The official kick-off for Canada Day will be given with solemnity on the 1is July at 11 a.m., on the Dufferin Terrace, with the raising of the Canadian flag. The famous distribution of the giant cake, made and offered by the Fairmont Château Frontenac, will conclude the launch of the festivities. During this time, between 12 p.m. and 5 p.m., around fifty shows and activities will be scheduled on the Plains of Abraham in the different zones (Shows, Extravagante, Family, Teen, World and Complètement Canada). Finally, you will be able to attend the closing show for free, between 8 and 10 p.m., at the Edwin-Bélanger Kiosk, where you will be able to hear Jeanick Fournierbig winner of Canada’s Got Talent, followed by the big novelty of this year: an immersive laser show, Stellaris, made possible by the City of Quebec. Complete program at https://feteducanadaquebec.ca/. Photo provided by Canada Day.
The Girls Ride
The 16e Ride de Filles will be held on Saturday, July 6 in Drummondville. Organized to benefit the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation (FCSQ), this major ride, made up exclusively of women, will once again this year bring together more than 1,000 female motorcyclists from all over Quebec. During this festive day, you can attend the Ride de Filles concert in the evening at the Centrexpo Cogeco in Drummondville, a benefit show that will bring together on stage this year the musicians of the group Les Porn Flakes as well as Lulu Hughes, Éric Lapointe, Brigitte Boisjoli, Rick Hughes, Kim Richardson, Martin Deschamps and the troupe Les Koristes from the show Live from the universe. To date, nearly $2 million has been donated to the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation thanks to participants, donors, volunteers and all the generous sponsors and partners. This year, the organizing committee has set itself the ambitious goal of exceeding the net amount of $500,000. Information: https://www.ridedefilles.org/. Photo JF Savoie.
In the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
Congratulations to the teacher Guylaine Demers (photo), internationally renowned leader in sports equity, who will receive the Order of Sport and be inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame as a builder, during a ceremony to take place October 23, 2024 at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. Full professor at the Faculty of Educational Sciences at Laval University, Guylaine Demers has devoted most of her life and career to promoting gender equality in sport. A former high-level basketball athlete and coach for more than two decades, she has become, through her research and commitment, a key specialist in gender equity in Quebec and Canadian sport. Internationally, she has made a major contribution to the development of women’s leadership in sport by collaborating on more than 300 sessions on this theme across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle Orient and Oceania. After serving as co-director of the first Canadian research center on gender equity in sport, Guylaine Demers became, in 2022, director of the first Quebec research laboratory for the advancement of women in sports, Lab PROFEMS. Photo provided by Laval University.
New DG
The St-Roch Commercial Development Corporation (SDC) announces the hiring of its new general manager, Marie-Pier Menard (photo) who was general manager of Multivrac St-Apo since 2021 before accepting the SDC offer. At the same time, she also held the role of project manager at the Association of Silvicultural Works Entrepreneurs of Quebec (AETSQ) since 2019. She has been in position since June 17. Graduate of the University of Quebec at Rimouski, Lévis campus, Mme Ménard succeeds Annie Valley, who had been in office since November 23, 2020. Congratulations. Photo provided by SDC.
Birthdays
Matt Rempe (photo), center and strongman for the New York Rangers, who made him their top 6 picke 2020 NHL Entry Draft Round 1, 22 years old… Nicole Scherzinger, American singer, dancer, songwriter and actress, of Hawaiian origin, 46 years old… Theoren FleuryCanadian hockey player (1988-2003: Flames, Avalanche, Rangers, Blackhawks), 56 years old… Jean Louis Asselina great salmon fishing enthusiast, 68 years old… Peter Guerrerobaseball player from the Dominican Republic (1978-1992: Dodgers, Cards), 68 years old… John Boccabellabaseball player, with the Expos from 1969 to 1973, 83 years old. Crédit photo: Joshua Sarner/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images.
Missing
June 29, 2023: Alan Arkin (photo), 89, American actor, singer, screenwriter and director, winner of an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for Little Miss Sunshine in 2006, before being nominated once again in this category for Argo in 2012… 2022: Jim Pappin82, forward who played 14 seasons in the NHL with Toronto and Chicago, but Stanley Cup hero with the Leafs in 1967… 2021: Stuart Damon84, American actor known for his role as Craig Stirling in the series The Champions… 2021: Donald Rumsfeld88, former hawk and Pentagon chief… 2019: Claude Lemieux67 years old, Quebec actor and director… 2018: Steve Ditko90 years old, American comic book artist and screenwriter (co-creator of Spider-Man)… 2017: Dave Semenko59, Wayne Gretzky’s protector with the Edmonton Oilers (NHL)… 2016: Carl Haas86 years old, big name in American motorsport (Newman-Haas Racing)… 2013: Sarah Guyard-Guillot, 30 years old, acrobat of the Cirque du Soleil… 2013: Jim Kelly67 years old, American actor… 2012: Henry Schimberg79 years old, American industrialist, former president of Coca-Cola Enterprises… 2008: Diane Hébert51 years old, the first Quebecer to receive a heart and lung transplant… 2006: Paul Lorraine89 years old, Quebec physicist of international reputation… 1995: Lana Turner75, one of the most famous pin-ups of the 1940s. Photo credit: AFP.
