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Forest fires in Sept-Îles: Greater Montreal firefighters will not come after all
Announced as reinforcements in the morning, the firefighters of the Montreal Fire Safety Service (SIM) will not finally travel for the forest fires in Sept-Îles due to the lifting of…
Forest fires | Dangerously beautiful images
It is not the first time that we have noticed it: when the forests burn, the stars are magnificent. The sun on Monday evening was a neon orange with blurred…
Forest fires | “The air is worse than in Mexico City”
In Ottawa, Minister Steven Guilbeault laments the effects of the forest fires as the Conservatives criticize the carbon tax Posted at 1:41 a.m. Updated at 5:00 a.m. (OTTAWA) Air quality…
Forest fires | Chibougamau’s turn to be evacuated
Nord-du-Québec knows no respite. Tuesday evening, it was the turn of the residents of Chibougamau to quickly pack their suitcases, pick up the sleeping children and embark on a journey…
Laval children deprived of outdoor activities due to smog from forest fires
The Laval Regional Public Health Department recommends that schools and early childhood centers (CPE) in its territory keep children indoors today due to the smog linked to the forest fires…
Forest fires | Chibougamau evacuated
The City of Chibougamau declared a state of emergency on Tuesday evening. The 7,500 residents of this municipality in Nord-du-Québec have been ordered to evacuate their homes. Posted at 8:57…
Forest fires: the village of Clova saved from the flames
Threatened on all sides by historic forest fires, the village of Clova in Haute-Mauricie remains intact for the most part. “Unfortunately, we will have to let Clova burn,” Prime Minister…
Forest fires: Laval children confined to their school or CPE due to smog
The Laval Regional Public Health Department recommends that schools and early childhood centers (CPE) in its territory keep children indoors today due to the smog linked to the forest fires…
Forest fires | Encouraging news in Lebel-sur-Quévillon
In Lebel-sur-Quévillon, the two most threatening forest fires did not come closer to the city, announced Mayor Guy Lafrenière. “The information this morning is better than yesterday,” he announced in…
Sept-Îles ends its evacuation notices due to forest fires
Sept-Îles, on the North Shore, is not out of the woods in the face of forest fires, but the City still had encouraging news when it announced Tuesday morning the…
Forest fires | Sept-Îles lifts evacuation notices
Sorry, your browser does not support videos The Septilians, evacuated for five days due to threatening forest fires, can go home. The mayor of the city of Côte-Nord, Steeve Beaupré,…
Forest fires: the outdoor industry foresees dramatic consequences
The raging fires are dramatic for several players in the Quebec tourism industry. While the fishing season is in full swing, 350 outfitters, more than two-thirds of those in the…
Intensity of forest fires | “It’s just a start”
If the multiplication of forest fires raises fears of a difficult summer across Canada, meteorologists and specialists warn that these phenomena will most likely increase in the coming years. And…
Editorial – We must be better prepared to face forest fires
Since the beginning of May, Canada has been burning. The ravages of forest fires forced the evacuation of thousands of citizens, they decimated entire towns and villages, devouring hundreds of…
Forest fires: it will take months before everything is extinguished
We can expect it to take weeks, even months, before the fires currently raging in Quebec are extinguished, while such episodes are likely to multiply with climate change. “It can…
Images of Montreal under the smog of forest fires
More than 150 forest fires are currently raging in Quebec and are causing deterioration of air quality in several regions, including Montreal. Environment Canada issued a smog warning on Monday…
Forest fires in June 2023 in Quebec, in maps and figures
The forest fire season is starting at full speed in Quebec. The area affected is already ten times greater as of Monday than the annual total for the past ten…
Forest fires | Risk will be high all summer, warns Trudeau
Sorry, your browser does not support videos (Ottawa) The forest fires raging across the country may only be a taste of what awaits us for the summer season. Already, the…
Forest fires | Legault worried about Abitibi, a threatened forest village in Mauricie
Wildfires out of control and dry weather predicted for the next five days for the west of the province are worrying the Quebec government, which must leave the forest village…
A forest fire is about 10 kilometers from the residences of Sept-Îles
One of the fires raging near the city of Sept-Îles, on the North Shore, is currently about ten kilometers from residences, according to the latest estimates from authorities. • Read…