Author: Nicholas Pereira
Laval basketball fans will have a blast this weekend, as Place Bell will host the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) North Classic. The event will bring together six American college teams, facing face off in a nine-game series from Nov. 25–27. Three matches per day are scheduled between the teams of Stephen F. Austin, Quinnipiac, Montana State, UNCG, MTSU, and Hofstra. “We invited all the NCAA teams for the event, and those are the ones that answered the call,” explained Emilio Zaga Mendez, brand manager at Evenko. “They’re sanctioned games, so they’ll directly influence the qualification of those teams for…
An earthquake was felt in Laval late yesterday evening. Several internet users on the territory claimed to have felt the tremor. It’s also the case for Montreal residents, as well as those on the north and south shore. According to the first results of the Institute of Geological Studies of the United States, this earthquake would have reached a magnitude of 3 on the Richter scale. Earthquakes Canada later rated it at a magnitude of 3.7. “There are no reports of damage, and none would be expected,” we can read on the Government of Canada’s website. The epicentre of the…
Boubacar Coulibaly is a soccer fanatic. Both as a player and coach, all the reasons are good for him to find himself on the field. Arrived from France to study at the University of Montreal, the current head coach of the FC Laval had joined the team of that same university. He also played in senior AAA, which was the highest level in the province at the time. His strong performance on the field earned him the title of Canadian University Player of the Year. Later, he joined the Trois-Rivières Attak, the defunct Montreal Impact (CF Montreal) academy club, with…
The FC Laval is having an impressive season, and is trying to maintain its lead in the men’s standings of the Première ligue de soccer du Québec, which would also mean a participation in the 2023 Canadian Championship. The FC Laval had a 17-game unbeaten streak before losing for the first time against the CS Saint-Laurent. This result had the effect of closing the gap to one point between the two teams, which sit at the top of the circuit. Laval currently leads the championship with 41 points, one more than the CS Saint-Laurent. The AS Blainville is also not…
Since 2017, Normand Fonseca has been pedaling. He does so to advance cancer research, but especially to give back for all the help he received when himself was fighting the disease. The man, who lives in Sainte-Thérèse, was first diagnosed with lymphoma in 2012. He underwent treatment at the Centre intégré de cancérologie de Laval (CICL) until the end of the year. That period was very difficult for the whole family, including his wife Suzie. Three years later, she decided to participate in the 300 kilomètres pour la vie (300 kilometers for life), organized by the Fondation Cité de la…
Laval will now be represented in the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League (LHJAAAQ), following the addition of a Laval franchise for the 2022–23 season. That team, that will be named the Laval VC, thus becomes the main version of the hockey club of the same name. Laval’s organization already had several AAA-level training courses for the youngest, including at the U16 and U18 levels. The awarding of this expansion team was confirmed in July, allowing the VC to become the 13th club in the LHJAAAQ. “We will provide an ideal new home market for the league in the future,” said…
The 2022 season of the Laval Pirates Chevrolet 440 came to an end after an 8-5 loss to the Quebec Diamonds in the first round of the Quebec Elite Junior Baseball League. Laval had previously lost 5-0 at the stadium of parc Paul-Marcel-Maheu, in the first game of that best-of-three series. The Pirates were entering a new cycle after three consecutive seasons with a positive record. This season, they had a rather difficult year on the field. The team went 14-28, good for fourth and second-to-last in the West Division. Things haven’t improved in the last part of the regular…
For the third time in a row, Laval is hosting the Fischer Junior Nationals (Canadian junior tennis championships) at Club Tomahawk, at Carrefour Multisports in Chomedey. The first part of the competition, which will feature Canada’s best under-12s, will take place from August 20-26. Athletes 14 and under will follow a few days later, playing from August 28 to September 3. These athletes have received their access for the competition through their provincial ranking and qualifying events. For the first two editions presented in Laval, this event was selected as the Canadian tournament of the year. According to Laurent Denis,…
The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) of Laval announced an increase of 354 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past week. This brings Laval’s total to 75,522 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic. However, let’s recall that the general population can now obtain rapid screening tests, and that screening centres offer PCR tests to only specific groups of the population, which could explain such a variation in the data from the last 29 reports. Unfortunately, 1,145 Laval citizens died from it, which represents an increase of one compared to the previous seven days. As…
A few weeks before the Pope’s visit in Quebec, Laval’s region was receiving a royal visit from Africa. Victor Kana III, king of the Cameroonian chiefdom Bafou, was in Laval from June 15 to July 5. It’s one of the largest chiefdoms in the country. It’s the second largest in western Cameroon for area and population, just behind Bandjoun. The king has been leading his community since 1994. Victor Kana III settled here with his close guard, in a rented house near Pont-Viau and Laval-des-Rapides sectors. “I was outside the country, so I decided to rent my house for a…