A list of Mark's stories

List of my stories in The Montreal Gazette and The National Post from 1999-2010

The rush to green; Development funds become available as a ban nears on the sale of Freon in Quebec

Montreal's doing it. So are Quebec, Granby and about 50 other cities and towns across the province. They're rushing to renovate local arenas - and they're pumping tens of millions of dollars into a... (1207 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: C1 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sat Feb 20 2010

Producer hopes his beef will be a cut above; Music for cattle at slaughterhouse

Claude Laroche is banking on a belief that slaughtering cows in a stress-free environment produces better beef.

"It's important for the animals to be calm," said the owner of Les Viandes Laroche, a... (321 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: B3, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Tue Feb 9 2010

Column: The man behind the masks; Big-name goalies call on Stéphane Bergeron to adorn their head cages

You know that Mastercard ad, where it suddenly dawns on the gangly teenage goalie that he might have a better shot of making it to the NHL as a Zamboni driver? Goalie mask painter Stéphane Bergeron... (854 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: A16 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Mon Feb 8 2010

Thinking green, saving money; From supermarkets to farmland; AZN2 has dollars-and-sense concept for disposing of organic garbage

The stench of rotting produce carries the sweet smell of success for Michel Dufour. As founder and president of the small Montreal company AZN2 Environnement, he has been overseeing weekly pickups... (756 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: A4, Edition: Final


He's got game - and grades

Hockey has always been a big part of Christopher Chamberland's life. He started playing the game at age four in the arena near his family's home in Ste. Anne de Beaupré, a 20-minute drive east of... (1828 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Dec 12 2009

Managing the home front

Mélanie Fournier won't get a medal for her role in Canada's military mission to Afghanistan. But like the hundreds of men and women who are anxiously awaiting the return of military spouses and life... (1644 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: B3, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sat Oct 17 2009

Mill closing a 'disaster' for town; Abitibibowater decision means 340 high-paying jobs will vanish today in rugged region

Like generations of kids who grew up within earshot of the big paper mill here, Simon Gauthier always knew when it was suppertime. "The siren at the end of the afternoon shift was our dinner... (1010 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: B1 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Fri Oct 16 2009

Giving the bird to windmills; Opponents of a wind farm project in the Charlevoix region have struck gold - the presence of a nesting pair of golden eagles means no windmill can be built within 20 kilometres of a their nest, they say

Dagger-like talons and a 7-foot wing span that enable it to catch and kill everything from rabbits to deer make the

golden eagle one of world's fiercest birds of prey. Now many residents of this... (1159 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: freelance, Page: A4, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sun Aug 9 2009

Water is what they know; Émilie Berrouard never used to stop and think about where tap water comes from or where it goes once it disappears down the drain. But as a graduate of Quebec's first Bachelor of Water Engineering program, her life now revolves around such matters.

Émilie Berrouard never used to stop and think about where tap water comes from or where it goes once it disappears down the drain. But as a graduate of Quebec's first Bachelor of Water... (1561 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat May 23 2009

Propping up our farms

Michel St. Pierre was sitting in a farmhouse kitchen last fall when the plight of agriculture in Quebec suddenly hit him - subsidy programs had created an "artificial economy" and along with it an... (1979 words)



Call for change; SOS-Pronovost: Coalition would back new aid programs for new products

A coalition of farm and environmental groups is using public interest in the St. Pierre report - and its call for a rethinking of financial farm aid programs - to rekindle debate and put pressure... (507 words)



HOW UPA SEES IT 'A people that can't protect its own food production has no future'

The head of Quebec's powerful farmers' union has only harsh words for both Michel St. Pierre and his recommendation to scrap the province's existing revenue stabilization programs for... (519 words)



Want to start a firm and get paid?; Town launches program to help entrepreneurs

Got an idea and a desire to start your own business? Then the town of Acton Vale has a job for you. In what is being billed as a first in Canadian business history, the local business development... (556 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Apr 30 2009

Hands-on way to graduate

Like many Quebec teenagers, Nancy Crête didn't like traditional high school. Bored by the daily routine and struggling to understand subjects that seemed irrelevant to her dream of one day taking... (1390 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Mar 14 2009

Man who brought the beasts to Quebec 'would be mad as hell'

The 15 wild muskoxen that were captured on Ellesmere Island and brought by ship to northern Quebec 40 years ago were the building blocks of a U.S. ecologist's vision of helping Canada's Inuit... (461 words)



Where the muskoxen roam

Professional Ontario outfitter Kevin Mattice made hunting history in Quebec a year ago this month. Armed with a high-powered rifle and two prized permits, he and a U.S. client he was guiding became... (1144 words)



Alban D'Amours goes global

You'd think that after working four decades at the highest levels of education, government and finance in Quebec,

Alban D'Amours would be enjoying a well-earned retirement. But less than a year... (1358 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: C1 / BREAK, Edition: Final


Mining town balks at uranium

Ghislain Lévesque has dealt with many contentious issues during the 12 years he's been mayor of Sept Îles. But nothing has stirred emotions in the regional hub, 650 kilometres northeast of Quebec... (1966 words)



Doubts arise about Quebec LNG projects; Russian interest might be dead; $850-million Rabaska project not suitable for economic situation, specialist warns

Natural gas tensions in Europe will have no impact on Russian promises to supply the Rabaska project in Quebec, one of the province's top energy experts says. But Jean-Thomas Bernard said he... (880 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Jan 20 2009

Lifeline keeps Davie shipyard afloat; $380 million; Guarantee for loans and financing 'isn't a bailout'

Canada's oldest shipyard has been saved - again. "This is a great Christmas present," Steinar Kulen, chief executive officer of the Davie Yards Inc. here, told The Gazette just after noon yesterday... (492 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Dec 18 2008

In the ADQ corner ... a rookie

Let's get one thing straight. As an anglophone from Ontario and a Toronto Maple Leafs fan, I knew I didn't have a chance of unseating sitting MNA and Parti Québécois leader Pauline Marois here in... (2787 words)



Memories of Afghanistan; Quebec soldier's tour of duty, during which he trained the local army, has made him want to go back

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... (1307 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Nov 11 2008

White wanted to buy Sherbrooke Record; Ex-Black associate is a silent partner in Magog-based weekly

Peter White says he would have liked to buy back the Sherbrooke Record. But he's not lamenting his failure to reacquire the century-old English-language daily, which he bought with Conrad Black and... (442 words)



Quebec City newspaper links with Google; Oldest newspaper in North America agrees to revenue-sharing arrangement

Newspaper publisher Pierre Little is using some old-fashioned wisdom in his dealings with a new-age foe that is helping to steal readers away from many traditional media outlets. If you can't lick... (445 words)



Quebec warns Unilever about margarine; 'New product introduces new notion to mislead consumers,' minister says

First it was a colour. Now two words might re-ignite the butter vs. margarine war in Quebec. Acting on a complaint by the Quebec Dairy Farmers Federation, officials from Quebec's Agriculture... (341 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Oct 22 2008

Quebec produce growers attack Costco; 'They've been giving us runaround': Retailer says group's criticism is unjustified

Criticizing a customer in public might not seem like an overly astute business move. But the head of the Quebec

Produce Growers Association figures his members have nothing to lose - and everything... (562 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Oct 16 2008

Yellow margarine arriving at a store near you; Has been off shelves for 21 years. 'I'm glad this whole thing is finally over,' says former grocery store owner

Margarine freedom has finally returned to Quebec. As of yesterday, the law that made the production and sale of yellow margarine illegal in la belle province for the past 21 years was officially... (460 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Aug 1 2008

Farmers fear poor crop year; Rain blamed; 'Things are looking very bad'

All of Quebec's major commercial crops, which earned $1.1 billion for the province's farmers last year, are being adversely affected by the wet weather this growing season. "Weather-wise, there's no... (693 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: A1 / FRONT, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Wed Jul 30 2008

Airsoft guns pack a wallop

As misnomers go, airsoft is a whopper. I should know. I was shot recently from close range with one of the large plastic BBs fired by one of the imported air guns, which are the latest... (1869 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Jul 12 2008

A dig at Quebec's story

QUEBEC CITY - As buried treasures go, carbonized crumbs of centuries-old food likely wouldn't make it on to many people's Top 10 list. But to hear archeology doctoral student... (1173 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Jun 28 2008

Blackened wood beckons archeologist

To hear Allison Bain tell it, the beauty of archeology is that you never know what you're going to find until you find it - and even then you don't always know what it is you've found. That's why... (502 words)

Byline: Mark Cardwell, Source: FREELANCE, Page: B3, Edition: Final


Clumsy amateurs destroy sites - and some of the artifacts turn up on eBay

Quebec's rugged North Shore is one of Canada's richest areas for unearthing artifacts from prehistoric and early

European settlements. But many of them are being destroyed by amateur archeologists... (392 words)



'Incredible experience' on Plains of Abraham

Thousands of Catholics crowded Quebec's historic Plains of Abraham yesterday to celebrate an open-air mass with

Pope Benedict, who delivered his homily via satellite from Rome. He began his remarks... (628 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Canwest News Service, Page: A8, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Mon Jun 23 2008

Agri-food reform proposals are Quebec's latest hot potato; Farm debate. Big associations prefer status quo

The provincial government isn't exactly rushing to embrace a study commission's proposals for sweeping reforms in

Quebec's $14.4-billion agri-food industry. Just weeks after a government-appointed... (951 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue May 20 2008

Wind-farm plan stirs up opposition; Too close to park, Charlevoix coalition says. Also angry about government's selection process

The smallest of the 15 wind-farm bids accepted by Hydro-Québec on Monday could end up generating more political current than all of the other projects combined. A French-backed energy consortium is... (883 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: B1 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Wed May 7 2008

'Penney's from Heaven'; Spotlight Story; Twenty-four years ago there was another rookie goalie in the spotlight with the Canadiens and he can relate to what Carey Price must be going through now

Steve Penney has a better idea than most about the pressure Canadiens goaltender Carey Price is under these days. That's because Penney - like Ken Dryden and Patrick Roy - also once shouldered the... (1188 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: C2, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Wed Apr 30 2008

Russia gives Canada a wake-up call in exhibition match

The only thing more shocking about Russia's convincing 4-1 win over Team Canada last night was the jovial mood of head coach Ken Hitchcock. "I told you so," a smiling Hitchcock said to reporters... (314 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Canwest News Service, Page: C4, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Tue Apr 29 2008

Yzerman brushes off worries about Team Canada's IIHF run

When Steve Yzerman talks hockey, people listen. So it should be comforting for Canadian hockey fans to hear that the retired Detroit Red Wings superstar and general manager of Team Canada says he's... (428 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Apr 28 2008

Playoff-free NHL stars help Canada edge Finland; IIHF exhibition game: St. Louis scores twice

Canada's 3-2 win over Finland last night in its first exhibition game in preparation for the IIHF World Hockey

Championship offered a few glimpses of the strengths on a roster that includes some of... (573 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Canwest News Service, Page: B23, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sun Apr 27 2008

Toews sure to be hit in Quebec; IIHF world hockey championship. Blackhawks rookie is one of few players on Team

Canada who speaks fluent French

The only thing people in this overwhelmingly French-speaking provincial capital take more seriously than hockey is language. That's why the most valuable player on Team Canada's roster for... (463 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Canwest News Service, Page: D5, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sat Apr 26 2008

Nice, but they'd rather be in NHL playoffs

The sounds and smell of spring greeted the coaching staff and players of Canada's national men's hockey team who arrived in the provincial capital yesterday. But the sounds of hammers and the smell... (470 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Apr 25 2008

Put out to pasteurize

Carol Vachon has given his spiel on the benefits of raw milk many times over the last 20 years. But there was something special about the lunchtime presentation he made to a group of about... (1282 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Mar 31 2008

Devout dip into old tradition; Easter Water, an integral part of the holiday for generations of Quebecers, is making a comeback

Forget hunting for chocolate eggs. The first thing Rev. Guy Pilote remembers doing on Easter mornings when he was a child is drinking some of the water his father had fetched before sunrise from a... (1479 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Mar 21 2008

Basilica a shrine for miracles; Ste. Anne de Beaupré church is 350 years old

Few places hold a more special place in the heart of Catholics across Canada and the United States than the massive shrine in this tiny town, both of which are named in honour of St. Anne, mother of... (424 words)



Tuesday ref, mill worker played for Nordiques

Guy Dufour (right) knows a lot about hockey. After turning pro at age 18 with the Quebec Aces under a rookie coach named Bernie "Boom Boom" Geoffrion, he played 13 years in the American... (146 words)



Mill Workers Scrambling

It's Tuesday afternoon and, like every week during the fall and winter months, a group of workers from the nearby

AbitibiBowater paper mill gets together to play hockey at the local arena. They are... (1765 words)



CRIME & PUNISHMENT; Rogues 'R' Us; Darwinian imperative. We seem hardwired to be crooked - but not all of the time

The good news is that Vincent Lacroix finally got his due on Monday when he was sentenced to 12 years in jail for swindling $84 million from 9,200 people. The bad news is there are plenty more like... (793 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Jan 31 2008

Parishioners' prayers are answered; Stolen items back. Religious objects found in garbage bag with note attached

Don't tell Rev. Michel Poitras that God doesn't listen. After thieves broke into the Roman Catholic priest's church,

église St. Augustin, between Jan. 1 and 3, in St. Augustin de Desmaures, just... (426 words)



Turkey-raising family survives through generations; 186 years on farm. McBains also active in social life of area near Quebec City

Christmas dinner at turkey farmer John McBain's house tomorrow will be special. It's not because 35 people will share the meal in a single sitting in the cavernous basement McBain has built under... (958 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: A2, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Mon Dec 24 2007

Agropur sambas south; Joint venture with adecoagro. Developing and marketing dairy products

O-lait! That's what milk drinkers in Argentina will be saying soon thanks to a joint venture between a South

American food giant and Longueuil-based Agropur, Canada's biggest dairy... (372 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Nov 16 2007

Born-again Davie shipyard is bustling; Listing expected soon on the TSX. $635 million in work over next 30 months

It isn't the million-dollar view of the snow-capped Laurentians, Montmorency Falls or St. Lawrence River that Gilles

Gagné enjoys seeing most from his third-floor office window in this working-class... (921 words)



Grassroots globalization; Prime Movers. Immigrant Bogdan Ion represents the kind of entrepreneurship that makes the world go round. He landed a good job in Canada, but couldn't resist helping his Romanian homeland by investing in a business there

Like many ambitious people from poor countries in hard times, Bogdan Ion left home and came to Canada in search of a better life. Now settled in Montreal four years, the 32-year-old recently... (1269 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Oct 22 2007

Can tiny wasps save our soy?

It's like something out of a Hollywood horror movie. Call it the insect version of Invasion of the Body Snatchers - coming soon to a soybean field near you. A deadly predator follows an alien prey... (1618 words)



New murder trial ordered, this time in English; Pair were convicted of brutal 1994 slayings

In an apparent first in the annals of Canadian justice, a man convicted of two horrific homicides has won another day in court after Quebec's highest tribunal ruled his trial should have... (593 words)

Byline: Mark Cardwell, Source: Freelance, Page: A16, Edition: Final


Column: Fish operation is smokin'; Pierre Fontaine started his smoked salmon business in a chalet hidden in a forest near Quebec City. Today, Grizzly Smokehouse has grown into one of the world's best-known producers of the delicacy

As fish stories go, Pierre Fontaine's tale about how he started his world-class smoked salmon business here is a doozy. It was 1987 and Fontaine, a one-time lab technician at Université Laval who... (1114 words)



Pound of flesh: man wants to sell his kidney for legal costs

How much is a kidney worth? Enough to cover the costs of a court battle against the National Bank of Canada, a

Quebec City businessman hopes. "I've examined all my options and selling one of my... (787 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Sep 19 2007

Glaxo to make big investment in Quebec

GlaxoSmithKline, one of the world's largest vaccine makers, is announcing a big investment in the economically burgeoning provincial capital this morning. Although company officials refused to... (212 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Sep 13 2007

High-speed rail link may be fast approaching; Timing is perfect, president of chamber of commerce says

The long-discussed idea of building a high-speed train between Quebec City and Montreal will become a reality in the coming months, predicts the new president of the chamber of commerce here. "The... (204 words)



Couillard promises study of killings by schizophrenics; Psychiatrist calls for more resources, not laws

Health Minister Philippe Couillard has promised to look into the killings of as many as 41 Quebecers in the past seven years by family members who suffer from schizophrenia, said a victims'... (560 words)



'Its totally hot to be an anglophone here now'; Earning more. Lack of bilingual staff a growing problem

When she was a teenager growing up in Quebec City in the 1970s, Helen Walling said that she and most of her friends took for granted that, despite speaking French fluently, they couldn't write or... (373 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Aug 25 2007

Off the street, into a studio

It's only the second day on the job and, already, two of the six young adults that Jean Beaulieu hired for a highprofile project for a big-name client have failed to show up for work. But the Trois... (1498 words)



Business pipeline links Quebec and Calgary; Western office represents 7 firms

An office opened last month in Calgary by Quebec's business development agency to serve as a beachhead for

Quebec businesses in Alberta has already helped land a contract. Playground Equipment... (197 words)



Quebec City: Sleepy Hollow no more; Known as a tourist destination, La Vieille Capitale is coming into its own as a town in which to do business

With its stunning natural beauty and beguiling Old World charm, the provincial capital looks more like a resort than

a place to do business. But don't let appearances fool you. Long considered an... (1059 words)



NueroCité should create jobs, attract pharma companies; $250m project. University/industrial complex planned

It's a project that aims to attract the world's brightest and most promising brain researchers here and could one day provide crucial breakthroughs in the treatment of some of humankind's... (291 words)



Anapharm almost went to Montreal or Toronto

In the end, Quebec City turned out to be an easy sell for Johane Boucher-Champagne. Three years ago, the president and CEO of Anapharm, a Quebec-founded pharmaceutical company, was summoned to a... (259 words)



Column: Nature retreat becomes quite a catch; By implementing innovative methods to improve the trout habitat at Le Manoir Brulé, biologist Dave Craig's company, Gesti-Faune, has turned it into one of Quebec's best high-end fishing properties

Like a kid in a candy store, Dave Craig's face lights up as he points to dozens of finger-size speckled or brook trout swimming in a small rock-lined river deep in the boreal forest that... (730 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Aug 6 2007

Column: A big hit with ballplayers; Bâtons B45's custom-made yellow birch bats are becoming popular with amateurs and professionals across North America

Former professional baseball pitcher Michel Laplante never made it to the big leagues as a player. But he has managed to do it as the maker of a unique bat that might one day make him a star in the... (1174 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Jul 30 2007

Party pains in Quebec; With tomorrow's 399th anniversary of city's founding, next year's bash is taking shape - sort of

When he first set foot here 399 years ago tomorrow, French explorer Samuel de Champlain took a giant gamble by naming this point of land the capital of a French-speaking colony in the New World. In... (764 words)



No one knows what the father of New France looked like

After a six-month absence and a half-million dollars in repair work, the century-old monument of French explorer

Samuel de Champlain is just days away from returning to its familiar spot next to this... (362 words)



School's in for summer - hockey school, that is; Spotlight. Hockey camps are big business in Montreal, as elsewhere across Canada. But are the kids having fun?

As childhood experiences go, Eric Rayment's week-long trip 25 years ago to the now-defunct Howie Meeker hockey school in Potsdam, N.Y., provided him with a lifetime of happy memories. "It was my... (1337 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Jun 12 2007

Carriere Foods sold to French firm; Bonduelle takes up remaining stake. Words words words words words words

Canned and frozen vegetables in Canada will take on a decidedly French flavour next month when the sale of this country's leading processor in the field is finalized. A year after buying a... (700 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Jun 7 2007

Tackling greenhouse gases; Quebec City's CO2 Solution is striving to be on the cutting edge of the worldwide

campaign to find better ways to tackle Earth's surplus of carbon dioxide

At a time when humanity is choking on man-made emissions, imagine running a publicly traded company that has developed a unique commercial technology that can eliminate - or at least neutralize - the... (553 words)



Golden-Age Muscleman in Full Flex; Normand nickner was 72 when he won 2004 Monsieur Quebec Over-40 bodybuilding competition. At 75, he's still going strong

The walls of Normand Nickner's living room are like pages in a scrapbook of his life. Three of them are blanketed with pictures and souvenirs of people, places and events that have marked him most... (1114 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun May 13 2007

Deer cull: is it 'dirty work?'

Francois Turcotte says that, if he were a deer, he'd want to live on this scenic island in the middle of the St.

Lawrence River, just east of Quebec City. "This is a paradise for them,"... (1678 words)



Orford park flip-flop fails to woo critics

The governing Liberals are miscalculating if they hope to earn back public support in the Eastern Townships with yesterday's surprise announcement that they no longer intend to sell off parts of... (884 words)



Making a buck with muck; Environgain develops and commercializes solutions and technologies allowing companies and towns to reduce and reuse organic waste

People in businesses large and small are discovering that their customers want the products they buy to be produced in more environmentally sustainable ways. Green Entrepreneurs looks at... (668 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon May 7 2007

Know your rights, youths told

Eric Arseneault has this message for students who will be working in summer jobs: Beware - and know your rights.

"People under 24 are 1.5 times more likely to be injured on the job than full-time... (251 words)



More than 200 Quebecers died on the job last year

By all accounts, Serge Blouin's death was as gruesome as it was sudden. It happened just before noon on Feb. 26 at the top of this popular ski centre, 50 kilometres east of Quebec City. Blouin, a... (1144 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: A1 / FRONT, Edition: Final


Reclaiming a rural lifeline

When he was a kid growing up in the 1960s and '70s on his family's dairy farm near St. Charles de Bellechasse, a rural village a half-hour's drive south of Quebec City, Jerome Prevost used to cool... (1311 words)



Vision for growth

Michel Dallaire laughs when asked about the gaudy Popsicle colour that adorns his company's fleet of trucks and the front of its corporate headquarters here in the provincial capital. "It's supposed... (1116 words)



Ad campaign highlights river's economic importance

A $3-million, French ad campaign that aims to raise awareness of the economic importance of the St. Lawrence

River in Quebec will kick off this weekend, maritime transportation officials... (263 words)



X marks the spot for electoral neophytes: Seven young Quebecers discuss the issues before casting their first provincial ballot

The youngest voters in tomorrow's election were 14 years old the last time Quebecers went to the polls for a provincial election, in the spring of 2003 - not an age when politics tends to be... (1143 words)

Byline: IAN HOWARTH, MARK CARDWELL and LOUISE ABBOTT, Source: FREELANCE, Page: A1 / FRONT, Edition:

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Montreal Gazette - Sun Mar 25 2007

These two local boys are expected to make good: Harvey, touchette pumped for cross-country ski nationals

Alex Harvey and Frederic Touchette weren't even in Canada when the national cross-country ski championships kicked off here yesterday in their picturesque home town, 50 kilometres east of Quebec... (755 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: C12, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Mon Mar 19 2007

Tale of two cities: Thriving. Riviere Du Loup. A diversified economy, entrepreneurial drive and a better educated workforce have made river port a winner

Six years ago, Guy Bonneville was in need of a new challenge. The scion of a famous family in the Beauce region that founded what was once one of Canada's best-known window- and... (1095 words)



Davie Quebec gears up to build two $132.5M ships: New owner for historic levis yard. Offshore construction vessels for oil sector

What a difference a year makes. On this day last February, the liquidator of the Davie shipyard announced that he had accepted one of the five offers made to buy the bankrupt business, the biggest... (843 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Feb 23 2007

Obituary: Quest for Champlain's grave

Rene Levesque, an amateur archeologist and former Jesuit priest who devoted much of his adult life to a fervent search for the gravesite of French explorer and Quebec founder Samuel de Champlain,... (694 words)



Guardian of Tradition

For three hours in the bitter cold, Lucien Gravel wove his snowmobile through a narrow trail in the heart of this boreal forest. He stopped frequently for a minute or two, the time it took to... (1138 words)



'Humane' traps fail to blunt opposition

Few industries in Canada are as controversial as the fur industry, and trapping in particular. "It's simply not right to derive enjoyment from such a wanton form of cruelty," said Andrew Plumbly, a... (354 words)



Kids in the spotlight: Spotlight: Rod Stewart and many ex-NHLers will be on hand for the Quebec peewee tourney

Rod Stewart has starred at the Colisee here a few times over the years. But the British rocker will be just another hockey father watching from the stands when his son's team hits the ice during the... (958 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Feb 8 2007

Province faces mounting pressure to save ecological gems

When it comes to forests, Quebec is impressively endowed. Almost two-thirds of the province is covered by trees,

making wood one of Quebec's principal resources and a major source of economic and... (711 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sat Jan 27 2007

Saving the mighty triton

When he first broke into the National Hockey League in the early 1990s, Joe Juneau did like most players during the off-season - he played golf. He soon realized, however, the time-intensive sport... (2072 words)



A good raquette to be in: Aboriginal-owned firm is Canada's largest manufacturer of snowshoes

Stephen Vincent is proud of his aboriginal heritage. That's why he's doubly satisfied to be running a family business that is Canada's leading manufacturer of a hot-selling sporting-good item that is... (1191 words)



The consequences of staying warm: The weather so far this winter has been frightful or delightful, depending on what you're doing because of it. Heating your house or sailing the St. Lawrence - you save. Running a ski resort or selling boots - bring on the cold and snow: These are happy days for shippers and truckers

It might not be good for polar bears, but the lack of cold, snow and ice this winter is proving to be a boon for transporters of all stripes across Quebec. "This is an exceptional season to be... (680 words)



Profiting from the martial spirit: Working with First Nations communities, Tran Trieu Quan has used the discipline of tae kwon do to prosper in business and do good in the social realm

Chinese philosopher Confucius said that the superior man is modest in speech but excessive in actions. It's hard, then, not to admire Tran Trieu Quan, a soft-spoken Quebec City businessman, survivor... (1431 words)



New heroes to honour

Today, Capt. Bryan Flemming, who returned from Kandahar in August, is on parade with his armoured regiment at the Valcartier military base. This year, he said, Nov. 11 would be something special.... (910 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL and ALAN HUSTAK, Source: Freelance and The Gazette; CP, Page: B4, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sat Nov 11 2006

Amid the chaos, courage

Nicole Forbes can't wait for Remembrance Day to be over and done with. That's because every November, in the days leading up to the annual honouring of Canada's war dead, her husband, Charly Forbes,... (1784 words)



'Factor 9:' The crash toll

Like colours on an artist's palette, mathematician Jean-Marie De Koninck uses numbers, statistics and equations to paint a picture of just how dangerous it is to drive on Quebec roads. "Just make... (1389 words)



'We're ready as we're going to be': Soldiers to train Afghan national army and assist in rebuilding projects

It was a send-off that Pte. Jonathon Leduc says he won't soon forget. "It really makes you realize how important this mission is," the 20-year-old infantryman said about the throng of senior... (590 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance; CP, Page: A1 / FRONT, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Tue Oct 31 2006

Cruise group wants to double St. Lawrence traffic: New approach to selling Quebec

Seventy-five cruise ships carrying 100,000 passengers and crew will have visited this picturesque port city this year when the 2006 sailing season ends later this month. But those numbers may soon... (831 words)



A saner mission for soldiers

Imagine you're a trained soldier on a peacekeeping mission and you watch a child or person get hurt or killed without being allowed to intervene. Now imagine you're a trained soldier on a combat... (1456 words)



A brushoff from curlers: And an icy response. Quebec City loses bid for women's tourney

Despite being home to the reigning Brier champions - the first francophone team to win the national men's curling title - the provincial capital region isn't known as a curling hotbed. Since... (495 words)



Gambling on Gas: The Rabaska LNG terminal will change the energy market in Quebec. Some fear it could also be a hazard to the environment

When he was a kid growing up in Val d'Or in the early 1970s, fossil-fuel expert Glenn Kelly remembers his parents getting rid of the family's oil furnace and switching to electrical... (1349 words)



Deal to resurrect the Davie shipyard is back on: Cost price $30 million U.S., buyer says; Will reopen for business next week: Teco

The Norwegian businessman who wants to save the bankrupt Davie shipyard says the deal is back on. "We have come to an agreement," Tore Enger, founder and chairman of Teco Management AS, said in a... (492 words)



Last gasp for tobacco growers: They're a dwindling bunch, but quebec tobacco growers are firm 'there's nothing like it,' says one

To hear Robin Janson tell it, tobacco growing is the most beautiful profession in the world. "There's nothing else like it," the third-generation grower said this month as he watched workers harvest... (2146 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: A14 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sun Oct 1 2006

Long life, diverse genes may help endangered fish survive in Quebec waters

A genetic study by researchers has boosted hopes of saving Quebec's only endangered species of fish. Led by

Universite Laval biology professor Louis Bernatchez, Canadian research chair in genomics... (188 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: J11, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sat Sep 16 2006

Shipyard dynasty: Birthday Bash tomorrow marks 50th anniversary of Quebec marine company Groupe Maritime

Verreault

LES MECHINS - In 1956, an entrepreneurial Quebec sea captain named Charles-Borromee Verreault made the daring - some said foolish - decision to open his own shipyard in Les Mechins, a remote village... (949 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Sep 8 2006

Davie shipyard back on the block: Dockside auction set for oct. 23; Items for sale include shops, cranes, trucks, and memorabilia from its 181-year history

Barring another last-minute reprieve, Canada's oldest and most illustrious shipyard will be liquidated in a dockside auction here beginning Oct. 23. "It's a go," Ronald Haas, president and majority... (375 words)



Plan to save shipyard scuttled: Norwegian firm fails to close deal

Canada's most historic shipyard is headed back to the auction block. "It's a real drag," Patrice Van Houtte, trustee

of the bankrupt yard, told The Gazette yesterday at 5 p.m., when the final... (498 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: DJ, Page: B1 / BREAK, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Tue Aug 29 2006

Innu chief re-elected for 3rd term

Voters on the Betsiamites Innu reserve in Quebec's Lower North Shore have voiced their approval of Raphael

Picard's hard-hitting negotiating style by electing him to a third consecutive term as... (217 words)



Quebec Innu band at a crossroads: Voters in Betsiamites must choose between radically different visions of development

Forget Monday's by-elections. The most meaningful vote in the province this week - maybe this year - will be held tomorrow in this Innu reserve on a sandy, windswept point on Quebec's rugged North... (477 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Aug 16 2006

Fraud: Final Straw

The financial pressure of supporting a life of luxury made him do it. His inspiration was the film Catch Me If You

Can. His crime was fraud. Born and raised in a wealthy Quebec City family,... (551 words)



Cons and consequences

Patricia says scorn made her do it. She's an angry adult - the product of an unhappy childhood punctuated by frequent sexual assaults by a cousin - and she took out dozens of credit cards in her... (1501 words)



Davie deal back on the brink: Shipyard solution might be scuttled. Unions have yet to agree to proposal to make changes to pension funds is one issue the

An 11th-hour deal that saved the historic Davie shipyard from liquidation last month may be scuttled if an agreement can't be reached in the coming days with the yard's biggest union, negotiators... (822 words)



Tour de force: Louis Garneau; Olympic race cyclist has become big-league producer of bicycle equipment

Louis Garneau won't be wearing the yellow jersey during the 2006 Tour de France. But chances are he'll share the spotlight with one or more racers who will during the gruelling 21-day event,... (1475 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Jun 30 2006

Battle for a legend's bones: La Malbaie - The biblical phrase "the quick and the dead" has added resonance in the old Catholic cemetery of this picturesque coastal community in the heart of the Charlevoix region. Perched high on a hilltop that overlooks the town and its namesake bay, which French explorer Jacques Cartier angrily baptized after being trapped there by the tides five centuries ago, it was once the final resting place of Alexis (le Trotteur)

Lapointe, a folkloric figure and eccentric native son who, it is said, could outrun a horse.

Killed by a train at age 54, Lapointe was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave here in 1924. In 1966, however, his skeletal remains were dug up and spirited away to Ottawa for what now seems... (1507 words)



SARAH is great with cleanups: Quebec-built mechanical hand is British nuclear agency's choice to clean up contaminated plant

SARAH was originally intended to go into orbit as a part of the Canadarm, the high-tech robotic arm that does the heavy lifting for the Space Shuttle. But now the space-age robotic hand is about to... (444 words)



Shipyard saved at 11th Hour: Quebec's historic Davie yard; Purchase by consortium scuttles auction scheduled for

June 12

A great day for Canada. That's how Montreal businessperson Pierre Boisclair termed yesterday's agreement to purchase the historic Davie shipyard by his company and a senior Norwegian partner, Teco... (835 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Jun 2 2006

Davie might beat the clock yet: Historic shipyard on verge of sale to Norwegian interests

By the time you read this, Canada's oldest and most illustrious shipyard may be the property of a Norwegian management company. Negotiations between the trustee of the bankrupt Davie shipyard... (315 words)



No let-up for Quebecois idol: Those around 9-year-old Jeremy must take into account disabled boy's needs, or his fame could become a curse, expert in child-parent relationships says

Jeremy Gabriel's rocket ride to stardom is about to come full circle. Less than eight months after he first made headlines for his rendition of O Canada at a Canadiens' home game, the 9-year-old... (978 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun May 28 2006

Rimouski could get security centre: To thwart terrorist attack on coast. Proposed research and training facility would be allied with those of U.S., Mexico

A project to build Canada's first research and training centre aimed at thwarting sea-borne terrorist attacks is under consideration for this quiet coastal city 300 kilometres east of Quebec... (1053 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri May 26 2006

Davie on the brink of oblivion: Final Days: Barring a last-minute deal with an international consortium, the Quebec

City shipyard, founded in the colonial era, will be packed up and crated away in a massive auction

During most of the 38 years that Steve Kack worked for Davie Shipbuilding, this vast, windswept point of land was a bustling place. "It was like a small city," the retired marketing... (1268 words)



Sprucing up the forest: GM Trees: White spruce fibre is gold to the pulp and paper industry. A Quebec gene scientist is trying to make the tree grow faster

John Mackay figures he'll be plant food by the time his groundbreaking work on the white spruce bears fruit. But knowing that future generations might reap huge benefits from his latest scientific... (711 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu May 4 2006

Hero dog overcomes fear to save owner's life: Hall of Famers of the canine variety are rewarded by the Quebec veterinary society for bravery, professionalism and companionship

QUEBEC - Krystal Paul loves Bell. "She's everything to me," Paul, a legally blind woman on welfare, said about the guide dog that shares her life and her tiny apartment in a gritty neighbourhood of... (642 words)



Menard rink a reflection of Quebec's deep curling roots: Key cog for Brier champs, Roberge brings home more baubles for family's shrine to the sport

It's easy to see why Jean Roberge's kids call his basement Le musee du curling. Three of the wood-panelled walls in the small room are lined with medals, plaques, pins, photos and other memorabilia... (994 words)

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Quebec software outfit offers solutions to search problems: Product acts like a librarian; Coveo is modelled on

Google, CEO says, but it just focuses on businesses

Coveo. The word doesn't mean anything or have any significance for Laurent Simoneau - he just thought it sounded nice. So that's what he called the small software company he founded a year ago in... (668 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Mar 22 2006

Embattled pork producers to get aid: Porcine virus killed 270,000 pigs

Quebec's agricultural minister is expected to announce today how he intends to help hundreds of Quebec hog farmers facing financial ruin in the face of a deadly porcine virus that is sweeping the... (417 words)



Bug.TV goes for gold: Small Quebec software company snags a high-profile deal with NBC to handle the network's onscreen graphics work during Turin Olympics

The road to Turin has been short, steep and sweet for a small Levis software company with global ambitions. After only two years of existence, Bug.TV - short for Broadcast Unifying Gears - is seeing... (666 words)



Fraud victim cuts deal with bank: She'll pay part of $40,000 she lost trying to collect a phony inheritance

In the end, Lina Lapointe decided she'd had enough. "I figured I didn't have a choice," the 38-year-old mother of five said yesterday from her home in Disraeli, a day after she agreed to accept an... (317 words)



NHLers on hand at Quebec event: Olympic break allows Oilers GM Lowe, coach MacTavish to take in sons' games

Because of an Olympics-imposed lull in the National Hockey League schedule, this year's Quebec International

Peewee Hockey Tournament will also be attended by a number of NHL players and former... (238 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Feb 8 2006

Hockey trumps red tape: Moroccan peewees off to Quebec event after Ottawa relents

Score it Hockey 1, Bureaucracy 0. That's how organizers of the Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament are feeling after Canadian immigration officials in Morocco relented and issued... (652 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Special to The Gazette, Source: Freelance, Page: C1 / BREAK, Edition: Final


Driving 'em to laughter: Car mechanic Marcel Leclerc discovered he has a gift for comedy, so he's rented Quebec

City's largest theatre for a one-off show

Car mechanic Marcel Leclerc is convinced he's a funny guy. Now he's just got to prove it to the 1,600 people who have already paid $25 each to see him perform a one-man comedy show called Marcel au... (669 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: D5, Edition: Final


Bilked woman blames bank advice

When Lina Lapointe's bank manager told her the $5.2-million (U.S.) inheritance she was about to receive from a dead uncle in Africa was legitimate, she figured she'd won the jackpot. But what she... (1180 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Feb 3 2006

French-language police hound school board websites: One complaint 'several years ago' ignites feud over English content in hyperlinks

Having hyperlinks to the English-only Internet sites of its member schools has landed the Central Quebec School

Board in a web of trouble with the province's French-language police. "It's a big... (368 words)



U.S. beef, no - Quebec veal, oui: Bulk shipments resume

An ounce of prevention, they say, is worth a pound of cure. But for Canada's largest veal producer, it means the

resumption of tens of thousands of kilograms in overseas sales to Japan, a market that... (760 words)



Desmarais roots in area go back to '60s: Canada Steamship owned estate

According to people around Sagard, Paul Desmarais Sr. has been a regular visitor to the area since taking control of Power Corp. in 1968. Power was originally a hydroelectric giant (hence the name)... (339 words)



The Billionaire's Christmas Gift: Paul Desmarais Sr. and the people of Sagard have a relationship that goes back a long way. It's an arrangement that has worked well for the residents of the remote Charlevoix village and the retired financier

Never in his wildest dreams did Father Jacques Fortin imagine he'd be celebrating Christmas tonight in a new church in this remote corner of the Charlevoix region. But he and the 162 residents of... (1610 words)



Illustrious battleground: The Louis-Saint-Laurent riding is fertile political ground that has produced two prime ministers and a powerful federal cabinet minister

Quebec - The Liberals are fighting fire with fire this election in one of Canada's most illustrious ridings. Isa Gros-

Louis, a full-status Indian and daughter of this region's most prominent... (719 words)



Dealing with disaster takes proper training: Universite Laval program first in Canada. Courses aimed at individuals interested in managing large-scale relief operations

The world's first university program that trains students how to manage international aid and disaster-relief efforts is an idea whose time has come, one of the program's architects says. "The... (686 words)



Pot probed at psychiatric hospital: Police check ex-patient's complaint; Robert Giffard Hospital also in midst of pilot project on consensual sex

Rock 'n' roll looks to be the only thing missing at Quebec's oldest psychiatric hospital. Just three months after it became the first mental-health facility in Quebec to begin a policy that... (601 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Dec 2 2005

Laval prof's theory to explain obesity: brain is rewarding its own hard work: Problem is: we overestimate effort we have actually put into thinking

Forget a penny for your thoughts. When it comes to rewarding itself, the human brain would much prefer chocolate

- and that may be a leading cause of obesity, a new university study here... (525 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Nov 30 2005

Poachers are elusive prey: 'Les Bougons des bois' sell black-market game to locals and are 'little kings' of their villages, wildlife agents say

In the 35 years he patrolled Quebec's forests, Jean-Pierre Caron never lost his thrill for the hunt of two-legged game. "You feel a tremendous sense of satisfaction when you catch somebody poaching... (1906 words)



22,000 Kg of Poached Game

Quebec wildlife agents are in a hunt for two-legged game - poachers in an industry so big that 22,000 kg of caribou, deer and moose meat was seized in just one operation (31 words)

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Recycling scrap turns nasty: $5-million lawsuit launched. Construction of car-shredding plant hit roadblock at public hearing in May

A high-profile recycling firm from Montreal has launched a $5-million lawsuit against a cross-town rival, two wellknown Quebec environmental groups and several of their directors for what it calls... (770 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Nov 17 2005

Battle of St. Lawrence brought war home

Most people probably can't remember what they were doing at 1:39 p.m. yesterday, let alone 63 years ago. But

Roy Woodruff can't forget what he was up to at that precise moment on July 20, 1942. "I... (1132 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Nov 11 2005

Anthem singer with heart: Jeremy Gabriel hasn't let a terrible disease stop him from reaching centre ice

Jeremy Gabriel will never play for the Canadiens. But tonight, the deaf 8-year-old will share centre ice with his favourite team. "I'm ready," said the soft-spoken student of the Ecole oraliste... (990 words)



Quebec farmland values rise steadily: 389% in 14 years; 4,100 pig farmers driving demand

When it comes to pigs, land is everything. So when hog producer Raymond Cadoret decided to expand his family's business in the late 1980s, he started buying neighbouring farms. "We wanted to grow... (622 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Oct 11 2005

'On the river since he was a kid': Captain recalls cutting and hauling the trees used to build his family's boat at a local shipyard

The icy waters of the St. Lawrence River run through Germain Lavoie's veins. Born, bred and raised in La Petite

Riviere St. Francois, an old coastal village that is now home to Le Massif ski centre,... (371 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Sep 18 2005

New life for the St. Lawrence: Pilot projects are reviving maritime transportation and our fabled waterway

The soft glow of first light slowly filled the eastern sky when Ocean Echo 2 steamed past the darkened ramparts of this historic city. Fastened to the stern of a barge the size of a football field... (1382 words)



Shipping gas could save millions: study: Building pipeline would cost more, says proponent of cabotage

Nicole Trepanier concedes that milk will never be transported by ship in Quebec. But she thinks that just about every other big-volume, non-perishable liquid product could - and should - be. That's... (370 words)



End nears for remote village: Aylmer Sound will cease to exist in 2007. Residents of dying North Shore enclave asked Quebec for aid to relocate

Nelson Bobbitt isn't happy with the amount of money the Quebec government is willing to pay him for his childhood home. But like most of the 22 residents of Aylmer Sound, an isolated anglophone... (651 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Sep 5 2005

Farmers' deal lets police get weed early: Pot raids simplified in a major Quebec marijuana region

It wasn't the quantity of marijuana plants seized in police raids across one of Quebec's most fertile rural regions late last month that has local farmers smiling. Rather, it was the timing of the... (751 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Aug 8 2005

No speeding please, except on the track: On your marks for the cops' and firefighters' world games in Quebec City

Let the games begin! After years of planning, one of the biggest sporting events on the planet is set to kick off in

Quebec City today. "It's going to be a lot of fun," said Gatineau police officer... (535 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Jun 26 2005

Brashear dons gloves: Enforcer turns boxer. NHLer also charged with assault on player

Donald Brashear is taking his tough-guy image to new heights. Late this afternoon, weather permitting, the

Philadelphia Flyers' enforcer will step into an open-air boxing ring next to a... (768 words)



Haunted by Aurore: 'Here we go again,' says Louisette Dube of Fortierville, who fears that a new movie about an infamous case of child abuse in 1920 will bring even more strangers to her front door

Most people would be thrilled if their home was the setting for a movie that could be this summer's blockbuster in la belle province. Not Louisette Dube. "Here we go again," Dube said in the... (930 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: D1 / BREAK, Edition: Final


O Canada, do you know where it began?: Even officials are surprised when told where what is now; Canada's national anthem was first sung in public

In another country, this would be hallowed ground. One hundred and twenty-five years ago today, O Canada was sung publicly for the first time in what is now a mostly empty field a stone's throw from... (1146 words)



Quebec draws a bead on U.S. bear hunters: Spring means an influx of U.S. hunters anxious to bag some of our big animals, and the provincial government is busy promoting the visits despite concerns of some wildlife activists

St. FerrEol les Neiges - U.S. celebrity hunter Scott Anderson has seen - and killed - a lot of big animals in his life.

But even he was impressed by the size of a black bear that one of his... (915 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: A8, Edition: Montreal


Psychiatric hospital lets patients have sex: They'll get access to private rooms equipped with beds

Sex for health's sake. That's how officials at Quebec's oldest psychiatric hospital are portraying a new policy that permits and enables patients living there to share intimate relations. "Sex has... (862 words)



Brunet sticks close to clients: 150-year-old pharmaceutical chain situates its relatively small stores in neighbourhoods

When he opened his first apothecary here on June 1, 1855, pharmacist Wildred-Etienne Brunet used aquariums filled with exotic fish to lure people to his new store. A few years later, after he opened... (635 words)



Plant shuts after loan mix-up: Biotech firm closes Gaspe facility. Company says grant request was refused, but

Investissement Quebec says otherwise

Alarm bells are ringing in a small Gaspe town after a financing mix-up led to the sudden closing of the region's only high-tech pharmaceutical plant. On Monday, Chaichem Pharmaceuticals, a small... (394 words)



Gosselin - the other one - changes PR firm's name

Patrick Gosselin is proud of his name. But even he admits it was no longer suitable for his small ad agency as a result of the federal sponsorship inquiry. "For me, the name Gosselin is burned,"... (348 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Apr 1 2005

Radio buff collected news recordings: When de Gaulle made his famous speech, journalists knew who to turn to for a recording

In the minutes that followed French President Charles de Gaulle's "Vivre le Quebec libre" speech from the balcony of Montreal's city hall in 1967, frantic radio journalists in Quebec City called... (419 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Feb 27 2005

Great Wall of cancer comes down: Dr. Jean Couture first established the Bethune-Laval Oncology Unit, which created an official link between Universite Laval's medical faculty and the Norman Bethune Hospital in Changchun, northern China

Quebec - When he first visited China in 1988, Dr. Jean Couture had never heard of Norman Bethune. That's why,

17 years later, the retired Quebec City surgeon is both honoured and amused that many... (795 words)



Peewee power lives on in Quebec City: International hockey tournament for 11- and 12-year-olds closes its 46th edition after 112 teams with 2,200 players faced off in 123 games. There's lots of tradition for kids to look back on as many NHL stars have played in the event

Thousands of hockey-mad kids from across Quebec and around the world will be heading home today at the end of the final game of the 46th Quebec International Peewee Hockey Tournament. But the man... (981 words)



'It's all about patience': Beauport's Georges Girard is competing in an elite cross-country ski tourney at age 89

Georges Girard knows a thing or two about endurance. So when the starter's gun sounded Thursday at the annual

Masters World Cup cross-country ski championships in Moscow, the 89-year-old wasn't... (730 words)



Shut up and listen: The shrink's on: This isn't Frasier, folks. Psychiatrist Pierre Mailloux, host of the radio phone-in show Doc Mailloux, is outrageous, vulgar, opinionated - and has a half-million listeners. He also managed to get his licence suspended for his remarks

Dr. Pierre Mailloux is vulgar, opinionated, irascible and provocative. He's also candid, fearless, insightful and, in his own words, "a very good psychiatrist - and close to being excellent in some... (1092 words)



Fighting the inferno: Fires pose big problems for Quebec's forestry industries. They can lay waste overnight to long-developed plans for harvesting mature forests

Picture this. After a long, cold spring, temperatures suddenly shoot up into the high 20s Celsius for five straight days in mid-June. Buds bloom, grass grows and, despite a dry but brisk westerly... (865 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: F4, Edition: Final


Luckiest man in the world: A man twice traumatized decided almost 20 years ago he would give his time to care for those in society who cannot care for themselves

It was just after noon when Gilles Kegle delivered his last meal of the day in this city's poorest neighbourhood.

"Jean-Yves is a schizophrenic alcoholic, totally anti-social. I'm the only person... (800 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Jan 16 2005

Battle of the barges on St. Lawrence River: Fight for cargo. Quebec City closes in on Montreal's position as No. 1 port on waterway

The storied rivalry between Montreal and Quebec has shifted from the hockey arena to the waterfront. "Our goal is to become the No. 1 port on the St. Lawrence River," Ross Gaudreault, president of... (667 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Jan 7 2005

Rookie Bonhomme to star in key ceremony: Labour dispute at Quebec Winter Carnival has sidelined all the festival's experienced mascots

All eyes will be on Bonhomme Carnaval this morning when he receives the keys to this city from Mayor Jean-Paul

L'Allier. But people won't be looking for the jolly snowman's trademark high kicks and... (638 words)



Goliath Girard sets sights on world strongman title: 350-pounder puts injuries behind him in bid to regain championship

When Hugo Girard's hungry, people notice. Take the waiter at the restaurant where Canada's strongest man stopped for breakfast on the last morning of a recent two-week tour through eastern Quebec... (1185 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Dec 29 2004

Heartbreak on the hills: About 2,000 people are expected to be injured on Quebec's slopes in the week between

Christmas and New Year's. The province has launched a safety campaign to reduce the number of accidents involving snowboarders and skiers.

As they do every year, tens of thousands of skiers and snowboarders will have fun on Quebec slopes between

Christmas and New Year's Day. And, as happens every year, pain will be in the cards for... (940 words)



Canada's second-oldest firm has plan to appease creditors: Robin, Jones & Whitman confident its six general stores will return to profitability

A sea of red ink has the owners and employees of Canada's second-oldest company feeling blue this Christmas. But the bankruptcy trustee given the task of making a proposal to Robin, Jones &... (762 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Dec 23 2004

A legend reborn in a Quebec river: Etchemin river salmon are back in an environmental success story

It's a fish story of historic proportions. Two hundred years ago, the Etchemin River was one of Quebec's most popular salmon rivers. The main reason was geography. Located directly opposite Quebec... (969 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Dec 12 2004

Canadiens' Hainsey wins ruling

Ron Hainsey has stickhandled his way out of an embarrassing $11,000 lawsuit brought on by two former landlords who accused him of turning their apartment into a "pigpen" that couldn't be rented for... (408 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Dec 7 2004

Moose get own crossings: Along deadly highway corridor. With electrified fences and motion sensors, experts try to cut down on road carnage

Transport and wildlife officials are hoping a new security system along one of Quebec's most notoriously dangerous highways for moose/vehicle collisions will make the route safer. "Only time will... (587 words)

Byline: Mark Cardwell, Source: Freelance, Page: A8, Edition: Final


'We've got great growth potential': Relatively young at 10 years old, Beauport Branch 265 attracts new members

Harold Winter said he was only doing his patriotic duty when he founded a new Legion branch in the Quebec City suburb of Beauport 10 years ago. "I wanted to do something for the old vets," said... (355 words)



As the face of war changes, sacrifice and memory endure. Honouring a soldier's ultimate sacrifice: Home from

Afghanistan, Quebec soldiers feel a connection to generations past

Cpl. Jean-Claude Desjardins has never fought in a world war or lost a close friend on the battlefield. But that

doesn't stop the 27-year-old infantryman with the Royal 22e Regiment - the Vandoos -... (762 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Nov 8 2004

After the gold ruse: Was the Frobisher mining scandal that shook Elizabethan England based on massive fraud or an honest mistake? After a decade of studying clues from a remote site, investigators think they know

You'd think Reginald Auger would be happy. As co-leader of an international team of scientists that has spent a decade sifting through centuries-old clues from a small Arctic island, the Universite... (1280 words)


Montreal Gazette - Sun Oct 24 2004

Soldiers driven to the brink: The military isn't doing enough to help its personnel cope with duty-related mental disorders, ex-soldiers say after a suicidal former member of the Canadian Forces recently teetered on the edge of a

Quebec City bridge

A suicidal ex-soldier who threatened for six hours to jump from a bridge two weeks ago is the tip of the iceberg of former Canadian military personnel who suffer from duty-related mental-health... (927 words)



Cops challenge penny-pinching: Decision to keep winter tires on cruisers throughout the year is dangerous: union

A penny-pinching decision to use winter tires year-round on Quebec City police cruisers is both dangerous and costly, a study ordered by the police union suggests. "There's absolutely no doubt (the... (482 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Sep 8 2004

Soldier jailed for soliciting sex: Maximum sentence under plea bargain. Valcartier resident receives 41-month term for intent at tryst with minor in Chicago

A Canadian soldier who solicited sex over the Internet with a 14-year-old girl - and was snared in an Internet sting operation by a U.S. child-protection task force - got his comeuppance in a crowded... (505 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Aug 26 2004

Soldier sought sex with 14-year-old: Mechanic snared by U.S. strike force. Corporal, 46, unwittingly set up tryst with undercover police agents in Chicago

Master Cpl. Bermond Doucett didn't mince words. In his first Internet chat with who he thought was a 14-year-old

Chicago girl named Tracy, the middle-aged Canadian soldier asked her if she'd like to... (610 words)


Montreal Gazette - Tue Aug 24 2004

Roadside remembrance: Makeshift memorials marking where highway accidents have claimed lives aren't really a new phenomenon in Quebec. Fur traders also improvised shrines where colleagues died

It was an urge Jacquelyn Lewis couldn't resist. Just a day after two of her closest friends - Amber Doughty, 19, and

Dahlia Sinclair, 20 - were killed by a drunk driver, Lewis went to the accident... (1090 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri May 21 2004

Aeterna's other assets keep sharks at bay: Products on market help support research. Company's German unit

Zentaris develops, sells drugs for oncology, endocrinology, infections

For years, Aeterna Laboratories enjoyed an enviable reputation as a young and dynamic Canadian company that made a promising cancer-fighting drug from shark cartilage. But since last fall, when the... (914 words)



Thetford Mines' about-face: Mining town was turned on its axis when bureaucrats decreed its directional orientation must conform to reality. Also, 'asbestos' is being removed from institutional names

Thetford Mines is heading in a whole new direction. Not only has it been turned on its side, the mining town an hour south of Quebec City is about to cut its association - in name, at least - with... (958 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Apr 12 2004

St. Patrick's fire still burns: Patrick Roy, who retired in May as arguably the greatest goalie in NHL history, has refocused his passion as part owner, vice-president and GM of the QMJHL's Remparts

It's early afternoon, and Patrick Roy is leaning back in a rich leather couch on his spacious office in Le Colisee, looking every bit retired. Casually dressed in leather sandals and a black T-shirt... (1368 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu Mar 18 2004

Quebec cat may be months from becoming oldest ever: Toutoune is 35 and counting: owner

Toutoune isn't the prettiest cat in the world, nor is she even the biggest, as her name suggests. But her owner is convinced she is the oldest living cat on the planet and, if her health holds up,... (699 words)



Junior stardom no NHL guarantee: Dupont never made an impact as a pro. Man whose scoring record Crosby broke says Canadiens 'never gave me a chance'

Normand Dupont knows that being a junior-hockey sensation at age 16 is no guarantee of future greatness in the

National Hockey League. "It's a long road with lots of hard work and sacrifice," said... (764 words)



Home-grown beef: Co-operative venture in the lower St. Lawrence region is producing naturally fed, hormone-free cattle for Quebec's hungry carnivores

QUEBEC - As the largest beef producer in the lower St. Lawrence region, Gilles St-Laurent had long hoped to see the day when slaughter-ready cattle were processed in his home region. Now, thanks in... (969 words)



Cops have feelings, too: It's a tough job, and many officers are in crisis. La Vigile offers help

Cops are tough. But they've got families and feelings, too. So when Michel, a 26-year veteran with the Surete du

Quebec, learned recently that his young adult son had inherited his destructive... (975 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: FREELANCE, Page: D3, Edition: Final

Montreal Gazette - Sun Jan 11 2004

Couple bagged in ongoing prison drug-smuggling saga: Sacks to be thrown over recreation yard's double fence held $13,000 in heroin and pot

A man and woman face multiple criminal charges for attempting to throw drug-filled plastic grocery bags into the maximum-security prison in Donnacona. Stephane Vaillancourt, 36, and his girlfriend,... (421 words)



Bow and arrow deliver drugs to robbin' hoods

During the 13 years he has worked at the federal penitentiary in Donnacona, Carl Pelletier has seen some highly imaginative techniques used to smuggle drugs to inmates. But even he was impressed by... (380 words)


The Gazette (Montreal) - Sat Oct 18 2003

Twins' dream died with brother: Fatal plane crash. Rookie SQ officers Patrick and Roberto Levesque shared career goals

Twin brothers and rookie Quebec provincial police officers Patrick and Roberto Levesque had always dreamed of one day working together. So when Roberto entered a packed church here in their home... (691 words)



Feature: The brides wore white (and red): The bizarre nuptials yesterday of Micheline Montreuil and Michele

Morgan show in this day and age absolutely anything goes at the altar

The old capital's most anticipated wedding of the year came to a close yesterday with the traditional exchange of

vows. But there was nothing old-fashioned about a marriage with two brides and no... (1041 words)



Mother nature helps out: The Saguenay flood of 1996 caused 10 deaths and massive destruction. It also covered a polluted riverbed, a job scientists thought would take a century

For Saguenay residents, the flood of 1996 was a catastrophic act of God that resulted in 10 deaths, left 12,000 people homeless, and caused $700 million in damage. For scientists, it was also... (717 words)

Byline: MARK CARDWELL, Source: Freelance, Page: E4, Edition: Final


Soldier in cross-border sex sting: Charged in Chicago with setting up a weekend tryst with what he thought was a

13-year-old girl

It wasn't the reception Master Corporal Bermond Doucett was hoping for. After months of explicit sexual "chatting" via the Internet with what he thought was a 13-year-old girl, the 47-year-old single... (446 words)


Montreal Gazette - Thu May 29 2003

Kids 1, city hall 0: Rink rats victorious

Sometimes you can fight city hall. Just ask Eric Blair, a 12-year-old Quebec City high-school student who spearheaded a recent protest to win back a neighbourhood skating rink in his city's historic... (496 words)


Montreal Gazette - Wed Dec 29 1999

Giant camp-out gets under way

Like so many other millennium-ending bashes, it appears the international Scout jamboree that begins here today will fail, on paper at least, to live up to all the pre-party hype. Since the spring... (581 words)



Treatment's the best bet: Ex-addict opens first residential centre for compulsive gamblers

The founder of Quebec's first residential treatment centre for pathological gamblers, a facility that officially opened this month, knows how easy it is to get started down the wager-lined road to... (587 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Nov 29 1999

ER doctors resign at Quebec hospital, say conditions poor

All 16 emergency-room physicians at one of this city's busiest hospitals have tendered their resignations in protest against deteriorating conditions at the facility. The resignations were filed by... (447 words)


Montreal Gazette - Fri Oct 22 1999

Wolfe, Montcalm return to battle

As descendants of British Maj.-Gen. James Wolfe and France's Marquis de Montcalm looked on, a re-enactment of the battle that claimed their ancestors' lives - and changed Canadian history -... (604 words)


Montreal Gazette - Mon Sep 13 1999 peeklong

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