Sister Sage's Musings » New Quebec City NHL Team http://sistersagesmusings.ca Center-left blog from Canadians across the country and beyond Wed, 26 Jun 2013 03:36:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Trouble In Pequiste Paradise–This Time Over That White Elephant For a Non-Existent NHL Franchise http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/07/trouble-in-pequiste-paradise-this-time-over-that-white-elephant-for-a-non-existent-nhl-franchise/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/07/trouble-in-pequiste-paradise-this-time-over-that-white-elephant-for-a-non-existent-nhl-franchise/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:41:54 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=8164 I always knew this would happen eventually. Perhaps not over that ridiculous proposed hockey amphitheatre of Regis Labeaume’s in Quebec City for the non-existent resurrection of the Quebec Nordiques, but I knew that despite Pauline Marois’s whopping 93% approval vote at her leadership review last April, that the knives would still be continuing to . . . → Read More: Trouble In Pequiste Paradise–This Time Over That White Elephant For a Non-Existent NHL Franchise]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2011/06/07/trouble-in-pequiste-paradise-this-time-over-that-white-elephant-for-a-non-existent-nhl-franchise/feed/ 0 OK, Pierre Curzi, Now You’ve Really Sunk To a New Height of Embarrassment! And Maybe Helped Harpercons In the Process! http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/16/ok-pierre-curzi-now-youve-really-sunk-to-a-new-height-of-embarrassment-and-maybe-helped-harpercons-in-the-process/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/16/ok-pierre-curzi-now-youve-really-sunk-to-a-new-height-of-embarrassment-and-maybe-helped-harpercons-in-the-process/#comments Thu, 16 Sep 2010 20:29:43 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=3648 When an ex-pat of twelve years who only recently returned from Japan a few months ago to somewhere in Ontario, far from the Francais Paranoiaque, gets wind of  the leader of the opposition Parti Quebecois’s latest and perhaps most idiotic and embarrassing antics, I think my readers outside of Quebec can understand my embarrassment.  . . . → Read More: OK, Pierre Curzi, Now You’ve Really Sunk To a New Height of Embarrassment! And Maybe Helped Harpercons In the Process!]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/16/ok-pierre-curzi-now-youve-really-sunk-to-a-new-height-of-embarrassment-and-maybe-helped-harpercons-in-the-process/feed/ 2 Can a Tax-Payer Funded Arena Buy Jean Charest & Stevie Spiteful Love? http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/08/can-a-tax-payer-funded-arena-buy-jean-charest-stevie-spiteful-love/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/08/can-a-tax-payer-funded-arena-buy-jean-charest-stevie-spiteful-love/#comments Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:57:11 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=3498 I can’t say this is surprising. I knew that Jean Charest would jump at the chance to attempt to buy himself some love again from the Quebec voters.  Yesterday, he committed 180 million dollars for this project in addition to what Quebec City mayor, Regis Lebeaume has already committed. In all, 400 million dollars . . . → Read More: Can a Tax-Payer Funded Arena Buy Jean Charest & Stevie Spiteful Love?]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/08/can-a-tax-payer-funded-arena-buy-jean-charest-stevie-spiteful-love/feed/ 0 Peladeau’s Fox News North, Duceppe’s New Reason For Sovereignty: All About the Politics of Hockey–Some Questions http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/05/peladeaus-fox-news-north-duceppes-new-reason-for-sovereignty-all-about-the-politics-of-hockey-some-questions/ http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/05/peladeaus-fox-news-north-duceppes-new-reason-for-sovereignty-all-about-the-politics-of-hockey-some-questions/#comments Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:01:48 +0000 ck http://sistersagesmusings.ca/?p=3400 Pierre-Karl Peladeau and Gilles Duceppe, as well as the mayor of Quebec City, Regis Lebeaume, all have one common goal; to bring an NHL franchise back to Quebec City. In order to accomplish this, NHL commissioner, Gary Bettman has made clear to Lebeaume that a new arena is essential before he can even consider . . . → Read More: Peladeau’s Fox News North, Duceppe’s New Reason For Sovereignty: All About the Politics of Hockey–Some Questions]]> http://sistersagesmusings.ca/2010/09/05/peladeaus-fox-news-north-duceppes-new-reason-for-sovereignty-all-about-the-politics-of-hockey-some-questions/feed/ 5