunch
     
  • Mon., 17 – English 101: Francophones becoming bilingual
     
  • Thu., 13 – Kevin O'Leary and his Townships past
     
  • Wed., 12 – Allan Falby's 42-years of flying over Quebec
     
  • Wed., 5 – The American Singer Canary in Quebec
     
  • Mon., 3 – Ross Murray: A brief history of garbage
     
• September 2011
  • Fri., 30 – The many tales about the trails hiked by the Bay des Chaleur's Fred Kirch
     
  • Fri., 23 – A look back and looking ahead to skating in Stanstead
     
  • Fri., 23 – The Volcanoes reunite as part of The Pat Burns Arena opening
     
  • Thu., 22 – Gaspé's Kevin Parent one of the stars in the new movie Café de Flore
     
  • Tue., 20 – Sundays at the Stanstead Farmers' Market
     
  • Tue., 20 – Ross Murray: University courses
     
  • Mon., 19 – Young entrepreneurs in the Townships
     
  • Thu., 15 – Port Cartier's Debbie Laurie and 32 years of supporting Terry Fox
     
  • Wed., 14 – Blue whale calf spotted off Gaspé, in the St-Lawrence
     
  • Tue., 13 – Brian Topp running for NDP party leadership
     
  • Fri., 9 – Commemorating 10 years since 9/11
     
  • Fri., 9 – Louis Garneau moments after Quebec City's Grand Prix Cycliste
     
  • Wed., 7 – A trip aboard the new Charlevoix touring train
     
  • Tue., 6 – Ross Murray: Summer
     
  • Tue., 6 – A student boom at Bishop's University in Lennoxville
     
  • Fri., 2 – Developing a video game on the goose hunt
     
  • Thu., 1 – A new season for university football champs the Laval Rouge et Or
     
• August 2011
  • Wed., 31 – Snow & Ashes to open in theatres across Quebec
     
  • Mon., 29 – Mystery author Louise Penny launches 7th book in Gamache series
     
  • Wed., 24 – Students in La Tuque mark the town's 100th anniversary with a book
     
  • Tue., 23 – The Davie shipyard celebrates 200 years with Davie descendants
     
  • Fri., 19 – A special bapstism in La Tuque
     
  • Thu., 18 – A secret picnic pops up for the first time in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 16 – Planning to move a historic cemetery in Sillery
     
  • Mon., 15 – Quebec's car sharing organization is going electric
     
  • Fri., 12 – On the road - a photographic tour of the Gaspé peninsula
     
  • Thu., 11 – Salmon deaths in Gaspé investigated
     
  • Thu., 11 – Body-checking in peewee hockey
     
  • Tue., 9 – Gaspé rail line gets critical repairs
     
  • Mon., 8 – A cheesy show!
     
  • Fri., 5 – Developing a vocabulary for cheese
     
  • Fri., 5 – Baie Comeau plans Mulroney House
     
  • Fri., 5 – Major expansion for Xstrata's Raglan mines
     
  • Wed., 3 – Plein Art craftspeople tell us their secrets
     
  • Wed., 3 – Ex-PQ MNA weighs idea of new party
     
  • Tue., 2 – The Irish at les Fêtes de la Nouvelle France
     
  • Mon., 1 – Celebrating an anglophone tradition in Tadoussac
     
  • Mon., 1 – A visit to 1001 Pots in Val-David
     
  • Mon., 1 – Breakaway welcomes our summer host, Elias Abboud!
     
• July 2011
  • Fri., 29 – Hundreds Come Home to Blanc Sablon
     
  • Thu., 28 – Discovering Nicaragua with Marc Tremblay
     
  • Thu., 28 – Driftwood scuptures and a trumpet calling visitors to Metis Beach
     
  • Wed., 27 – A new meeting place along the Lower St-Lawrence
     
  • Wed., 27 – Discovering Guatemala with Marc Tremblay
     
  • Tue., 26 – A canoe trip to commemorate an epic journey
     
  • Tue., 26 – A tradition of contemporary gardens at Les Jardins de Métis
     
  • Tue., 26 – Blanc Sablon's Come Home Year
     
  • Mon., 25 – Tuning to the hearts of both the anglophone and francophone communities
     
  • Fri., 22 – Making a splash in the art world with a watery exhibition in Shawinigan
     
  • Wed., 20 – Behind the scenes with Just for Laughs Gags in Old Quebec
     
  • Wed., 20 – Watching out for our oceans' whales at the Mingan Island Cetacean Study
     
  • Tue., 19 – Heidi Levasseur begins her swim from Quebec City to Matane
     
  • Fri., 15 – Lise Martel's work with the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta
     
  • Thu., 14 – Voeckler wearing the yellow jersey and Louis Garneau in the Tour de France
     
  • Thu., 14 – Quebec City rockers Dance Laury Dance to open for Metallica on the Plains
     
  • Thu., 14 – Iceberg activity on Quebec's Lower North Shore
     
  • Wed., 13 – Knowlton Wordfest, a bilingual weekend all about the love of words
     
  • Tue., 12 – Tim Robbbins takes to the stage and then to the mound in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 12 – Getting ready for Douglastown's Irish Week in August
     
  • Thu., 7 – Twin teachers at Shawinigan High School had students seeing double
     
  • Tue., 5 – Charlesbourg's Jean Leroux is the equerry to Prince William on this Royal tour
     
  • Tue., 5 – Ross Murray: Ticked about texting
     
  • Mon., 4 – Revisiting the Maison Dauphine after William and Kate's tour of the youth centre
     
  • Mon., 4 – Photographer Arthur Edwards on three decades of capturing the Royals
     
• June 2011
  • Thu., 30 – Treasures and memories from past Royal visits to Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 28 – Ross Murray: Hair
     
  • Tue., 28 – A Von Trapp grandson in Quebec City for the opening of La Melodie du Bonheur
     
  • Mon., 27 – The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to visit Quebec City's Maison Dauphine
     
  • Wed., 22 – The success of the Senior Wellness Centre in the Gaspé
     
  • Tue., 21 – Ross Murray: Holding Hands
     
  • Fri., 17 – Paul Almond brings his ancestors to life in a series of historical novels
     
  • Thu., 16 – Storyteller Stuart McLean brings his Vinyl Cafe to North Hatley
     
  • Tue., 14 – Ross Murray: Festivals
     
  • Tue., 14 – An award winning idea highlights tourism in Temiscamingue
     
  • Mon., 13 – English-speaking Canadians spread the merits of learning French
     
  • Wed., 8 – Therapeutic garden supports the needs of Alzheimer's patients
     
  • Tue., 7 – Quebec City's Morrin Centre inaugurates restoration projects
     
  • Tue., 7 – Ross Murray: The truth about lying
     
  • Mon., 6 – Meet Ruth Ellen Brosseau, the new NDP MP for Berthier-Maskinongé
     
  • Mon., 6 – Norwegian journalists in Quebec to re-discover the story of the Empress of Ireland
     
  • Fri., 3 – You'll recognize the riff...
     
  • Wed., 1 – Beach Blanket Zombies opens at Bishop's
     
  • Wed., 1 – Martin Gelinas' adventures with the Canucks
     
• May 2011
  • Tue., 31 – Ross Murray: Gardening
     
  • Mon., 30 – Remembering Quebec's first singing superstar
     
  • Fri., 27 – Compton County's country doctor
     
  • Thu., 26 – Les Chemins Invisibles: Le Royaume de Tôle
     
  • Thu., 26 – Sharing the fruits of their passion ... for gardening
     
  • Wed., 25 – Customer service agent in the hospital
     
  • Tue., 24 – Port Cartier prepares for a boom
     
  • Tue., 24 – Ross Murray: The rapture
     
  • Thu., 19 – Public speaking in the Townships
     
  • Thu., 19 – Community Watchdog Project
     
  • Tue., 17 – Ross Murray: Parenting
     
  • Mon., 16 – Lobster identification
     
  • Fri., 13 – Soprano Lyne Fortin
     
  • Wed., 11 – ROME: From the Origins to Italy's Capital
     
  • Wed., 11 – When I grow up ..
     
  • Tue., 10 – Ross Murray: Lobster
     
  • Mon., 9 – Pascale Picard is back
     
  • Thu., 5 – Elsie Prévost recognized for volunteer work
     
  • Wed., 4 – The Place Where I Live
     
  • Wed., 4 – Ross Murray: Breathing
     
  • Mon., 2 – Louise does it again
     
• April 2011
  • Thu., 28 – Celebrating the Royal Wedding
     
  • Tue., 26 – Ross Murray: Royal Wedding
     
  • Wed., 20 – Yoga for all ages in the Laurentians
     
  • Tue., 19 – Ross Murray: Voting
     
  • Wed., 13 – Roch Carrier in Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 12 – Ross Murray: Meditation
     
  • Tue., 12 – New owners for Quebec City's English newspaper
     
  • Mon., 11 – Oncology Unit in Gaspé gets a make-over
     
  • Thu., 7 – The Border Theatre Project
     
  • Wed., 6 – Revitalizing Stanstead
     
  • Tue., 5 – Casting a ballot for the first time
     
  • Tue., 5 – Ross Murray: Wearing glasses
     
  • Mon., 4 – Demolition begins at Monastery site
     
  • Fri., 1 – Theatre and food for thought in Sept-Iles
     
• March 2011
  • Wed., 30 – Blending up good nutrition
     
  • Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Elections
     
  • Thu., 24 – Celebrating the Irish of Quebec City
     
  • Wed., 23 – Alex Harvey is back home in Quebec
     
  • Wed., 23 – Destination ImagiNation
     
  • Tue., 22 – Ross Murray: Budget
     
  • Tue., 22 – Breakaway on parade!
     
  • Fri., 18 – Travelling the White Route
     
  • Fri., 18 – An eye on Japan from Lennoxville
     
  • Wed., 16 – MATERIA e-boutique
     
  • Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Snowy roof
     
  • Tue., 15 – Yves Aucoin on Celine's New Show
     
  • Mon., 14 – Remembering Barbara Fenton
     
  • Thu., 10 – The Vitality of Quebec's English-speaking Communities
     
  • Tue., 8 – Ross Murray: iPad
     
  • Tue., 8 – Cinderella - The Musical
     
  • Fri., 4 – Hockey happy in Saint-Raymond
     
  • Thu., 3 – Embedded in Afghanistan
     
  • Wed., 2 – The York River Seniors Centre Fifty-Plus Club
     
  • Tue., 1 – Quebec City-Quebecor arena deal
     
  • Tue., 1 – Ross Murray: Shopping
     
• February 2011
  • Mon., 28 – Canada Summer Games - Sherbrooke 2013
     
  • Thu., 24 – Down the rabbit hole...
     
  • Wed., 23 – QHS in pink!
     
  • Tue., 22 – The ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final
     
  • Tue., 22 – Ross Murray: Facebook revolution
     
  • Mon., 21 – Coalition for Quebec's Future
     
  • Thu., 17 – From the International Pee-wee Tournament
     
  • Wed., 16 – The old and the new arena in Stanstead
     
  • Wed., 16 – Hurricane Hazel's Gaspé roots
     
  • Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Public Speaking
     
  • Mon., 14 – Arcade Fire at the Grammy Awards
     
  • Mon., 14 – Angle Mort
     
  • Thu., 10 – New arena for Quebec City
     
  • Tue., 8 – Ross Murray: Not a senator
     
  • Wed., 2 – Pennies in Escuminac
     
  • Tue., 1 – Canada Summer Games - Sherbrooke 2013
     
  • Tue., 1 – Ross Murray: What's your sign?
     
  • Tue., 1 – Alex Harvey wins gold
     
• January 2011
  • Mon., 31 – Let's do the twist!
     
  • Fri., 28 – Youth in the Eastern Townships
     
  • Thu., 27 – Celebrating Quebec down under
     
  • Tue., 25 – Understanding our relationship with food
     
  • Tue., 25 – Ross Murray brings us into the mind of his dog
     
  • Mon., 24 – David Suzuki's death zone
     
  • Fri., 21 – Simons goes west
     
  • Thu., 20 – From Kuwait to Quebec
     
  • Thu., 20 – A visit to the Ice Hotel
     
  • Tue., 18 – Ross Murray, military style
     
  • Tue., 18 – Steven Finn on FIH
     
  • Fri., 14 – A new Zodiac sign?
     
  • Thu., 13 – Paul Kennedy visits Breakaway
     
  • Wed., 12 – Haïti, one year later.
     
  • Tue., 11 – Quebec City to host the first "Sommet de l'hiver"
     
  • Mon., 10 – New course on the history of Haïti and Créole
     
  • Fri., 7 – Unseasonably warm weather in Northern Quebec
     
  • Thu., 6 – What's on your plate and in your fridge?
     
  • Wed., 5 – Welcome to Breakaway's new webpage!