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October 12th
The Big Brothers and Big Sisters of Estrie will now be catering to the academic needs of young children in the region, specifically those who may be at risk of dropping-out of school later in life, through a new mentorship program launched on Wednesday
The Bishopâs University womenâs basketball team is readying to host their annual Reebok Shoot for the Cure charity tournament this weekend, a fundraising initiative to raise money for the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation and other related cancer charities.
Teams participating in this yearâs tournament are the Queenâs University Gaels, the University of Toronto Varsity Blues and the Montreal Dynamo senior club team.
A delegation of Haitian professionals will be in Sherbrooke all week in order to learn from local experts in the field of geomatics, a field that can ultimately help them in their on-going efforts to rebuild a nation which is still recovering from its catastrophic earthquake in January of 2010.
âThe goal of their trip here is to show them how we use geomatics in a Quebec municipality as a means to manage urban infrastructure, from sewers to road reconstruction,â explained Michael Howard, chief of the cityâs geomatics division. âItâs really to show them how we do it in our own environment.â
A national âsmear campaignâ aimed at making the lifesaving Pap tests accessible to those who donât have family doctors is targeting women in the townships.
During National Cervical Cancer Awareness Week, from October 23 to 29, the obstetrician-gynecologists team at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) will join the more than 250 health-care professionals across the country in hosting Pap test clinics for the third National Pap Test Campaign.
At 7 p.m. last night a number of Sherbrooke citizens calmly exited their homes and met the rest of their family members at pre-determined spots in order to prepare themselves in the case of a fire.
At least this is what the Sherbrooke fire department was hoping.
Last night marked the first annual âbig evacuation,â an initiative of the provinceâs public security minister Robert Dutil which encourages families across the province to take the time to practice their fire evacuation plans and test their fire alarms at 7 p.m. on a pre-determined day.
JérÎme Hallé bit the bullet and pleaded guilty to charges of fraud in a Sherbrooke court on Tuesday.
The 37-year-old insurance broker and head of the now defunct Groupe Hallé Assurances Services Financiers was accused of illegally absorbing insurance premiums of hundreds of clients whom he also gave false insurance policies.
In front of judge Conrad Chapdelaine in Quebec Court on Tuesday, Hallé admitted to these crimes.
Approximately one hundred former customers of HallĂ©âs have already filed claims against him, but police are inviting anyone who may be affected to also come forward.
Serving as a backdrop to the unfolding wind turbine story on the border is a recent story by John Nicol and Dave Seglins of CBC News that documents a decline in property values near wind turbines in southern Ontario.
According to the CBC, âOntarioâs rapid expansion in wind power projects has provoked a backlash from rural residents living near industrial wind turbines who say their property values are plummeting and they are unable to sell their homes.â
Read the full story Thursday in The Record
In Coaticook on October 8, 2011, Barbara M. Sharpe, at the age of 78, passed away.
Daughter of the late Jennie Dupont and the late James Sharpe.
Passed away in the presence of his loving family in the Palliative Care Unit of the Magog Hospital on Monday, October 10, 2011, at the age of 78.
At the Winchester and District Memorial Hospital on Monday October 10, 2011.
