Nov 11, 2008 | Montreal Gazette
It was a reception Warrant Officer Claude Lavoie will never forget. It happened just after 11 p.m. on a hot summer night in August 2006, when the big Hercules transport plane carrying him and about 50 other ...
Cantrex presents awards at annual convention, show
Cantrex's recent national convention and trade show here wasn't all business. More than 500 people gathered for a gala dinner to renew old friendships and celebrate excellence, on the part of both retailers and ...
AbitibiBowater to cut 900 jobs
Newsprint giant AbitibiBowater Inc. saidA yesterday it will lay off nearly 900 workers temporarily next month as it shuts down sawmills and forestry operations in Lebel-sur-QuA©villon in the Abitibi region ...
Culture leads the pack across the province of Quebec
Arts and culture surged to a 12th straight victory during the ever-popular Journes de la culture that ended today.
AbitibiBowater to idle four Quebec sawmills and forest operations, affecting 900
Nearly 900 Quebec forestry workers will be laid off next month as AbitibiBowater Inc.
Archive: Log cabin was haven for family
When Kurtis Hansen wanted to unwind, he drove deep into the Quebec wilderness to fish and relax at his father's secluded log cabin in the Mauricie region.
[ Society ] Felix Leclerc, folksinger and Quebec nationalist
For a patriot like Flix Leclerc, 350 years of Quebec history is worth celebrating.
Local canoeist carries on family tradition
Local accountant Clark Kent comes by his competitiveness honestly. His father was a competition canoeist in the 1950s and '60s. "Dad was a lumberjack, working in the woods," recalled Kent, who lived in Atlanta ...
Mother Nature hates our July festivals
"There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends." The always quotable Arnot L. Sheppard Jr.
Rain causes flooding in central Quebec
More than 80 people were forced to flee their homes in central Quebec after a downpour drenched the region early Wednesday.
Poll ranks Burnaby worst for housing
Prospects are bleak for potential homeowners, since Burnaby was deemed the least affordable city to buy a home in the country, according to a poll published in the May issue of MoneySense magazine.
I was taken away from my parents at a young age to attend La Tuque Indian Residential School, situated in central Quebec, approximately 300 hundred miles away from my home community of Mistissini, Quebec.
Roadrunner suspect appears in court to face six drug-trafficking charges
Patrick Champoux of La Tuque, Que., appeared in provincial court in St. John's Thursday.