Laurentians
Tuesday February 18, 2014
Three SAA alumni in Sochi

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Categories: Laurentians, Marika Wheeler, Quebec's travelling journalist, Sochi Olympics
Friday January 17, 2014
Making Highway 117 safer
The death of Mylène Fortier on the icy roads of Highway 117 in late November has re-ignited calls for major highway improvement, from the Upper Laurentians all the way into Abitibi and Temiscamingue. Claire Paquet, Mylène Fortier's mother, launched a petition that has been gaining lots of attention, spoke to us.
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Categories: Laurentians
Thursday November 21, 2013
Remembering Gray Rocks
Family is the one word that comes up again and again when describing what it was like to spend time at the ski resort of Gray Rocks in the Laurentians during its glory days. We speak to two people who made up that close-knit community.
Denise Charette started skiing on the slopes of Gray Rocks in the late 1940s, and raised her family next door. Her husband, Réal Charette, became the first Canadian to be appointed a director of a ski school in Canada, and was
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We also hear from Melissa Bindon. She was part of the last generation that learned to ski there in the 1990s, and worked there shortly before it closed in 2009. Melissa shared her photos from her August visit with us, you can see them on our Facebook page or her Instagram account.
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Links:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Britten on the Sunday Edition (November 17, 2013)
- Photos of abandoned Gray Rocks Inn and the curious case of Benjamin Britten
at CBC Music
Categories: Laurentians
- February 2014
- Tue., 18 – Three SAA alumni in Sochi
- January 2014
- Fri., 17 – Making Highway 117 safer
- November 2013
- Thu., 21 – Remembering Gray Rocks
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