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25 scholarships were awarded to Charlevoix students through the “Cash in your scholarship” program of the Caisse Desjardins de Charlevoix-Est et du Fleuve et des Montagnes (Charlevoix) program. Fifteen scholarships of $1,000 were awarded by Desjardins for the professional and college levels in addition to ten scholarships of $1,500 for the university level.

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25 Charlevoix students received a scholarship

The Massif de Charlevoix team has put together a very festive program for its next winter season, which will start on November 30. Skiers and snowboarders will be able to experience their first runs on November 30. They can then have fun thanks to the return of the apres-skis to the Pub le Grand-Duc where a DJ will make them dance. The celebration will continue at the Camp Boule mountain snack bar restaurant with the unveiling of the new winter …

Le Massif de Charlevoix will start its season on November 30

On Thanksgiving weekend, two 40-year-old Charlevoix residents were stopped by police for driving while impaired by alcohol. On October 12, Charlevoix police received a call for a possible impairment on Highway 138 in Petite-Rivière-Saint-François. The vehicle was stopped on the same road in Baie-Saint-Paul and the driver was arrested for driving while impaired by alcohol. The man, a Saint-Hilarion resident in his forties, was taken to the statio…

Two alcohol arrests for Thanksgiving

Of the three branches of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) in the Charlevoix region, only the one in La Malbaie remains open today. Those in Baie-Saint-Paul and Clermont are closed for the day due to the employee strike. After 22 months of negotiations, this is a third day of strike for store and office employees, who want in particular to limit the use of precarious labour to ensure the day-to-day operations of the state-owned corporation…

The SAQ in La Malbaie remains open

On October 13, two young repeat drivers were arrested at two different times and at two different locations in La Malbaie. Around 3:30am, police officers from the MRC de Charlevoix-Est intercepted, on Boulevard de Comporta, a vehicle whose driver did not have a valid driver's license. The man, aged 20 and originally from Notre-Dame-des-Monts, is a repeat offender in this area. He received a statement of $504 and the vehicle was seized for 30 day…

Two young repeat offenders caught on the same day

The mayor of La Malbaie, Michel Couturier, will be the honorary president of the family brunch benefit activity, organized by the Charlevoix Museum. The event will take place on November 3 at 10:30am at the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu. In addition, the Fairmont chef concocted a refined brunch, but close to Charlevoix's roots, with crème de gourgane with salted and smoked bacon topped with a pie in the style of the chef. The benefit activity wil…

Mayor Michel Couturier will chair the Museum's family brunch

The Member of Parliament for Charlevoix-Côte-de-Beaupré announced on behalf of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Geneviève Guilbault, in collaboration with Vélo Québec, the approval of an additional 130 km of the Route Verte in the Charlevoix region. This extension of the current itinerary of bicycle segments will crisscross the cities and municipalities of Petite-Rivière-Saint-François, Baie-Saint-Pau…

An additional 130 km for the Route Verte in Charlevoix

The initiative of the Women's Committee of the Circle of Ex-Parliamentarians will be followed up. You have no doubt heard and read about this research project Why do women leave politics? Several sequels are planned, such as an essay by the historian Alexandre Dumas. “We are going to think about the next steps. We don't feel sorry for ourselves. Women must want to go into politics and stay there,” mentions former minister Marie Malavoy, leader o…

“We will not feel sorry for ourselves”, says ex-minister Malavoy

We now know the people nominated for the 2024 Regional Sports Infrastructure Fund (FRIL) Sports Gala, which will take place on November 7 at the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu. Three young athletes were selected for the Athlete of the Year award — Presented by La Virée Nordique de Charlevoix: Rose Savard Ferguson (snowboard cross), Mathilde Fortier (freestyle soccer) and Louis-Alex Tremblay (hockey). The Emerging Athlete Award — Presented by Simar…

And the nominees for the FRIL Gala are...

Approving the conciliator's proposal to renew the FIQ collective agreement “is not an end in itself.” The FIQ will have to “continue the battle” to improve the working conditions of nurses, says its president, Julie Bouchard. 66.3 per cent of the members of the Interprofessional Health Federation approved the conciliator's recommendation to renew their collective agreement. And the turnout in the vote was 75%.

FIQ: approval by members “is not an end in itself”, says the president

The Baie-Saint-Paul Builders' Residence launched its first paper newspaper, entitled Le Journal de Chez Nous. Seniors were inspired by this initiative. Several of them contributed to it. This project was initiated by employees Valérie Marier and Naomi Labbé and by the Living Environment Committee, which is chaired by Denise Lavoie. Lise Mineau, Ange Aimée Bouchard and Henriette Bergeron also collaborated in the production of the newspaper. The 1…

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