Etiket: Contrecœur
20,000 trees to be cut down to build the port of Contrecœur
The Contrecoeur port megaproject will require the felling of approximately 20,000 trees and the destruction of wetlands that serve as habitats for dozens of wildlife species, some of which are…
Aid from Ottawa and Quebec for the port of Contrecoeur increases to $580 million
The Trudeau government is injecting an additional $150 million into the Port of Montreal expansion megaproject in Contrecoeur, which should allow more than a million containers to transit each year.…
Killed in Contrecœur, found in Quebec, arrested in Kahnawake
Three suspects face charges of indignity to a corpse after the discovery of “human remains” Sunday afternoon in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, near Quebec. According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the alleged…
Killed in Contrecoeur, found in Quebec, arrested in Kahnawake
Three suspects face justice after the discovery of “human remains” Sunday afternoon in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures, near Quebec. According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the alleged victim died in a residence…
Financing of the Contrecoeur port terminal | Minister Alghabra pledges to “find a solution”
Glimmer of hope in the construction project of the industrial container terminal in Contrecœur: the federal Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, undertakes “to find a solution” in order to ensure…
Contrecoeur Project | Federal government to confirm funding
The schedule for the Port of Montreal’s Contrecœur expansion project is in jeopardy, because the federal government is slow to announce the necessary new investments. Posted at 12:00 p.m. Charles…
Expansion of the Port of Montreal | Quebec-Ontario Common Front for the Contrecœur project
(Ottawa and Montreal) The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is far from alone in stamping its feet at the Trudeau government’s slowness in confirming that it will invest in the Contrecoeur…
Financing of the Contrecoeur port terminal | The Trudeau government is long overdue
(Montreal and Ottawa) Inflation plays a spoilsport role in Contrecœur’s financial set-up. The initial bill no longer holds and the Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is stamping its feet while waiting…
Quebec pledges $130 million for the Contrecoeur port project
The Legault government took advantage of the budget to substantially increase its financial support for the Contrecoeur industrial port project, where 1.15 million containers and up to 1,200 trucks would…
The Contrecoeur port project awaiting authorization to destroy copper redhorse habitat
Nearly two years after receiving the green light from the Trudeau government, the Contrecoeur industrial container port project has still not obtained authorization to destroy critical habitat for the copper…
A whale carcass spotted near Contrecoeur
(Contrecœur) A whale carcass was seen and photographed Thursday morning around 10 a.m. in the St. Lawrence River, near Contrecœur, in Montérégie, but it drifted with the current and could…
A whale carcass found near Contrecœur
A whale carcass was found Thursday morning around 10 a.m. in the St. Lawrence River, near Contrecœur, in Montérégie. It would be a minke whale, “probably” one of the two…
Minke whale found dead near Contrecoeur
A dead minke whale was observed dead in the Contrecoeur area on Thursday, learned The duty. Even if it is not possible to confirm for the moment that it is…
ArcelorMittal | Less polluting steel in Contrecœur… if Quebec agrees to help
ArcelorMittal has discreetly tested green hydrogen at its Contrecoeur complex to replace natural gas. Posted at 7:00 a.m. Julien Arsenault The Press After conclusive results, the steel giant asks for…
Expansion in Contrecœur | The MPA wants a turnkey proposal; commissioning in 2026
The Montreal Port Authority (MPA) is returning to the drawing board because it wants to obtain a turnkey solution for the expansion of activities at Contrecoeur, a decision that will…