Etiket: Abitibi
False start to the trip to Abitibi
The Rimouski Océanic began their three-game 48-hour journey in Abitibi with a 2-1 overtime loss to the Huskies in Rouyn-Noranda. • Read also: The Océanic takes the direction of Abitibi…
Rescue in the Dominican Republic: miners rescued with the help of Abitibi drillers
Using its specialized equipment, an Abitibi-based drilling company helped extricate two workers trapped for 10 days in an underground mine in the Dominican Republic. • Read also: Dominican Republic: rescue…
Abitibi: a young volunteer firefighter loses everything in a fire
A young volunteer firefighter from the municipality of Palmarolle, in Abitibi, was surprised to be called to fight one of his first fires… at home. “I didn’t realize at the…
Horne Foundry: Abitibi could do without it, says Richard Desjardins
When he talks about the Horne Foundry, formerly Noranda, many memories come to mind of Abitibi’s most famous child, singer-songwriter Richard Desjardins. • Read also: Horne Foundry: “The people of…
Environmentalists demand the abolition of mining claims to protect the water and the territory of Abitibi
Environmental organizations are urging the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonatan Julien, to abolish just over 5,000 mining exploration permits that cut across the eskers of Abitibi-Témiscamingue, in order…
Road accident | A frontal collision kills one in Abitibi
A woman lost her life on Sunday afternoon in a possible face-off in Saint-Félix-de-Dalquier, north of Amos, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. Posted yesterday at 11:29 p.m. Lila Dussault The Press Two vehicles…
[Opinion] A hundred years in the shade of the tall chimneys in Abitibi
100 years ago, the 1er May 1922, International Workers’ Day, were produced the letters patent of Noranda Mines, the mining group which was to operate one of the largest copper…
Abitibi | SQ cop charged with strangling woman in sexual assault
A Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police officer from Abitibi is facing serious criminal charges. Agent Olivier Bazinet is notably accused of having strangled a woman during a sexual assault. Crimes…
Abitibi: drugs and contraband tobacco seized in La Sarre
Two men were arrested and quantities of narcotics seized in a police anti-drug operation in the town of La Sarre, in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The net was carried out during two searches…
The earth shook in Abitibi
A magnitude 4.1 earthquake rocked the Abitibi and surrounding areas on Tuesday evening. • Read also: Major earthquake off the Greek island of Crete • Read also: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake…
Abitibi: a pedestrian dies after being struck by a motorist
An elderly pedestrian in his fifties died on Saturday after being struck by a motorist the night before in Macamic, Abitibi-Témiscamingue. • Read also: Abitibi: 300 methamphetamine tablets and 50…
Abitibi | Drug seizure from 51-year-old woman
Methamphetamine tablets, cannabis and cocaine are among the illicit substances that were seized Thursday by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) from a 51-year-old woman in Barraute, Abitibi. Posted on December…
The reduction in health services in Abitibi is the first victim
The contingency plan of the CISSS de l’Abitibi-Témiscamingue is the first victim. A patient collided with the closed doors of the Senneterre emergency room on the night of Tuesday to…
EACOM’s Abitibi factories acquired by Interfor
A western forestry company acquires a major sawyer in the east of the country. Interfor of Burnaby, British Columbia, purchases Eacom Timber of Montreal for $ 490 million. Posted on…
Festival | 40 years of cinema in Abitibi!
Since its inception, the International Film Festival in Abitibi-Témiscamingue has attracted attention. While the 40e edition begins this Saturday, with the presentation in Quebec premiere of Everything went well, by…