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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 23, 2023 7:14 pm Updated July 23, 2023 10:21 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Warning: This story contains sensitive content that may be disturbing to some readers. Discretion is advised. Quebec provincial police say a toddler was killed after being …
Read More »Quebec gondola crash: Ontario victim identified as Canadian soldier, probe continues
The owner of a drilling company involved in a fatal gondola crash at a popular resort in Quebec over the weekend is speaking out. In a statement released on Monday, Forage M2P president Maxime Patry acknowledged that one of its employees was operating a drilling machine at Station Mont Tremblant …
Read More »Quebec gondola crash: Dead man from Ontario identified, woman remains critical
An Ontario woman in her 50s remains in hospital in critical condition on Monday after a deadly gondola crash at Quebec’s Mont-Tremblant resort over the weekend. Quebec provincial police said the incident happened just before noon on Sunday, when a drilling machine struck two cabins on the moving gondola. Sgt. …
Read More »More than 20,000 Quebec households still without power following severe storm – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 15, 2023 12:14 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Power outages persist in the Montreal area nearly 48 hours after severe thunderstorms ripped through southern Quebec, downing trees, snapping poles and breaking wires. Hydro-Québec reports over 20,000 customers are still …
Read More »Powerful summer storm leaves 150K in the dark, floods streets in Quebec
Quebecers are surveilling the damage Friday after a powerful summer storm — that produced at least one confirmed tornado — flooded roads, downed trees and left thousands in the dark. Hydro-Québec says about 150,000 households were still without electricity as of 11 a.m. on Friday. The situation is improving as …
Read More »After summer storms bring torrential rain, evacuees start heading home in Quebec
Descrease article font size Increase article font size After hard and heavy rain over the past few days in southern and central Quebec, some evacuees were given the green light to return home Wednesday. In Sherbrooke, 150 kilometres east of Montreal, officials said residents could head home after they were …
Read More »Rising rivers, flood risk keep Quebec communities on high alert
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Heavy rain and rising river waters kept some communities in Quebec on high alert Tuesday, as parts of the province remained under a rainfall warning. The City of Sherbrooke in the Eastern Townships said the Saint-François River had swelled to the point …
Read More »Cold front to bring relief in Ontario, Quebec but heat wave lingers on coasts
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 7, 2023 7:16 am Updated July 7, 2023 7:21 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size A cold front passing through Ontario is expected to offer relief Friday after a multi-day heat wave, but the hot and humid weather is forecasted …
Read More »New Chinatown exhibition celebrates Montreal neighbourhood’s history – Montreal
Six new outdoor exhibitions in the busiest areas of Montreal’s Chinatown are as much a celebration of the city’s Chinese heritage as a way to keep the culture alive. “Chinatown and Chinatown stories have been rendered invisible and have been largely erased, from the collective memory and from the history …
Read More »Fish not biting ‘like they used to’ in Lac-Mégantic 10 years after rail disaster
Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Mégantic, Que. spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudière River, fishing hasn’t been the same. Anglers like him are catching fewer fish, and their catches are increasingly adult fish — a sign that fewer fish are being born. …
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