September 2012 Archives
Friday September 28, 2012
The private and public Pauline Marois
She's been premier for one week. But how much do Quebecers really know about Pauline Marois? We spoke with Noémi Mercier, the Montreal journalist who observed the PQ leader up close and personal over the past half year. Mercier's 14-page, in-depth profile was published in August in l'actualité magazine.
Their conversation, done in two parts, is wide-ranging, from the roots of Marois' sovereignty convictions to her love of shoes.
Part One:
Part Two:
Categories: Elections 2012
Friday September 28, 2012
The regional cuisine of the five-star Le Hatley
Categories: Eastern Townships
Wednesday September 26, 2012
Hip-Hop helps raise awareness on anglo identity
Categories: Peter Tardif, Quebec City
Tuesday September 25, 2012
Quebec City's Frissong launches debut CD
Categories: Quebec City
Monday September 24, 2012
Bridging eras old and new at the Manoir Hovey
Categories: Eastern Townships
Friday September 21, 2012
Antiques at l'Isle-aux-Coudres
Peter Black dropped in and took a tour, getting a close look at some of the marvelous collectibles the couple has brought together over the years.
Categories: Charlevoix, Peter Black
Thursday September 20, 2012
Record enrolment at the only English elementary school in Saguenay
At a time when most English schools in the regions are seeing numbers go down, Riverside Regional Elementary School has its highest student enrolment of at least the past 10 years. Our Rachelle Solomon joined students and Principal Corinne MacDonald at morning recess to talk about successful programs at RRES and the year ahead.
Categories: Rachelle Solomon, Saguenay
Thursday September 20, 2012
Farnham's Les Pervenches and its sold-out Chardonnay
Categories: Eastern Townships
Tuesday September 18, 2012
Ross Murray: King of Quebec's anglophones
Categories: Ross Murray
Monday September 17, 2012
Reconstructing the tomb of leading Loyalist Sir John Johnson
Categories: Eastern Townships
Thursday September 13, 2012
Bringing the Domaine Cataraqui back to its fruitful former days
Categories: Jacquie Czernin, Quebec City
Wednesday September 12, 2012
The Pilgrim: Paul Almond's fourth novel in his Alford Saga
Categories: Quebec City
Tuesday September 11, 2012
Gaelic football recruiting in Quebec City
After more than a century, Gaelic football is attracting players from all over the world to join a team on the Plains of Abraham in Quebec City. That team includes Peter Murphy, from Cork, Ireland who spoke with Jacquie about the delight in playing an old game in his new home.
Categories: Quebec City
Monday September 10, 2012
Augusta Webster-Fenton at 100 years strong
A promised conversation with Augusta Webster-Fenton of Trois-Rivières, who turned 100 last week, and who Jacquie had a chance to catch up with yesterday. They talked about the very early days when the first paper mill was built in that city, and how - when the company expanded - it brought Mrs. Fenton across the Pacific, in wartime, to Australia and back.
Categories: Mauricie
Friday September 7, 2012
Famed Quebec movie producer Jake Eberts dies at 71
Categories: Eastern Townships, Jacquie Czernin
Thursday September 6, 2012
The Bordeaux Wine Festival in Quebec City
Popular Quebec sommelier Philippe Lapreyrie gives Jacquie a tour of the festival, that also celebrates the twinning of Quebec City and Bordeaux 50 years ago.
Wednesday September 5, 2012
Election night in the ridings of Brome-Missisquoi and Trois-Rivières
Pierre Paradis first won his riding of Brome-Missisquoi in the Eastern Townships in 1980, and held it last night. CBC's Marika Wheeler spoke to him last night about what this most recent win means to him.
Categories: Ainslie MacLellan, Elections 2012, Marika Wheeler
Wednesday September 5, 2012
World-class cyclists prepare for Grands Prix Cyclistes de Québec
Categories: Jacquie Czernin
Tuesday September 4, 2012
Panama: A world of contrasts
Categories: Quebec City
- November 2012
- Fri., 16 – Wooden yurts made in Fermont
- Wed., 14 – New book chronicles Simple Plan's story
- Tue., 13 – Ross Murray: Meeting Robert Frost
- Fri., 9 – Magdalen Islands' pride for its veterans
- Thu., 8 – The CBC "Fun Hunt" comes to Quebec City
- October 2012
- Tue., 30 – The Ultimate Québécois Outdoorswoman
- Tue., 30 – Ross Murray: Halloween movies
- Tue., 30 – Nunavik's Elisapie Isaac and new Polar Pop
- Wed., 24 – Welcoming cruise ships in Quebec City
- Tue., 16 – Ross Murray: Looking hot
- Thu., 11 – Design for Quebec City's new arena unveiled
- Thu., 11 – Blue and Gold Recording Club at QHS
- Tue., 9 – Kruzenshtern Tall-Ship in Quebec
- 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
- Tue., 25 – Quebec City's Frissong launches debut CD
- Fri., 21 – Antiques at l'Isle-aux-Coudres
- Tue., 18 – Ross Murray: King of Quebec's anglophones
- Tue., 11 – Gaelic football recruiting in Quebec City
- Mon., 10 – Augusta Webster-Fenton at 100 years strong
- Tue., 4 – Panama: A world of contrasts
- August 2012
- Thu., 30 – Happy Birthday to August Fenton-Webster
- Wed., 29 – Isle-aux-Coudres' island doctor
- Tue., 28 – Touring the mills on Isle-aux-Coudres
- Wed., 22 – A union for junior hockey players?
- Tue., 21 – Riding Profile: Lévis
- Mon., 20 – The Craig's Road in St-Sylvestre
- Fri., 17 – Coirneal Cealteach: Preserving Irish History
- Tue., 14 – The future of the Gentilly-2 nuclear plant
- Mon., 13 – Voter profiles make up video essay
- Tue., 7 – Going beneath the Dufferin Terrace
- July 2012
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Mon., 18 – The future of Entry Island School
- Mon., 11 – The Big Water Ride to Quebec City
- Tue., 5 – Building boom in Port-Cartier
- Tue., 5 – Quebec's Phil Collins incarnation
- Fri., 1 – My month with Marilyn Monroe
- May 2012
- Wed., 30 – Kelly Hrudey on the L.A. King's return
- Wed., 30 – Health and hospital help, in English
- Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Dogs
- 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 – 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
- Mon., 7 – Audio walking tour of Old Harry Head
- 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 – Deathtrap at the Quebec Art Company
- Tue., 1 – Les Violons du Roy play Vivaldi
- Tue., 1 – Ross Murray: Book publishing
- April 2012
- Fri., 27 – BookFest on Breakaway
- Fri., 27 – Students keeping abreast of unrest
- Wed., 25 – Health care history of Rouyn-Noranda
- 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
- 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
- Tue., 3 – Ross Murray: Spring
- Tue., 3 – Cowansville swimmer is Olympic bound
- Mon., 2 – Adam Blanshay: From Quebec to Broadway
- March 2012
- Fri., 30 – Rigging lobster traps and staying in school
- Fri., 30 – Chateau Frontenac gets a facelift
- Wed., 28 – It's a Girls' World at Butler Elementary
- Wed., 28 – A new institute to safeguard Cree culture
- Thu., 22 – A creative space for artists in Baie-Comeau
- Wed., 21 – Spreading the sands of Magdalens
- Wed., 21 – Ross Murray: Ross' reign
- Tue., 20 – Quebec City's St. Patrick's Parade
- Mon., 19 – Lobstering on the Magdalens
- Fri., 16 – Cruising down the Crashed Ice course
- Wed., 14 – Marking Brain Awareness Week with music
- Tue., 13 – Remembering hockey's Herb Carnegie
- Tue., 13 – Sport Études hockey program at BCHS
- Mon., 12 – Student enrollment challenges at BCHS
- Wed., 7 – Quebec City bagel business gets a boost
- Wed., 7 – Townshipper of the Month: February
- Tue., 6 – Ross Murray: Silence
- Fri., 2 – Breakaway -- Live in Baie-Comeau
- February 2012
- Tue., 28 – Christopher Plummer's Townships beginnings
- Wed., 22 – Bringing laughter to Quebec's regions
- 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
- Mon., 13 – Ice storm in the Mags wipes out power
- 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
- Tue., 7 – Ross Murray: Tea
- Tue., 7 – Madonna to play the Plains of Abraham
- Wed., 1 – Getting to know Quebec City's I.No
- January 2012
- Tue., 31 – A hockey history song
- Mon., 30 – Elise Marcotte swimming towards the Olympics
- Thu., 26 – Inverness café warms the community
- Tue., 24 – Ross Murray: Anxiety
- Thu., 19 – Quebec freestyle skiers react to news of their friend and fellow skier Sarah Burke's death
- Fri., 13 – The Lennoxville Library turns 100
- Wed., 11 – Léon Mugesera ordered deported to Rwanda
- Tue., 10 – Young families choosing Douglastown
- Tue., 10 – Ross Murray: Television viewing
- 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
- Thu., 15 – Gregory Charles' Quebec City Christmas party
- Tue., 13 – Ross Murray: Christmas cover-ups
- Mon., 5 – German Christmas market in Quebec City
- November 2011
- Tue., 29 – Ross Murray: Cougars in the Townships
- Fri., 25 – Quebec City musicians channel Queen
- Thu., 24 – Celebrating FRIENDSgiving in Quebec City
- Tue., 22 – Remembering Francis Cabot
- Mon., 21 – Quebec Art Company presents Guys and Dolls
- Fri., 18 – Discovering Quebec City in a new board game
- Tue., 15 – Ross Murray: Cursing
- Fri., 11 – Gilles Lamontagne's wartime relections
- Tue., 8 – Playing hockey, en anglais
- Mon., 7 – Remembering Chubby Power
- Thu., 3 – Women on the farm
- 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 – Intensive English
- 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
- Tue., 20 – Sundays at the Stanstead Farmers' Market
- Tue., 20 – Ross Murray: University courses
- Mon., 19 – Young entrepreneurs in the Townships
- Tue., 13 – Brian Topp running for NDP party leadership
- Fri., 9 – Commemorating 10 years since 9/11
- Tue., 6 – Ross Murray: Summer
- August 2011
- Fri., 19 – A special bapstism in La Tuque
- 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
- Wed., 3 – Ex-PQ MNA weighs idea of new party
- Mon., 1 – A visit to 1001 Pots in Val-David
- July 2011
- Fri., 29 – Hundreds Come Home to Blanc Sablon
- Thu., 28 – Discovering Nicaragua with Marc Tremblay
- Wed., 27 – Discovering Guatemala with Marc Tremblay
- Tue., 26 – A canoe trip to commemorate an epic journey
- Tue., 26 – Blanc Sablon's Come Home Year
- Tue., 5 – Ross Murray: Ticked about texting
- June 2011
- Tue., 28 – Ross Murray: Hair
- Tue., 21 – Ross Murray: Holding Hands
- Tue., 14 – Ross Murray: Festivals
- Tue., 7 – Ross Murray: The truth about lying
- Fri., 3 – You'll recognize the riff...
- Wed., 1 – Beach Blanket Zombies opens at Bishop's
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Tue., 8 – Ross Murray: iPad
- Tue., 8 – Cinderella - The Musical
- Fri., 4 – Hockey happy in Saint-Raymond
- Thu., 3 – Embedded in Afghanistan
- 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
- 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.
- Thu., 6 – What's on your plate and in your fridge?
- Wed., 5 – Welcome to Breakaway's new webpage!
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