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2014 Quebec Scotties Tournament Of Hearts
The 2014 Quebec Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the provincial women's curling championship for Quebec, was held from January 13 to 19 at the Belvedere Sports Club in Val-d'Or. The winning team of Allison Ross will represent Quebec for the second consecutive year at the 2014 Scotties Tournament of Hearts in her hometown of Montreal. Teams The teams are listed as follows: Round-robin standings ''Final round-robin standings'' Round-robin results Draw 1 ''Monday, January 13, 12:00'' Draw 2 ''Monday, January 13, 19:30'' Draw 3 ''Tuesday, January 14, 15:45'' Draw 4 ''Wednesday, January 15, 8:15'' Draw 5 ''Wednesday, January 15, 15:45'' Draw 6 ''Thursday, January 16, 8:15'' Draw 7 ''Thursday, January 16, 15:45'' Playoffs Semifinal ''Friday, January 17, 19:30'' Final ''Saturday, January 18, 13:00'' References External links * {{in lang, fr Quebec Curling competitions in Quebec Sport in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Val-d'Or Quebec Scot ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val-d'Or
Val-d'Or (, , ; "Golden Valley" or "Valley of Gold") is a city in Quebec, Canada with a population of 32,752 inhabitants according to the Canada 2021 Census. The city is located in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region near La Vérendrye Wildlife Reserve. History Gold was discovered in the area in 1923. The name of the town is French for "Valley of Gold." While gold is still mined in the area today, base metals, such as copper (Cu), zinc (Zn), and lead (Pb) have become increasingly important resources. The ore is usually found in volcanic rocks that were deposited on the sea floor over 2.7 billion years ago. They are referred to as volcanic-hosted (or volcanogenic) massive sulphide deposits ( VMS). The city is known for its vast parks, cycle tracks, and forests. Some other attractions include the City of Gold and the mining village of Bourlamaque, which were officially proclaimed historic sites in 1979. The city hosted the Quebec Games in 1987. The local hockey team, the Val- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baie-d'Urfé Curling Club
Baie-D'Urfé (; previously Baie d'Urfé or Baie d'Urfee) is an on-island suburb of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It is part of the West Island area of the Island of Montreal. As part of the 2002–2006 municipal reorganization of Montreal, Baie-D'Urfé was merged into the city of Montreal on January 1, 2002, joining with neighbouring Beaconsfield to create the borough of Beaconsfield–Baie-D'Urfé. After a change of provincial government in 2003 and a provincial referendum in 2004, Beaconsfield and Baie-D'Urfé both voted to demerge and were reconstituted as independent municipalities on January 1, 2006. However, they remain part of the urban agglomeration of Montreal. Toponymy Baie-D'Urfé is named after François-Saturnin Lascaris d'Urfé, a French Sulpician priest known as l'Abbé d'Urfé. He was the community's first pastor, who was sent by the ''Gentlemen of Saint-Sulpice'' to serve as a missionary for the parish of Saint-Louis-du-Bout-de-l'Île (which was later renamed in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kimberley Beardsell
Kimberly or Kimberley may refer to: Places and historical events Australia * Kimberley (Western Australia) ** Roman Catholic Diocese of Kimberley * Kimberley Warm Springs, Tasmania * Kimberley, Tasmania a small town * County of Kimberley, a cadastral unit in South Australia * Kimberley Marine Park, a marine protected area Canada * Kimberley, British Columbia, Canada New Zealand * Kimberley, New Zealand South Africa * Kimberley, Northern Cape, South Africa ** Siege of Kimberley (1899–1900), event during the Second Boer War United Kingdom * Kimberley, Norfolk * Kimberley, Nottinghamshire United States * Kimberly, Arkansas * Kimberly, Alabama, city * Kimberly Mansion, a historic house in Connecticut * Kimberly, Idaho, city * Kimberly, Minnesota * Kimberly Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota * Kimberly, Missouri, unincorporated community * Kimberly, Nevada, ghost town * Kimberly, Oregon, unincorporated community * Kimberly, Utah, abandoned town * Kimberly, Fayette Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catherine Lavigne
Katherine, also spelled Catherine, and other variations are feminine names. They are popular in Christian countries because of their derivation from the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria. In the early Christian era it came to be associated with the Greek adjective (), meaning "pure", leading to the alternative spellings ''Katharine'' and ''Katherine''. The former spelling, with a middle ''a'', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. ''Katherine'', with a middle ''e'', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades. Popularity and variations English In Britain and the U.S., ''Catherine'' and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names since 1880. The most common variants are ''Katherine,'' ''Kathryn,'' and ''Katharine''. The spelling ''Catherine'' is common in both English and French. Less-common variants in English include ''Katheryn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josée Friolet
Josée is a given name and can refer to: *Josée Auclair (born 1962), Canadian explorer *Josée Beaudin (born 1961), Canadian politician * Josée Chouinard (born 1969), Canadian figure skater *Josée Corbeil (born 1973), retired female volleyball player from Canada *Josée Dupuis, Canadian and American biostatistician *Josée France, former Canadian pairs figure skater *Josée Legault (born 1966), Canadian journalist *Josée Piché (born 1974), Canadian ice dancer * Josée Verner, PC, MP (born 1959), Canadian politician * Marie-Josée Croze (born 1970), Canadian actress * Marie-Josée Drouin (born 1949), economist (University of Ottawa) from Montreal, Quebec *Marie-Josée Frank (born 1952), Luxembourgian politician *Marie-Josée Gilbeau-Ouimet (born 1972), Canadian sprint canoeist *Marie-Josée Houle, accordionist who lives in Ottawa, Canada *Marie-Josée Jacobs (born 1950), politician from Luxembourg *Marie-Josée Roig (born 1938), French politician and the current mayor of Avignon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geneviève Frappier
Genevieve (french: link=no, Sainte Geneviève; la, Sancta Genovefa, Genoveva; 419/422 AD – 502/512 AD) is the patroness saint of Paris in the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Her feast is on 3 January. Genevieve was born in Nanterre and moved to Paris (then known as Lutetia) after encountering Germanus of Auxerre and Lupus of Troyes and dedicated herself to a Christian life.McNamara, Halborg, and Whatley 18. In 451 she led a "prayer marathon" that was said to have saved Paris by diverting Attila's Huns away from the city. When the Germanic king Childeric I besieged the city in 464, Genevieve acted as an intermediary between the city and its besiegers, collecting food and convincing Childeric to release his prisoners. Her following and her status as patron saint of Paris were promoted by Clotilde, who may have commissioned the writing of her ''vita''. This was most likely written in Tours, where Clotilde retired after her husband's death, as evidenced also by th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mount Royal, Quebec
Mount Royal (french: Mont-Royal, officially Town of Mount Royal, french: Ville de Mont-Royal, abbreviated TMR, french: VMR) is an affluent on-island suburban town located on the northwest side of the eponymous Mount Royal, northwest of Downtown Montreal, on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada. It is completely surrounded by Montreal. The population was 20,953 as of the 2021 Canadian census. In 2008, most of the Town of Mount Royal was designated a National Historic Site of Canada, as a " emarkablesynthesis of urban renewal movements of the early 20th century, reflecting the influence of the City Beautiful, Garden City and Garden Suburb movements". The town celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2012. History Town of Mount Royal, or TMR, was founded in 1912. It was created at the initiative of the Canadian Northern Railway. The town was designed by Frederick Todd, a planner who was heavily influenced by the likes of Sir Ebenezer Howard and incorporated many aspects ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TMR Curling Club
TMR may refer to: Companies * Tokio Millennium Re Ltd., is a reinsurance company headquartered in Bermuda * Transports de Martigny et Régions, a Swiss railway company People * Matthew Berry (born 1969), known as TMR, a fantasy football player * The Mexican Runner or Piotr Delgado Kusielczuk, a speedrunner * TM Revolution, the Japanese musician Takanori Nishikawa Other uses * Aguenar – Hadj Bey Akhamok Airport, IATA airport identifier * Department of Transport and Main Roads, Queensland, Australia * Jewish Babylonian Aramaic, ISO 639-3 language code * Town of Mount Royal, Quebec, Canada * Rolls-Royce Thrust Measuring Rig, VTOL aircraft * Tetramethylrhodamine, a derivative of rhodamine * Catalog numbers of Third Man Records * Total Mixed Ration, a method of feeding cattle * Transmyocardial revascularization, heart disease treatment * Triple modular redundancy, a computing voting system * Tunnel magnetoresistance * Trout Mask Replica, an experimental rock Experimental rock ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Thomas (curler)
Laura Daniels (née Laura Thomas; born 31 May 1985) is a Welsh lawn and indoor bowler. Bowls career World Outdoor Championship In 2016, Daniels won the gold medal with Jess Sims in the pairs at the 2016 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Christchurch. In 2020, she was selected for the 2020 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Australia but the event was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, she was selected as part of the team to represent Wales at the 2023 World Outdoor Bowls Championship. She participated in the women's triples and the women's fours events. In the fours, her team reached the quarter final before being beaten by England. Commonwealth Games She was selected as part of the Welsh team for the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast in Queensland where she claimed a silver medal in the Singles losing out to Jo Edwards in the final. In 2022, she competed in the women's singles and the women's triples at the 2022 Commonwealth Games. World I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Camille Lapierre (curler)
Camille LaPierre (born February 8, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He played parts of two WHA seasons for the Philadelphia Blazers and Vancouver Blazers. LaPierre was drafted in the sixth round of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft The 1971 NHL Amateur Draft was the ninth NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 10, 1971, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Larry Robinson, who retired after the 1991– ... by the Los Angeles Kings. Career statistics References External links * 1951 births Canadian ice hockey centres Laval Saints players Living people Los Angeles Kings draft picks Montreal Junior Canadiens players Philadelphia Blazers players Roanoke Valley Rebels (EHL) players Roanoke Valley Rebels (SHL) players Seattle Totems (WHL) players Ice hockey people from Saguenay, Quebec Springfield Kings players Tidewater Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
