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  QUEBEC CITY -- Prominent 19th-century French Canadian politician Louis-Joseph Papineau has been designated as a historical figure by Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications Nathalie Roy. To mark Quebec's National Patriots' Day, minister Roy also announced a notice of intent to designate the Patriots' monument in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal. With this designation and notice of classification, the Quebec Government wants to perpetuate the memory and legacy of individuals who played a significant role in Quebec's history and who helped forge the identity of its ci...

Maple Leafs vs Canadiens: different philosophies of ice time Share this story Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty Images The biggest difference between Montréal and Toronto is Auston Matthews. That’s fairly obvious in several ways, but one less obvious way is that no forward on the Canadiens plays remotely the minutes Matthews and also Mitch Marner play. The top-heavy minute structure on the Leafs, where there are forwards outplaying defencemen in time on ice, is just not how the Canadiens are structured. Time on Ice To compare these teams, I took Natural Stat Trick’s five-on-five, sco...

BTColumn – Affirmation of the darker brother (Part 2) Article by May 9, 2021 Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed by this author are their own and do not represent the official position of the Barbados Today Inc. by David Comissiong It is well-nigh impossible to write the history of the USA without finding a place of special prominence for a whole host of black West Indians who, from the days of the Independence struggle down to contemporary times, made critical contributions to the social, cultural and political development of that nation and to the extension o...

Beyond high school: Preparing for life’s next big step Today’s students, so aware of the world around them, remind Peter Meehan of the activism of 1968. Photo by Michael Swan Beyond high school: Preparing for life’s next big step By  Michael Swan, The Catholic Register April 29, 2021 In May of 1968 student protesters in Paris put up signs that read, “Be realistic — demand the impossible.” Other signs read, “Life, quickly.” Meanwhile in the United States young people rose up in disgust over their government’s conduct of the Vietnam War and Canad...

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