The Foundation raised $240,000 and BMO offered an $800,000 donation MONTREAL – At its 9th annual “C'est mieux en bleu” fundraiser on Tuesday the Montreal Impact Foundation announced that it had raised a total of $240,000 BMO also donated $800,000 to the foundation the foundation revealed the identity of the two cities where new multisport mini-fields will be built The recipients are Longueuil (Parc Lecavalier) and Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts “I want to express my gratitude to BMO for its continuous support and generous donation BMO’s assistance extends beyond financial contributions; it inspires hope in every young person we serve and significantly contributes to our role as a catalyst for change,” said Carmie Saputo President of the Montreal Impact Foundation “Enabling our youth in vulnerable neighbourhoods to blossom grow and dream through sport is very important to us These two municipalities will host our 8th and 9th multisport mini-fields and we are excited to embark on this new journey together.” “BMO’s commitment towards the Montreal Impact Foundation perfectly sums up our purpose to boldly grow the good in business and life,” said Grégoire Baillargeon more and more children and families have access to sports facilities where they can maintain an active lifestyle and develop through soccer is proud to play an active part in the success of these important initiatives." “It is with great enthusiasm that we welcome the announcement of the construction of a multisport mini-field at Parc Aurèle-Légaré,” said Frédéric Broué “This exceptional initiative will enable local young people and families to be active get together and enjoy quality sports facilities We are fortunate to be able to count on committed partners like the Montreal Impact Foundation which makes a concrete contribution to making sports more accessible in our community and which shares our vision of a dynamic and inclusive city it leaves a positive and lasting imprint on our city Thank you very much for this valuable contribution to the well-being of our citizens!" "Offering our families a place to play and get together is much more than a sports facility it's a promise for the future," said Catherine Fournier "This field will provide our young people with a safe and accessible place to be active I sincerely thank the Montreal Impact Foundation for this gesture which will meet the needs of the area and enhance our community's sense of belonging." The Montreal Impact Foundation had previously built five synthetic-surface multisport mini-fields in several Quebec regions: At Parc Champdoré in the Saint-Michel district in 2018 at Parc Joe-Beef in the Pointe-Saint-Charles district in 2019 at Parc Paul-André-Potvin in Shawinigan in 2021 at Parc du Moulin in Laval in 2022 and at Ski La Tuque in La Tuque in 2024 The foundation's mission continues through this second phase of the project including the construction of 10 mini-fields This phase began in 2024 with the announcement of the construction of two mini-fields in the municipalities of Les Coteaux located in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges RCM in the Montérégie region located in the Papineau RCM in the Outaouais region MontrealNews18-year-old dies in Laurentians apartment building fireBy The Canadian PressPublished: February 15, 2025 at 12:19PM EST Twitter feed ©2025 BellMedia All Rights Reserved road cyclists will have the opportunity to participate in an event sanctioned by the FQSC (Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes) on the mythical Nordet road the new distance of 80 km Maison de Torréfaction Couleur Café has been added to the two existing courses: the 65 km Microbrasserie La Veillée and the 105 km Franke Mercedes-Benz the most difficult segment will be timed by chronometer by Yoeleo Canada to determine the queen (QOM) and the king (KOM) of the mountain the Ascension du Col du Nordet Hillclimb has decided to get involved at the early childhood level by providing 12 balance bikes to three CPEs – early childhood centres – in our area: the CPE Des Rires and the CPE L’Antre-Temps on the territory of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts and the CPE La Chenille of the town of Saint-Donat “We believe that all of our children should discover the joys of cycling our donation of $5 per participant will be turned over to Bouffe laurentienne a total sum of $2,400 has been turned over for the food banks through various regional community organizations,” note the event organizers The FQSC and all the necessary staffers will be present to make the event a safe one and Traiteur Isabelle Lussier (caterer) will also be back to provide the meal and a generous refueling point at the summit of the col du Nordet Registrations are underway and places are limited coldunordethillclimb.ca and website in this browser for the next time I comment Δdocument.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value" Phone: 819 425-7875 this small lakeside village offers all the must-do activities of the season Just a two-hour drive from Montreal lies a veritable paradise for outdoor enthusiasts: Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Nestled in the heart of the majestic Laurentians and bordered by magnificent Lac des Sables this picturesque village offers a multitude of activities for all tastes and seasons Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts is the ideal place for nature and adventure lovers With Lac des Sables at its center and the surrounding Laurentian mountains Whether you enjoy water sports such as sailing and kayaking or prefer to explore the wooded trails on a hike or bike ride you’re sure to find something to suit you here A post shared by Ville de Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts (@ville_sadm) Whatever the season, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts offers something for everyone. In summer, you can relax on the sunny beaches of Lac des Sables, take a relaxing cruise on its calm waters or even venture out on the zip lines for a dose of adrenaline the region is transformed into a white paradise Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts also offers a rich cultural and gastronomic life or simply relax in one of the city’s many restaurants and enjoy delicious cuisine featuring local produce Whether you’re looking for outdoor adventure, waterside relaxation or cultural discovery, Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts has it all. With its magnificent natural setting this lakeside village is the perfect place for a relaxing getaway just a few hours from Montreal nobility and history are incarnated in one rather mysterious place Stonehaven is perched on the side of a mountain and boasts a view that is one of the most magnificent in the Laurentians Alexandre Triquet fell in love with the site and their partners Gylaine Brault and Éric Dandurant Lorne McGibbon’s dream is in the process of coming back to life Just as he was on the point of taking a new position elsewhere the former general manager of the Quintessence hotel “I fell under its spell at first sight,” he admits a great deal of economic development to Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts We also have an excellent partnership with the town Stonehaven will become a full-service hotel centre with a restaurant glassed-in reception room with a 360° view huge pool and lovingly restored English gardens “will meet the varied expectations of our local A prestigious local treasure along with the flair and extraordinary management talents of Mr will allow Stonehaven to rediscover its original New England inspiration “the interior decoration will bring together the charm and elegance of the old with the user-friendliness of the modern artefacts and lighting that are pure New England in style an investment of more than 10 million dollars “We also want area residents to take back for themselves this historical gem of their region,” adds Mr with one of the longest waterfronts in the Laurentians in the process of emerging from the ground!” “When Théâtre Le Patriote was nothing more than Lorne McGibbon’s experimental stables friends and Hollywood stars came to kick up their heels or rest and relax in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts the P’tit Train du Nord apparently brought Clark Gable and Stonehaven was there to welcome them.” The general public will be awaited with enthusiasm starting at the end of fall several events will take place over the course of 2019 stonehavenlemanoir.com MontrealSecond day of searching locates drowning victim in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts By CTV Montreal StaffPublished: July 13, 2019 at 3:17PM EDT MontrealNewsWater level falling, major flooding ends in St. Jerome, Que.By The Canadian PressPublished: April 14, 2024 at 9:59AM EDT Dominique Piché stood on the beach of Lac des Sables in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts The music was blasting “like we were all at a discotheque.” The announcer was revving up the crowd “The energy at the finish line — I remember that like it was yesterday,” Piché recalled The Sainte-Agathe long-distance race was only the second triathlon Piché had ever participated in — he’d come out of the water dead last in his first Piché would go on to establish Ironman Mont-Tremblant now a bucket-list event on the world triathlon stage He credits the founder and director of that race in Sainte-Agathe for showing him what it takes to create a really great event one that could attract world-class athletes like Peter Reid and Pierre Lavoie and first-timers alike Related: Top 5 first time Ironman races “We always need to remember where we come from we come from the Louis Turcotte school of triathlon in Quebec,” said Piché Turcotte had tears in his eyes when he was called to the stage at Triathlon Quebec’s 30th anniversary gala in November to share the honour of becoming the first two inductees into the Quebec Triathlon Hall of Fame Being named one of the sport’s greatest builders came as a total surprise “I started racing triathlons in the 1980s,” he told me “I went down to Lake Placid and did a couple of half-Ironman races There were no long-distances races at all in Quebec in those days somewhere in the province,” Piché recalled “Louis offered special packages for returning athletes if they wanted to do two or three races in a season.” Related: Roundup on a spectacular weekend in Magog His events served as a trampoline for the development of clubs and athletes who are still active in Quebec after more than 30 years.” Turcotte having wrapped it up in 2015 on its 25th anniversary but the sport he helped build in every corner of the province from Saguenay to Lac-Beauport to Mont Habitant In 2018, 46,500 athletes participated in a triathlon or duathlon, Xterra event or winter multisport race, somewhere in Quebec. Of those, 17,700 of them were children who took part in one of the 62 “triathlon scolaires” at elementary and high schools across the province. Triathlon Quebec offers its organizational and technical support for free complete with volunteer officials and — in the case of schools in disadvantaged areas where many kids don’t own bicycles — a fleet of bikes that are left at the school for a term so participants can learn how to ride them “We know it’s an expensive sport,” says Benoit-Hugo St-Pierre Triathlon Quebec’s charismatic president who has been involved with the development of the sport in one way or another since he first joined the board at 18 These are the questions Triathlon Quebec is asking as it looks to build on the foundation it’s created over its first 30 years “The objective is to reach 50,000,” says St-Pierre to get on any old bike and put on a pair of sneakers.” He loves to share his own story of how he met his future wife He was “an ordinary age group athlete” determined to get better St-Pierre followed Gagnon to a training camp she was offering in Florida the next year and — a set of 11-year-old twin daughters later — the rest is history Related: Top five first time 70.3s As I’ve discovered writing this column about age-group triathletes over the past four years who followed her daughter into triathlon training in Coteau-du-Lac A bad cycling accident in 2009 put her in the hospital for three months and ended her days competing as a duathlete It was a way to still be at the competitions and to keep seeing all my friends,” Dubé tells me who brought Ironman to Mont-Tremblant in 2012 Dubé was named one of Triathlon Quebec’s 30 ambassadors of the sport for the 30th-anniversary gala celebration Piché often talks about how the sport could not exist without volunteers and Dubé exemplifies that: she volunteers her time as an official at every level from school triathlons in her region to ITU events in Edmonton in 2014 and in Chicago in 2015 Dubé’s daughter long ago decided to focus on speedskating and no longer competes in triathlons but Dubé has no qualms about staying involved “You’ve got to love the sport,” she says with a shrug Loreen Pindera is a triathlete from Montreal Get the digital edition of Triathlon for your chosen platform: Back in November 2020 – only five months after going into business – the Sainte-Agathe distillery called La Manufacture began to offer its Panacée gin and Narval vodka on the SAQ shelves This entrepreneurial efficiency was propelled by the shared passion of Laurent Baillard and his father Yves What follows arises from a meeting with two men who care about taste A start-up coaching program offered by the MRC des Laurentides (the regional county municipality of the Laurentides) was the inception of this distillery of the same name located in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts the wheat and corn – both products of Mirabel – create the base from which the alcohol results This effort to create their own eau-de-vie from grain to bottle allows them to display “We weren’t content with simply adding flavours and doing the filtration and bottling We do 100 per cent of the production stages,” says Laurent who estimates that only about 10 per cent of Quebec distilleries produce their own alcohol there were simply no craft distilleries in Quebec,” he explains because at the SAQ I just couldn’t find the fine crafted products whose taste evoked the Québec terroir.” the remaining grain mash goes to happy dairy cows in the Laurentians The macerated herbs are also recovered to make steak spice after 48 hours of maceration using juniper and coriander lime zest is added to the alcohol in the finishing still “You can’t find lime zest on the market,” Yves explains “Laurent gets limes at Bourassa and carefully removes the zest to avoid any bitterness I squeeze the limes to make a simple syrup we call Rose Cordial in which you’ll find rosewater It’s worth knowing that this alcohol-free syrup can also enhance desserts such as ice creams and sherbets While the circular economy is central to La Manufacture’s business model juniper and organic ginger from the Aux p’tits oignons farm which has just been added to La Manufacture’s offering on the SAQ shelves “My father makes his owned smoked meat and we’ve always liked to develop our own recipes,” Laurent emphasizes “It’s part of the spirit of the distillery I was particularly interested in boreal spices and I wanted to drink gins which didn’t exist My first product was a ginger concoction.” But what’s key whether you’re talking cuisine or distilling It all comes back to that,” Laurent states firmly kaffir lime leaves and lime zest make up the recipe of the henceforth famous Panacée gin A version of this gin aged in oak casks as well as a cider eau-de-vie called “Ceci n’est pas un calva” (tr. This is not a calva) are also available online and at La Manufacture it’s said to have a butterscotch aftertaste an eau-de- vie made from apples and maple syrup is also on the point of enriching the craft distillery’s offering Drop in and visit Laurent and Yves; they’re located at 195 rue Brissette distillerielamanufacture.com More from this author by clicking on his photo below Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Shoeprints are part of a range of circumstantial evidence that can move an investigation forward Criminology student Vincent Mousseau has found that forensic analysts do a good job of manually coding shoeprints for comparison against available databases William Fyfe went to a clothing drop-off at Trinity Church in Toronto and left three pairs of running shoes An undercover Ontario Provincial Police officer was tailing him and retrieved the shoes for forensic analysis What they revealed was important: on one of the shoes the tread pattern matched a shoeprint taken from the room where only a few months earlier in the Quebec town of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts a woman named Monique Gaudreau had been murdered And what eventually came to light was shocking: over the last two decades in Quebec making him the most notorious serial killer in the province's history The case illustrates the importance of physical evidence in solving crimes—in this example its tread pattern must be meticulously coded and entered into a shoeprint database this coding is done manually by forensic analysts He enlisted the help of Quebec’s forensic science lab, the Laboratoire de sciences judiciaires et de médecine légale (LSJML). His findings were recently published in the Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal “Shoeprints are part of a range of circumstantial evidence that can move an investigation forward,” said Mousseau “They are rarely presented as evidence in court but they can help steer the investigation in the right direction by determining the number of people present at the time of the crime or linking crimes that police initially thought were unrelated.” Mousseau helped set up a project at the LSJML where he had been working as a student for several years to analyze the validity of the coding of the thousands of shoeprint images contained in its database “This database is similar to the fingerprint database is used by police across Quebec,” he explained “After receiving an image of a shoeprint taken at a crime scene the forensic analyst has to scrutinize and code the different patterns.” “The quality of the shoeprint is often suboptimal; for example it could be a partial print or the tread could be obscured by mud or sand,” explained Mousseau “So we need to make sure the people who query the database are reading the patterns in the same way.” Mousseau and two forensic analysts from the LSJML’s forensic intelligence service extracted a set of about 30 shoeprints from the database and then coded them using an analytical grid Mousseau then checked to see whether the analysts and the coding systems agreed two of the three analysts showed near-perfect consistency in their coding between the two testing times and there was a strong consensus among all three analysts,” reported Mousseau Although the level of agreement was lower for some patterns and shapes the coding system developed by the three analysts generally showed a satisfactory degree of reliability But why measure the reliability of manual coding when the task could be performed by a computer “A computer can detect identical shoeprints but only under optimal conditions; in other words when there is no background noise in the image,” said Mousseau “Computers are still deficient at analyzing 3D shoeprints and they can’t make all the connections that a human can So while there is growing interest in automated coding systems these results suggest that manual coding of shoeprints is still an appropriate method for generating forensic intelligence.” Attracted to criminal investigation since childhood Vincent Mousseau earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières he became interested in crime scene shoeprints—so interested that today he can identify almost any brand of shoe “I was struck by an observation Sherlock Holmes made in The Adventure of Black Peter a story Sir Arthur Conan Doyle published in 1904,” Mousseau recalled but I have never yet seen one which was committed by a flying creature As long as the criminal remains upon two legs so long must there be some indentation some trifling displacement which can be detected by the scientific searcher.’” is the responsibility of the Office of Communications and Public Relations (BCRP) this yoga discipline – new to Quebec – has been practised and perfected since 2016 by Joanie Lacerte and Sophie Gosselin who had the idea of putting acro yoga and yoga together on a stand-up paddle board (SUP) these two young women from the Laurentians developed Air Sup Acroyoga in July 2020 and interest the greatest possible number to take up this novel activity the Air Sup Acroyoga studio hosts many wishing to start or perfect their technique Two disciplines are taught here: classic acro yoga in studio and the SUP acro yoga on lac des Sables which highlights both the skill and grace of its practitioners in amazing places has inspired professional photographers such as Michel Allaire – who took the photo gracing our cover – and Isabelle Michaud who has contributed greatly to the discovery of this discipline since 2016 “There’s huge interest in SUP acro yoga; weekend courses are always full,” explains Joanie Lacerte who confirms in the same breath that she and Sophie are the only ones who teach SUP acro yoga in Canada allow people to get started in the discipline with friends or family Some postures that are easy to master quickly offer beginners the chance to have a gratifying experience from the start this practice is accessible and even beginners can accomplish great things We have people in their fifties who train in it regularly we don’t teach on a frozen lake; we keep that experience for ourselves,” says Joanie Joanie and Sophie auditioned for Canada’s Got Talent airsupacroyoga.com December 2021 is a milestone in the StoneHaven Le Manoir calendar. In fact, last week, the superb Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts institution became a member of the Relais & Châteaux family This highly coveted distinction is only awarded to the crème de la crème; StoneHaven Le Manoir now joins Auberge Saint-Antoine and Hovey Manor the only other two members of Relais & Châteaux in Quebec While we applaud the team for their superb work, we are far from surprised by this accolade. In fact, StoneHaven Le Manoir has it all: a magnificent estate steeped in history, elegant rooms of absolute comfort, a breathtaking view of Lac des Sables, and — best of all — an excellent chef, Éric Gonzalez the Manoir is both a choice hotel destination and an excellent gastronomic venue Two words sum up the Relais & Châteaux experience: charm and impeccable service always accompanied by an impeccable sense of hospitality The head chef of the Manoir’s restaurant is none other than Éric Gonzalez We have been following his career since his arrival in Quebec From Bernard Loiseau’s Côte d’Or to L’Atelier Joël Robuchon the renowned chef has finally found his haven of peace in the Laurentians When the Manoir reopened in July 2019 following renovations Éric Gonzalez was first working as a consultant The chef’s cuisine can be described as emotional I want people to come and eat here and leave happy and seasonality are at the heart of his menu at StoneHaven Emotional cuisine meets interpretive cuisine the Manoir will open a second gourmet restaurant which will offer small dishes and a high-end tasting menu The current restaurant will offer a simple Sommelier Jean-Michel Cartier has put together a beautiful wine list of private imports that also highlights small producers from here and elsewhere among other more classic references StoneHaven Le Manoir is a historic destination in the Laurentians whose Relais & Châteaux distinction only confirms its excellence Éric’s favourite thing about the Manoir is: “…the decor but above all the spirit and the vision of the owner close to his employees and that makes all the difference” Joe Beef’s famous lobster spaghetti is one of the most iconic dishes in Montreal Pizzaiolo Mirko D’Agata from No.900 pizzerias took 1st place at the International Pizza Challenge in Las Vegas Le critique culinaire de renom a 30+ ans d'expertise et est l'inspiration derrière Tastet co-chef and co-owner of Mon Lapin and Rôtisserie La Lune — meet one of the most exciting chefs to discover Janice Tiefenbach is the head chef at Elena named the third best new restaurant in Canada by En Route magazine We’ve put together a list of all good spots where you can find it to enjoy at home or in a restaurant Voici de l'information au sujet du Cross-Country MX Rivière-Rouge qui a lieu le 10 (motos) et le 11 mai (VTT) est à l’origine de ce mouvement local : « La bienveillance spontanée au quotidien c'est … L’info du Nord Sainte-Agathe est un journal local couvrant l’actualité de plusieurs municipalités des Laurentides de Sainte-Adèle à Ivry sur le Lac en passant par Saint-Donat   514-394-7156   1 888-767-7156 Sign In Register By investing in a number of key facility upgrades Freestyle Whistler hopes to make the sport of skiing more affordable and accessible to all.  Club leaders have finally managed to secure a brand new 32-metre landing bag Program director Chris Muir explains that—unlike the organization’s old airbag rented from a company in Squamish—the new equipment is shaped like a slope and thus able to accurately replicate any given jump in the terrain park.  Whistler Blackcomb’s (WB) grooming department has also pitched in building two landing bag ramps that are virtually identical to certain jumps found in the park This adds an element of safety and familiarity for young athletes as they work on a variety of tricks: like the double 1080 that often serves as an introduction to high-level freestyle.  “It’ll be an amazing learning tool for the kids to progress, but also to keep progression safe,” said Ray Krumme, whose daughter Avery will compete at the FIS Junior World Championships alongside fellow Squamolian Mattheus Heslop. “With the amount of landing bags that are popping up all over the world if you don't have one nearby you're not going to develop athletes that are competitive on a national or international level.”  Freestyle Whistler club members had to visit out-of-province facilities like the iMaximise snow park in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts Now they have an opportunity to train as much as realistically possible in their own backyard reducing both travel fatigue and financial pressure.  “Freestyle skiing does have a barrier to it so any training we can do at home is incredibly important,” Muir said.  Freestyle Whistler continues to deal with WB Canada Snowboard and Freestyle Canada regarding the construction of a new Centre of Excellence (COE) and Muir anticipates ground to break sometime next spring or summer This building is meant to encompass the current airbag as well as an even larger 60-metre bag and an improved water ramp setup.  They see plenty of action throughout each summer catering to everyone from youth athletes to members of the national and provincial moguls teams The ramps themselves are ideally designed for moguls skiers and cannot offer an optimal training experience for slopestylers.  one must currently travel to Austria or Australia in order to practice on a 60-metre landing pad with neither trip being particularly cheap or expedient (Quebec’s airbag is similar in size to Freestyle Whistler’s current apparatus).  The COE would address both limitations.  “It’s meant to be an absolute state-of-the-art summer training facility for freestyle skiers and snowboarders,” Muir explained “Our hope is to be able to welcome the rest of Canada The one part of our plan that would be very different from anywhere else in the world is that we would run this facility in April and May while the ski season is going.”  Training with the kinds of amenities that the COE will one day possess is proven to be effective. Four Freestyle Whistler boys: Jude Oliver, Elijah Krumme, Ty Reichert and Yamato Buhler spent time in Quebec last fall and ended up competing at a Canada Cup event in Sun Peaks.  Oliver had the best results there: 16th in big air and 22nd in slopestyle but all acquitted themselves fairly well.  “Quebec’s an expensive trip for parents…but in terms of value for training it’s there,” said Ty’s father “Having a new airbag and a COE is a great opportunity [for them to get even better].  “The kids are just developing like crazy right now My kid’s in the 14-year-old age group and he has never seen a group like this before and not a single one of them looked out of place.”  Canada’s leading independent disaster restoration services provider has bolstered its Quebec offering with the opening of a new branch in Ste-Agathe remediation and reconstruction needs of both existing and new customers in the Laurentians region (including Mont Tremblant Ste-Agathe and Saint-Sauveur) and complement service provided by the current branches in Montréal and Québec City This new branch is led by Senior Project Manager and Acting Branch Manager and has had a successful history of entrepreneurship business management and restoration industry expertise He has more than 10 years experience in disaster recovery and restoration and has worked on multimillion-dollar commercial restoration and reconstruction projects as well as condominiums and residential rebuilds Olivier has also owned and operated his own construction firm where he specialized in new build construction management and restoration uniquely qualifies him to launch and manage this new FirstOnSite location,” said Barry J a 30-year veteran of the restoration industry and an expert in loss evaluation and restoration of major residential and commercial properties Eric is also a resident of the Laurentians “The Ste-Agathe branch brings a dedicated and full-time staff to the region and reinforces our commitment to providing superior customer service,” said Ross “It will help FirstOnSite extend the coverage we offer customers through our existing locations.” FirstOnSite Restoration Limited is the leading independent Canadian disaster restoration services provider restoration and reconstruction services nationwide 24/7 emergency service and a commitment to customer service FirstOnSite proudly serves the residential FirstOnSite joined forces with U.S.-based Interstate Restoration and extending its customer service offering and collectively becoming the second largest restoration service provider in North America For more information visit: www.firstonsite.ca or call 1.877.778. 6731, and follow @firstonsite on Twitter at www.twitter.com/firstonsite We use cookies to make your website experience better. By accepting this notice and continuing to browse our website you confirm you accept our Terms of Use & Privacy Policy some 300 head of cattle graze happily in the green pastures of a valley bordered by the Diable River this human-scale breeding operation provides – from farm to table – a delicious beef whose meat is said to be the best in the world the result of breeding pure-blooded wagyu bulls with Angus cows is exceptionally tender with a flavour reminiscent of the sweetness of butter The marbling in the meat is one of the main reasons for this matchless flavour The fat is also lower in cholesterol than that of other breeds without the addition of preventive antibiotics or growth hormones the Boeuf Tremblant animals eat only grass so there have always been animals on the farm “I didn’t want to do a typical commercial operation I was looking for a niche product and I’d heard talk of Kobe beef different meat along with the possibility – which was really important to me – to offer it at a price that made it affordable for everyone.” the farmhouse has sheltered six generations of Léonards Patrick is the fifth generation to live on the farm represent the sixth generation of Léonards to work on this land “My dream was to take back the family farm,” Patrick admits “I was 29 when I confided my wish to my grandfather but he asked me to wait for a little while as he wasn’t ready to turn it over I had to wait for eight years before it became official located at 5 chemin Paquette at the corner of Hwy 327 Vacuum-packed frozen products can be obtained directly at the farm on Friday evenings as well as every second Friday at the Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts market that some smart restaurants – including the P’tit Caribou – use Boeuf Tremblant’s delicious ground beef “Things are going even better than we expected,” says Patrick “But you have to be passionate about agriculture particularly with a small-scale operation like ours,” he adds “I’m lucky that my spouse and my children support me that my father gives me a serious helping hand and that one of my sons works with me full-time we would like to offer our products to more of the local restaurants and also to create a farmer’s market at the shop,” he concludes facebook.com/Boeuf-Tremblant Jean-Guy Brunet is one of five children (three boys and two girls) in his family He skied for the first time at the age of three in front of the family home on rue Demontigny on skis that were a gift from his father Charlemagne and his mother Agathe His first run was down a small hill barely 150 metres in length right in the centre of Sainte-Agathe and young Jean-Guy had to steer around houses and all the people who were there But that first feeling of sliding nurtured a natural talent in him and his touch on the snow quickly became evident Organized sport was not part of the Brunet family culture and his rise into the highest levels of skiing was far from traditional Jean-Guy and his friends discovered the joys of speed and the giddy sensation of controlling the skis he travelled progressively toward the small ski centres that surrounded the Saint-Agathe region such as Mont Chevreuil the Petites Alpes – behind the village church – and Mont Foster which later became Mont Fugère and Mont Kingston the property of Gaston Cloutier and Gérard Ratelle But what changed his life forever was the invitation from Gaston Cloutier to spend a day at Mont Tremblant Jean-Guy explains that after that day on the mountain he knew that skiing would be part of his future and that he should live in Mont-Tremblant to perfect his sport he would have access to the mechanical lifts on his days off and besides The first possibility was as a hunter for the Lodge but his English wasn’t good enough to work with the American guests much more his speed and he would be on skis all day So Jean-Guy spent the winter of ’56-’57 at Mont Tremblant and automatically attracted the attention of the ski instructors and in particular ski school director and “king of the mountain” the ski school organized a run down Nansen to wind up the hotel clients’ ski week “La standard” provided the guests with the opportunity to compare themselves with other guests or with their instructors were also invited to this friendly competition to reinforce the patroller/ instructor rivalry My own first memory of Jean-Guy on skis dates back to that first winter used the Flying Mile as the training run for slalom He told me that he had invited a young patroller to join us The course was half set up when there appeared The unknown skier travelled comfortably down the run his instinctive touch on his skis impressive The following year I watched Jean-Guy’s progression His reputation as an excellent skier raised the interest He was invited to measure himself against the mountain’s good skiers: Peter Ryan and Dave Jacobs Jean-Guy was a newcomer to the world of competition His performances depended only on his raw talent and his extraordinary touch junior races and even carnivals and inter-village races His third season on Mont Tremblant rolled around and Jean-Guy was still working as a patroller but his profile as a racer was more than obvious He was not a member of any organization sanctioned by the FIS or the CASA (Canadian Amateur Ski Association) so it was hard for Jean-Guy to access the circuit who had noticed the physical qualities and natural ability of the young man convinced the organizers of the regional ski association to invite Jean-Guy to a Group C downhill competition at Mont Saint-Sauveur With no FIS points or official results behind him Jean-Guy was assigned a rather poor starting number This result propelled him from Class C to Class B and opened the door to the provincial circuit introduced by Rémi and Louis Cloutier to the mayor of Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts starting with a high-quality pair of skis: Kastle 220s (cm) results obtained in classic races such as the Kandahar Adams Memorial at Orford and the Canadian Championships could lead to an invitation to the training camp leading towards the selection of the Canadian Olympic team Jean-Guy won the Canadian Championships at the Adams Memorial in spring 1959 and was automatically invited to train in the Canadian West with a view to the selection of the Canadian Ski Team for the Squaw Valley Olympics in 1960 The racers invited participated in a preseason training session which consisted of getting in shape through running When conditions finally permitted training on snow they participated in a formula of competitions representing the three Olympic disciplines: downhill Super G only made its appearance in the ‘90s They had to inspire the selections committee with their results and convince its members that they were the best racers to represent Canada at the Olympic Games Jean-Guy just kept getting better and made a place for himself among the four best in the country It took only three ski seasons for Jean-Guy Brunet to move from patroller to Olympian Jean-Guy cemented his reputation as a leader of the Canadian team and built his credibility on the international scene the CASA could count on him to build the Canadian men’s team of the future with Vern Anderson from Rossland Rodney Hebron from Grouse Mountain and Al Parette from Trail I was recruited by the CASA to accompany the Canadian Ski Team on the European circuit It was the first time the circuit existed outside an Olympics or World Championships year We went to live the experience of the great classic races We left in November and returned in February to participate in the Canadian Championships and let the up-and-comers have a chance to measure themselves against the team Jean-Guy and I were the only Québécois on the team so each member of the men’s and women’s teams had to contribute to the financing of their transportation and the overall expenses Jean-Guy found summer work building roads; a fundraiser was organized in Saint-Agathe to help the young champion The contribution to the Canadian Team came to $40,000 for the two teams Jean-Guy and I remember the fewer-than three-star hotels always far from the ski centre railway cars shared with farm animals and the Coca-Colas that we shared the training experience and the competition in Europe were worth it all Jean-Guy contributed greatly to the development of the Canadian team His performances in the Canadian Championships had a ripple effect on us As a reminder: 2nd in downhill and second in combined in 1959; 1st in slalom in 1961; 1st in downhill and 1st in giant slalom in 1962; 1st in downhill in 1963; 1st in downhill and 1st in combined in 1964 He also participated in the World Championships at Chamonix in 1962 and in the Innsbruck Olympic Games in 1964 He became coach for the Southern Ontario Ski Division and spent a season in Collingwood He was inducted into the Lawrentian Ski Hall of Fame in 1988 and into the Canadian Ski Hall of Fame in 1999 He returned to Québec and became a coach for the Laurentians ski zone where he remained for seven years He contributed to the training of young athletes who later shone on the Canadian Alpine Ski Team organized a water-skiing show that was presented at La Ronde during Expo 67 This show was applauded by thousands of spectators from April to October 1967 he spent 25 years as a representative for the Harvey Dodds company Jean-Guy Brunet remains for me one of the most talented skiers I’ve known Swiss and French teams of the time recognized his magic touch Jean-Guy and I became friends through skiing and will remain friends for life by | Aug 7, 2023 | 0 comments has announced that two auto parts stores in Quebec’s Laurentian region north of Montreal have joined the NAPA banner Pièces d’auto Ste-Agathe and Pièces d’auto des Sommets are now NAPA Auto Parts associate stores This partnership will allow NAPA to consolidate its position as a leader in the Laurentian region NAPA now serves the entire territory between Montreal and Mont-Laurier Pièces d’auto Ste-Agathe has an enviable regional reputation and a well-established customer base The same can be said for Pièces d’auto des Sommets which opened in 2017 to meet growing local demand said: “We’re delighted to be joining the NAPA banner as we enter the next stage in our growth “The strength and range of NAPA’s programs will allow us to provide our customers with exceptional service while developing our partnerships with them Our entire team at both stores is thrilled about the new direction we’re taking today.” these additions will strengthen the company’s presence in the Laurentians “We wanted to partner with a market leader in the Laurentians to increase our coverage in the region,” said Dominic Baribeau “Yanik and Ghislain’s two stores represented a prime opportunity for NAPA to make its mark north of Montreal their corporate culture mirrors NAPA’s in terms of customer service There’s no doubt that we’re now in a terrific position to succeed in the Laurentians.” Pièces d’auto Ste-Agathe is located at 1250 rue Principale Est in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts while Pièces d’auto des Sommets is located at 390 rue Principale in Saint-Sauveur Visit UAP Automotive Parts Division Designed by Elegant Themes | Powered by WordPress MontrealNewsTornado destroys homes, uproots trees north of MontrealBy Daniel J. RowePublished: July 24, 2022 at 11:00AM EDT Répartition des coûts du futur centre sportif Yoga has undergone a resilient transformation during the many healthrelated interruptions that had practitioners turning to online yoga Following the definitive closure of the Karma Shala Yoga studio last June many people have wondered where to continue their practice Here’s an overview of many places where yoga is coming back to life in the greater Mont-Tremblant area A good teacher knows how to adapt the postures to each individual Seniors will be happy to learn that there’s chair yoga at the Club des Bons Vivants (FADOQ) with Dominique Leclerc and at the Labelle community hall with Christine Laverdure The little ones can be joyfully initiated with Magali Le Brech – a specialist in prenatal yoga children’s yoga and the yoga of laughter – who leads parentchild yoga workshops at Mont-Tremblant’s Complexe aquatique Municipalities play an important role in the health of their citizens by integrating reasonably-priced yoga into their recreation programs You’ll find Carol Desjardins at the Brébeuf community centre Geneviève Boisvert at the municipality of Mont-Blanc and Valérie Daigle at Mont-Tremblant’s Complexe aquatique Angi Bloom has chosen to participate by organizing “Nordic Yoga Walks” during which funds are raised for the Palliacco organization The Domaine Saint-Bernard and Mont- Tremblant National Park are two of Jessica Humphries’ favourite destinations for holding her ÉnerJ-Santé Optimale outdoor yoga sessions organizes forest hikes with yoga sessions at the summit Yoga practitioners who want to deepen their practices can turn to seasoned practitioners Mélisande Turpin leads events in English on specific themes: inversions Juna Académie certifies new yoga teachers with a 200-hour bilingual program Its founder Nadia Bonenfant also organizes retreats specifically designed to accompany women in their personal development one room is dedicated to disciplines related to well-being such as yoga yoga rounds out the services provided to triathletes Cardio Loft offers a range of training specialties including hot yoga and yin yoga the AirSup Acroyoga hosts acrobats who like aerial yoga and acroyoga Our research identified numerous other places in the Laurentians dedicated to yoga: Danse Tremblant More from this author by clicking on her photo below Grâce à une subvention de 100 000$ du gouvernement fédéral le Conseil régional de l’environnement (CRE) des Laurentides entend prévenir l’arrivée de cette plante dans 125 lacs d’un bout à l’autre du territoire C’est devant une salle bondée que le président de l’organisme en a fait l’annonce le 23 novembre à la Place Lagny de Sainte-Agathe « Il y a de 7000 à 10 000 lacs dans les Laurentides Pour enrayer la progression du myriophylle à épi il faut des outils et il faut cibler les lacs qui sont le plus à risque » C’est ainsi que pour les trois prochaines années le CRE ira sur le terrain afin de répertorier la flore aquatique de 125 lacs pour identifier si du myriophylle à épi s’y trouve et ainsi contrôler sa prolifération Les lacs affectés seront signalés au ministère de l’Environnement Neuf formations seront également offertes à des bénévoles afin qu’ils apprennent à détecter le myriophylle et qu’ils sensibilisent les usagers de leur plan d’eau Des séances d’information se tiendront également pour les municipalités et associations de lacs un forum régional sera organisé afin de diffuser de l’information sur la plante envahissante sur les moyens de contrôler sa prolifération et sur les façons de prévenir la contamination des lacs qui sont encore sains « Environ 40 lacs sont déjà affectés par le myriophylle à épi Je ne veux pas devoir en annoncer d’autres » C’est la détection précoce du myriophylle qui est le seul moyen de le contrôler C’est pourquoi notre projet servira vraiment à prévenir la contamination D’où l’importance que les riverains caractérisent leurs lacs. » De l’accompagnement sera d’ailleurs offert aux bénévoles pour mener à bien cette caractérisation (ou inventaire) des plantes aquatiques dans les lacs qui le désireront Certains bénévoles seront formés pour devenir ensuite des références dans la lutte contre le myriophylle à épi dans leur secteur le CRE a créé un guide qui sera distribué dans les accès publics aux lacs sur le territoire des Laurentides afin de rejoindre une maximum d’utilisateurs d’embarcations 50 panneaux bilingues seront également installés le plus équitablement possible sur le territoire pour expliquer l’importance de nettoyer les embarcations afin d’éviter la contamination de nouveaux lacs par le myriophylle Une vidéo pour sensibiliser les pilotes d’hydravions sera également rendue disponible Une trentaine de commerces vendant des bateaux et du matériel de pêche seront de plus visités afin qu’eux aussi veillent à sensibiliser le public à ce problème La Ville de Sainte-Agathe a annoncé que son projet d’implantation d’un mini-terrain multisports au parc Aurèle-Légaré situé dans le quartier Fatima a été retenu par la Fondation Impact de Montréal Ce projet fait partie d’un vaste programme de la Fondation Impact de Montréal dont l’objectif est d’aménager dix mini-terrains à travers le Québec en cinq ans Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts et Longueuil sont les villes qui ont été choisies pour accueillir les 8e et 9e mini-terrains multisports Conçus avec un revêtement en acrylique adapté à la pratique de plusieurs sports ces terrains offrent aux jeunes et aux familles un lieu multifonctionnel pour bouger et se rassembler cette annonce est le fruit d’un véritable travail d’équipe :« Pour aller chercher la subvention Ils ont obtenu des lettres d’appui du centre de services de l’association de soccer… Tout ça nous a permis de présenter un dossier solide L’obtention de ce financement s’inscrit dans la volonté de l’administration municipale de réinvestir dans les infrastructures locales :« On le dit depuis le début de notre mandat : il faut réinvestir dans nos infrastructures Mais on sait aussi que ce ne sont pas juste nos payeurs de taxes qui peuvent assumer tous les coûts Il y a une limite à ce qu’on peut dépenser Quand on est capable d’aller chercher des subventions auprès d’organismes ou de fondations qui nous aident à offrir des infrastructures de qualité à nos citoyens on n’aurait pas pu réaliser ce projet sans la subvention de la Fondation Impact de Montréal On remercie énormément la Fondation de l’impact de Montréal de contribuer à améliorer nos infrastructures pour nos citoyens » L’aménagement du terrain devrait débuter au cours des prochains mois Ce nouvel espace contribuera à encourager l’activité physique à Sainte-Agathe This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks The action you just performed triggered the security solution There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page le Festival Stradivaria met toujours l’accent sur son berceau mais il va aussi se projeter jusque sur la rive sud de Montréal et Lanaudière   514-394-7156   1 888-767-7156 On a profité de cette assemblée nominative pour dresser un bilan plus que positif des activités de la dernière saison de nautisme au lac des Sables En dépit d’un lent début de saison causé par une météo défavorable affichant notamment d’excellentes recettes au chapitre des locations d’embarcation Une définition de tâche plus spécifique sera déterminée lors d’une prochaine assemblée du c.a. ville rendue célèbre par l’évacuation des troupes britanniques pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale seuls les détenteurs des cartes « Accès » et « Expérience » pourront avoir accès aux séances de pickleball libre … This article was published more than 13 years ago The Lev Tahor made international headlines when Canadian immigration agents intercepted two teenaged girls heading to the community in Quebec They are pictured returning to Israel's Ben-Gurion International Airport in 2011 It is an enclave of ultra-Orthodoxy in the midst of the Laurentian mountains of Quebec and its family practices have sparked an international tug-of-war with Israel a community of religious Jews on the edge of the forest north of Montreal has carried on largely away from the glare of public scrutiny for years Women and even little girls dress head to toe in chador-like veils and marry as young as the age of 16 Residents have limited contact with outsiders But now the Hasidic sect in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts has become the focus of attention since two teenaged girls headed here were stopped by Canadian authorities and sent back home were forcibly detained by Canadian immigration officials in Montreal and returned to Israel apparently under order of an Israeli court The girls' great-uncle had petitioned for the writ out of concern that the girls would be harmed by the group in Canada and that they could be forced to wed male members of the Lev Tahor sect the sect is sometimes called the Jewish Taliban because of the way the women dress The spiritual leader of Lev Tahor in Canada opened his study to a journalist on Wednesday to deny that he is coercing anyone to come to his community We want everybody who is not 100 per cent happy .. Elbarnes said in an interview on Wednesday in the book-lined room He said girls typically marry as teenagers "The women here choose of their own will." court of kidnapping a 13-year-old boy studying with him; he fled to Canada in 2001 on a temporary visa and later obtained refugee status He eventually brought followers of his anti-Zionist sect to the Laurentians and the group in Sainte-Agathe has grown to about 50 families The goal is to recreate strict religious observance in an "old-fashioned" way of life Girls and women walk amid the partly unpaved roads and modest homes in flowing black robes with head scarves tied tightly under their necks and capes covering long dresses Only the women's faces and hands are visible was convicted of severely abusing her mentally-retarded son and sentenced to four years in prison When social welfare agents accompanied by police arrived to take the child away A majority of Beit Shemesh's 72,000 people are ultra-Orthodox Jews from a variety of Hasidic sects dress in black suits and formal black hats black stockings and black shawls over white and grey tops in Israel the women of Lev Tahor are dressed totally in black The group believes that the sight of women may excite men into sinning and the responsibility for preventing such sins rests with the women "One of the families lived in this building," said Yitzhak Frankel "Nobody here liked them; the rabbi was very opposed to what they were doing," he said Much of the criticism of the group focuses on the women's dress described by most people here as being Islamic-style a booklet distributed by the group argues that Jewish women were covered in this way long before Muslim women "They copied it from us," the literature says Israeli Judge Rivka Makayes found "there is some defect in the parents' perception of ways of life," and ordered that the girls be returned to Israel would remain in effect until an Israeli family court holds a hearing next week to determine whether the extremely pious lifestyle practised by the parents involves such a defect and whether the court should intervene in the affairs of the children The judgment of the court could have implications for other members of the sect most of whose 300 or so members live in Beit Shemesh not far from where David is believed to have fought Goliath If the court rules the lifestyle is illegal or inappropriate social welfare agencies would be empowered to remove children in the Lev Tahor community from their parents' care Report an editorial error Report a technical issue Editorial code of conduct Ingrid Peritz was a Montreal-based correspondent for The Globe and Mail from 1998 to 2019. Her reporting on the plight of Canadians suffering from the damaging effects of the drug thalidomide helped victims obtain federal compensation and earned The Globe and Mail a National Newspaper Award The work also received the Judith-Jasmin special projects prize from the Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec Ingrid is also a three-time NNA nominee for her work in the Short Features and Breaking News categories Patrick Martin is a former editor and foreign correspondent for The Globe and Mail Patrick's primary focus was on the Middle East He was twice posted to the region – from 1991 to 1995 and from 2008 to 2012 he served as The Globe’s Foreign Editor and as Comment Editor Patrick was co-host of the national CBC Radio program Sunday Morning and co-author of Contenders: The Tory Quest for Power He has a law degree from the University of Western Ontario Welcome to The Globe and Mail’s comment community. 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