A “small” South Stukely business, Chaussures TUC, has been contracted to manufacture specially crafted acrobatic footwear that will be worn by professional performers at the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games and according to business owner Nathalie Dugas, the venture has already attracted publicity of Olympic proportions.

COURTESY: CHAUSSURES TUC

Natalie Dugas, Michelle Brûlé and Marco Vary have been hard at work in preparation for the upcoming games.

With the Parti Québecois caucus meetings scheduled for today and Thursday at the Chéribourg hotel in Orford, Pauline Marois, head of the Parti Québecois and MNA for Charlevoix, took the opportunity to meet with some of the area’s leaders on Tuesday.

The phone lines were lighting up Monday at Sherbrooke’s Domino’s Pizza as Townshippers ordered up a storm to help the relief efforts in Haiti.

 PHOTO: CORRINNA POLE

Sherbrooke’s Domino’s donated all proceeds from Monday’s sales to Haiti.

A Martinville woman and her six-month-old daughter were driving on Highway 10 on Friday afternoon when a chunk of concrete from an overpass fell directly on to her vehicle. Francoise Petitclerc was traveling just past exit 118 at around 2 p.m., heading towards Eastman to visit her father, when the incident occurred.