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The Quebec Games (French: Jeux du Québec, pronounced [ʒø dy kebɛk]) is a biennial multi-sport event, held every two years in the Canadian province of Quebec, alternating between the Quebec Winter Games and the Quebec Summer Games. Athletes are strictly amateur only, and represent their region. The Games were founded in 1970. [1]
This is a list of the premiers of the province of Quebec since Canadian Confederation in 1867. Quebec uses a unicameral (originally bicameral) Westminster-style parliamentary government, in which the premier is the leader of the party that controls the most seats in the National Assembly (previously called the Legislative Assembly).
The teams split the first two games, held in St. Catharines, before the Remparts took a 2–1 series lead in the third game, held in Quebec. [6] The game was violent at times with over 102 penalties in minutes given out by the referee – 77 to the Black Hawks. [7] Quebec moved to within one win of winning the series with a 6–1 victory in ...
Louis-Alexandre Taschereau, the longest consecutively serving premier. The premier of Quebec is the head of government of Quebec. Since Canadian Confederation in 1867, there have been 32 premiers who have formed 37 Quebec ministries. The first premier, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier Chauveau, took office on July 15, 1867.
Held in Quebec City and Halifax, Canada, the 2008 IIHF World Championship was the 72nd edition of the tournament. [1] Russia won the Championship, the second time they had done so and their 24th title if including those won by the Soviet Union . [ 2 ]
The Canadian Championship was created in 2008 to be contested by professional clubs from various American leagues to determine a champion of Canada and an entrant to the CONCACAF Champions League. Prior to 2008 there were some notable attempts to declare a national champion of Canada.
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1981 – Quebec general election: Parti Québécois re-elected. 1981 - The Expos defeat the Philadelphia Phillies in a best-of-five playoff to win the National League East Division. However, the Expos fall short of the World Series, losing the National League Championship Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers in five games.