Etiket: Chapais
Road tragedy in Chapais: commotion in the Cree community of Waswanipi
The Cree community of Waswanipi declares four days of mourning, in Nord-du-Québec, as it mourns the death of four of its members in the Chapais road tragedy that occurred on…
Collision in Chapais | The identities of four of the five victims are revealed
(Chapais) The pastor of a church in the Cree community of Waswanipi and other people on their way to medical appointments Thursday are among the five victims of the violent…
Northern Quebec | Five dead following a face-to-face confrontation in Chapais
Five people lost their lives after a major collision that occurred Thursday at the entrance to the village of Chapais, in northern Quebec, and involved a vehicle transporting patients from…
Five people die in a head-on collision in Chapais
A head-on collision between two vehicles left no chance for the occupants on board on Thursday in Chapais, in Nord-du-Québec. Four men and a woman lost their lives in the…
The City of Chapais will have a new mayor to replace Isabelle Lessard
Former municipal councilor Jacques Fortin will succeed former mayor Isabelle Lessard at the head of the City of Chapais, a small community located in Nord-du-Québec hard hit by forest fires…
“I can’t believe he lied to me”: the mother of the Chapais arsonist breaks the silence
CHIBOUGAMAU | A difficult childhood and a marked interest in conspiracy theories, this could explain why Brian Paré lit 14 fires which forced the evacuation of hundreds of citizens of…
Tested by the summer of forest fires, the mayor of Chapais resigns
A few months after a difficult summer dealing with historic forest fires, Chapais Mayor Isabelle Lessard is stepping down due to burnout. The 23-year-old young woman submitted her resignation on…
Northern Quebec | The mayor of Chapais resigns
(Chapais) After a “breathless” summer, marked by her management of the forest fire crisis, the mayor of Chapais Isabelle Lessard announces her resignation due to post-traumatic stress syndrome. The youngest…
The Press in Chapais | The trial by fire of a young mayor
(Chapais) The youngest mayor of Quebec manages the emergency. His municipality, Chapais, was partially evacuated 10 days ago. And now another fire threatens the small village of Jamésie. The Press…
Forest fires | Chapais encourages voluntary evacuation of residents
The mayor of Chapais on Thursday encouraged residents with health problems to go to Saint-Félicien, in Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean. However, this is a voluntary evacuation. Elsewhere in Jamésie and Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the situation…
Forest fires | Mistissini could be evacuated, Chapais on the alert
The Cree community of Mistissini could be evacuated in the next few hours due to forest fires in the north of the province. Not far from there, Chapais remains on…
Fires in Chapais: a refuge in Chibougamau collects the animals of the evacuees
A refuge in Chibougamau has decided to open its doors for free to the animals of those who have been evacuated due to the forest fires near Chapais. • Read…
“Police! Police! You must leave!”: residents of Chapais saw a beautiful sunny evening interrupted by the authorities
“Police! Police! You must leave!”: The hundreds of residents of the southern part of Chapais and the surrounding area saw a beautiful sunny evening interrupted by the authorities who strongly…
Half of the village of Chapais was evacuated because of a forest fire
A major fire management team from the Society for the Protection of Forests Against Fire (SOPFEU) was expected in the middle of the afternoon on Thursday in Chapais, where half…
North of Quebec | A forest fire forces the evacuation of hundreds of people in Chapais
Some 400 residents of Chapais were instructed on Wednesday to evacuate the village in northern Quebec and go to Chibougamau, about forty kilometers away, because of the threat posed by…