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Forest fires | Smoke clears over the United States
(Washington) The northeastern United States is breathing again: Smoke from the fires in Canada, which prompted air pollution alerts for more than 100 million Americans this week, has slowly subsided.…
Quebec is not ready to face the forest fires
Quebec will have a lot to do to adapt to a probable increase in the number and intensity of forest fires in the years to come. It will be necessary…
Forest fires: lifting of smog warnings in urban areas of Quebec
Smog warnings were lifted Thursday by Environment Canada in urban areas of Quebec, including Montreal and Gatineau. However, the federal agency maintained such warnings and special air quality bulletins for…
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 | Poilievre calls for a ‘national action plan’
(OTTAWA) Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced Thursday that he is calling for a “national action plan” to build Canada’s capacity to deal with wildfires, after some pointed to his choice…
Éric Duhaime silent on the causes of major forest fires
The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ), Éric Duhaime, does not want to take a position on the role of global warming in the large forest fires because…
Gestures of generosity towards the evacuees of the forest fires are multiplying
The Jeannois have honored the reputation of their hospitality since the start of the forest fires in Chibougamau. Everywhere in Roberval, the population multiplies gestures of generosity towards the evacuees,…
House of Commons | The scale of the forest fires revives the debate on climate change
(Ottawa) Pressure is mounting for the Trudeau government to completely stop subsidizing fossil fuels. The New Democratic Party and the Green Party added their votes to that of the Bloc…
Forest fires: French people come to fight fire with fire
A hundred French firefighters are due to land in Quebec on Thursday afternoon. Among them is a detachment of seven members of the Gard fire department, a region located in…
The United States offers assistance to Quebec to fight forest fires
The forest fire situation is stable in Quebec, said Thursday Premier François Legault, whose cabinet underlined the commitment of the United States to come to the aid of Quebec in…
“Blame Canada”: why the smog of the forest fires in Quebec is made in New York?
Rare that the boreal forest, Chibougamau or Uashat Mak Mani-Utenam make talk as far as New York and Philadelphia. The cloud of smog created by the forest fires in Quebec…
Forest fires: 700 evacuees have already arrived in Quebec
Some 700 evacuees from the Cree community of Waswanipi, in Nord-du-Québec, drove for a good part of Wednesday to arrive in Quebec City late Wednesday evening and thus get as…
Forest fires | The Mayor of Chibougamau visits refugees in Roberval
(Roberval) The Mayor of Chibougamau, Manon Cyr, visited the Roberval arena where several of its 7,500 citizens have taken refuge since the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. “You just set…
Video opinion – Young people sound the alarm in the face of forest fires in Quebec
“Now and in the future, our geography will be learned through tragedies. The members of the Student Coalition for an Environmental and Social Shift are mobilizing while more than a…
Forest fires | Crees from Waswanipi take refuge in Quebec
(Quebec) While Roberval is “overflowing” with refugees fleeing the forest fires, members of the Cree community of Waswanipi have chosen to make the long road that separates them from Quebec…
Forest fires | Three fires worry the authorities
(Roberval) There are 137 wildfires burning across the province Thursday, but three of them are of greater concern. Those near Chibougamau, Normetal and Lebel-sur-Quévillon. Passing through Roberval, the Minister of…
Evacuees due to forest fires in Chibougamau hope for rain
The next two days will be crucial for Chibougamau, according to Mayor Manon Cyr. The authorities are monitoring the direction of the winds, which have so far been favorable to…
French firefighters and rescuers on their way to Quebec, against forest fires
A French detachment of firefighters and civil security rescuers, leaving from Marseille, is expected Thursday evening in Quebec. They come to reinforce the Canadian forces which have been fighting for…
Chronicle – With the forest fires, everything ignites, except the debate (bis)
Two weeks ago, I was writing about the Alberta election campaign unfolding against the backdrop of wildfires. I remarked, in summary, that it was surreal that we could focus the…
Forest fires | The fire 500 meters from Normétal
The flank of the forest fire that threatens Normetal, in Abitibi-Ouest, is now less than 500 meters from the municipality, where the Society for the Protection of Forests Against Fire…