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2023 Quebec Tankard
The 2023 Hardline Quebec Tankard, the Quebec men's provincial curling championship, was held from January 10 to 15 at the Centre Sportif Mistouk d'Alma in Alma, Quebec. The event was held in conjunction with the 2023 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Quebec's provincial women's curling championship. The winning Félix Asselin rink represented Quebec at the 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, in London, Ontario where they finished fourth in Pool B with a 5–3 record missing the Championship round by one game. The event has not been held since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec. The 2022 event was cancelled at the last minute. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout brackets Source: A event B event C event Knockout results All draw times are listed in Eastern Time ( UTC-05:00). Draw 1 ''Tuesday, January 10, 9:30 am'' Draw 2 ''Tuesday, January 10, 2:00 pm'' Draw 3 ''Wednesday, January 11, 8:30 am'' Draw 4 ''Wednesday, January 11, 12:15 pm'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alma, Quebec
Alma ( 2021 Town population: 30,331; CA Population 33,018; UA Population 26,016) is a town in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, in the Canadian province of Quebec. Geography Alma is located on the southeast coast of Lac Saint-Jean where it flows into the Saguenay River, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Quebec, Canada, approximately 175 km north of Quebec City. Alma is the seat of Lac-Saint-Jean-Est Regional County Municipality. Alma is the second city in population in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region after the city of Saguenay. Alma is the seat of the judicial district of Alma. History The present town of Alma was formed in 1962 from the merging of four villages: Isle-Maligne, Naudville, Riverbend and St-Joseph d'Alma. The oldest of the villages, St-Joseph-d'Alma, was founded in 1867 by Damase Boulanger. The area became an important industrial centre during the 1920s and 1930s with the construction of a hydro-electrical power station on the Grande-Décharge Rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2024 Quebec Tankard
The 2024 Hardline Quebec Tankard, the provincial men's curling championship of Quebec, was held from January 23 to 28 at the Centre Marcel-Dionne in Drummondville, Quebec. The winning Jean-Michel Arsenault rink will represent Quebec at the 2024 Montana's Brier in Regina, Saskatchewan. The event was held in conjunction with the 2024 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship. Qualification process Teams The teams are listed as follows: Knockout brackets Source: A event B event C event Knockout results All draw times are listed in Eastern Time The Eastern Time Zone (ET) is a time zone encompassing part or all of 23 states in the eastern part of the United States, parts of eastern Canada, the state of Quintana Roo in Mexico, Panama, Colombia, mainland Ecuador, Peru, and a small port ... ( UTC-05:00). Draw 1 ''Tuesday, January 23, 1:30 pm'' Draw 2 ''Tuesday, January 23, 5:30 pm'' Draw 3 ''Wednesday, January 24, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Yves Lemay
Jean-Yves is a French masculine given name. Notable persons with that name include: * Jean-Yves André (born 1977), Mauritian footballer * Jean-Yves Anis (born 1980), French footballer * Yves Jean-Bart (born 1947), Haitian football executive * Jean-Yves Berteloot (born 1958), French actor * Jean-Yves Besselat (1943–2012), French politician * Jean-Yves Béziau (born 1965), Swiss professor, mathematician, and researcher * Jean-Yves Bigras (1919–1966), Canadian film director and film editor * Jean-Yves de Blasiis (born 1973), French footballer * Jean-Yves Blondeau (born 1970), French designer * Jean-Yves Bony (born 1955), French politician * Jean-Yves Bosseur (born 1947), French composer and writer * Jean-Yves Bouguet, scientist * Jean-Yves Calvez (1927–2010), French Jesuit priest and philosopher * Jean-Yves Camus (born 1958), French political scientist * Jean-Yves Cartier (born 1949), Canadian ice hockey defenceman * Jean-Yves Chay (born 1948), French football manager and goalk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghislain Doyon
Masculine Ghislain, Guislain, Gislain or Ghiselin and feminine Ghislaine or Ghyslaine is a French personal name used in countries with French-speaking populations. The name derives from Germanic words ''gis'' ("information") and ''lind'' ("sweet"). The name possibly became popular as it was added to the names given to children at birth to afford them protection by Saint Ghislain of Hainaut. People with this given name include: * Saint Ghislain (died 680), probably Germanic Belgian Roman Catholic saint whose name was later given to children. * Ghislaine Dommanget (1900–1991), Princess of Monaco and actress * Ghislaine Alexander (1922–2000), British heiress and socialite * Ghislain Cloquet (1924–1981), Belgian-born French cinematographer * Ghislaine Roquet (1926–2016), Canadian philosophy professor and nun * Ghislain Fournier (born 1938), Canadian politician and businessman * Ghislaine Thesmar (born 1943), French ballet dancer * Ghislain de Montgolfier (born 1943), French win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
René Dubois (curler)
René Dubois (born 30 January 1906, date of death unknown) was a French boxer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics. In 1924 he was eliminated in the first round of the welterweight class after losing his fight to Patrick O'Hanrahan of Great Britain on points. The matches were held in the Veledrome d'Hiver."Olympic Games. The British Boxers. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.)," ''The Times''(of London), Saturday, July 19, 1924; pg. 5; Issue 43708; col G. In the next round, O'Hanrahan was defeated by Jean Delarge Jean Delarge (6 April 1906 – 7 July 1977) was a Belgian welterweight professional boxer who competed in the 1920s. He was born in Liège. Delarge won the gold medal in boxing at the 1924 Summer Olympics in the welterweight Welt ... of Belgium who win the gold medal in this weight class. References External linksPart 5 the boxing tournament [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre-Luc Morissette
Pierre-Luc may refer to: * Pierre-Luc Brillant (born 1978), Canadian actor and musician * Pierre-Luc Caron (born 1993), professional Canadian football long snapper * Pierre-Luc-Charles Cicéri (1782–1868), leading French set designer *Pierre-Luc Dubois (born 1998), Canadian professional ice hockey centre * Pierre-Luc Dusseault (born 1991), Canadian politician, Member of Parliament *Pierre-Luc Gagnon, aka PLG (born 1980), Canadian professional skateboarder * Pierre-Luc Labbé (born 1984), former professional Canadian football linebacker * Pierre-Luc Laforest aka Pete Laforest (born 1978), Canadian former professional baseball catcher * Pierre-Luc Létourneau-Leblond (born 1985), Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger * Pierre-Luc Périchon (born 1987), French professional road and track bicycle racer * Pierre-Luc Poulin (born 1995), Canadian sprint kayaker * Pierre-Luc Séguillon (1940–2010), French columnist and journalist * Pierre-Luc Sleigher (born 1982), Canadian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Gionest
François () is a French masculine given name and surname, equivalent to the English name Francis. People with the given name * Francis I of France, King of France (), known as "the Father and Restorer of Letters" * Francis II of France, King of France and King consort of Scots (), known as the husband of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots * François Amoudruz (1926–2020), French resistance fighter * François-Marie Arouet (better known as Voltaire; 1694–1778), French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher *François Aubry (other), several people *François Baby (other), several people * François Beauchemin (born 1980), Canadian ice hockey player for the Anaheim Duck * François Blanc (1806–1877), French entrepreneur and operator of casinos * François Boucher (other), several people * François Caron (other), several people * François Cevert (1944–1973), French racing driver * François Chau (born 1959), Cambodian American acto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Desjardins (curler)
Robert Desjardins (born March 16, 1970) is a Canadian curler from Chicoutimi, Quebec. He is a two-time Quebec provincial champion and a Canadian mixed doubles champion. Career Desjardins skipped a team at the 2010 Quebec provincials, but finished outside of the playoffs. The next year, Desjardins played as third for François Gagné, and finished fourth in the 2011 Quebec provincials after round robin play. They then upset the top two teams, skipped by Serge Reid and Jean-Michel Ménard, to win their first provincial championship and Brier appearance. They finished in tenth place at the Brier with a 3–8 win–loss record. Desjardins then skipped his own team in the following year's provincials, and edged an undefeated Philippe Lemay in the final in an extra end after losing to him in the page playoffs, winning his first provincial championship as skip. Representing Quebec at the 2012 Tim Hortons Brier, Desjardins and team finished in ninth place with a 4–7 win–loss re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In Quebec
The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), a novel infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Until 2021, Quebec had reported the highest number of COVID-19 cases in Canada, eventually overtaken by Ontario. The pandemic first spread to Quebec in late February 2020, with the first confirmed case being a 41-year-old woman from Montreal who had returned from Iran on a flight from Doha, Qatar. Quebec declared its first ''Public Health Emergency'' in its history on March 14, 2020, and it was renewed every 10 days until June 1, 2022, when it was officially ended. On March 15, the government enforced the closure of various entertainment and recreational venues, and on March 23, all non-essential businesses were ordered to close. By the end of March, over four and a half thousand cases had been confirmed in all regions of the province. Long-term care homes were particul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ontario
Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central Canada, it is Canada's most populous province, with 38.3 percent of the country's population, and is the second-largest province by total area (after Quebec). Ontario is Canada's fourth-largest jurisdiction in total area when the territories of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut are included. It is home to the nation's capital city, Ottawa, and the nation's most populous city, Toronto, which is Ontario's provincial capital. Ontario is bordered by the province of Manitoba to the west, Hudson Bay and James Bay to the north, and Quebec to the east and northeast, and to the south by the U.S. states of (from west to east) Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and New York. Almost all of Ontario's border with the United States f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London, Ontario
London (pronounced ) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada, along the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor. The city had a population of 422,324 according to the 2021 Canadian census. London is at the confluence of the Thames River, approximately from both Toronto and Detroit; and about from Buffalo, New York. The city of London is politically separate from Middlesex County, though it remains the county seat. London and the Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman. The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855. Since then, London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada's 11th largest metropolitan area, having annexed many of the smaller communities that surround it. London is a regional centre of healthcare and education, being home to the University of Western Ontario (which brands ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2023 Tim Hortons Brier
The 2023 Tim Hortons Brier, Canada's national men's curling championship, was held from March 3 to 12 at the Budweiser Gardens in London, Ontario. The defending champion Team Canada rink, skipped by Brad Gushue won the event, and will go on to represent Canada at the 2023 World Men's Curling Championship on home soil at TD Place Arena in Ottawa, Ontario. It was a record fifth Brier title as a skip for Gushue. Brad Gushue and his team won the 2022 edition and entered as the reigning Team Canada. The event followed the same format at the past two editions that included Team Canada, the fourteen Canadian curling member associations and three Wild Card teams that are the top three teams that did not qualify from their provincial playdowns based on CTRS standings. The competition was held in three stages: all eighteen teams play in a round robin stage, from which six advance to the championship stage, from which four teams advance to the final playoffs round. This was the final Brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
