Etiket: Townships
Eastern Townships | A gathering of bikers heavily supervised by the police
Dozens of members of the Hells Angels and their subordinate clubs and supporters began to converge since the beginning of the afternoon towards Saint-Denis-de-Brompton, near Sherbrooke, in the Eastern Townships.…
Record tourism in the Eastern Townships thanks to the total solar eclipse
The total eclipse in the Eastern Townships had a positive impact on tourism in the region, with the accommodation rate having reached historic levels, according to a preliminary report. Eastern…
Eastern Townships | The total eclipse had a positive effect on tourism
The manifestation of the total eclipse in the Eastern Townships had a positive impact on tourism in the region, with the accommodation rate having reached historic levels, according to a…
The eclipse, from Texas to the Eastern Townships
Communities in the path of the April 8 solar eclipse are preparing to receive many visitors. In Quebec, the Eastern Townships region is particularly dynamic. Much further south in Texas,…
North Hatley, the most American village in the Eastern Townships (and very popular with the Clintons)
Every year, former US President Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary spend part of their summer vacation in North Hatley. If the Clintons set their sights on this picturesque village…
Eastern Townships | Motorcyclist dies in swerve
(Sherbrooke) An elderly motorcyclist in his forties lost his life in a hospital after being involved in a swerve in the middle of the evening, Monday, in Estrie. Posted at…
Eastern Townships | Cyclist dies in collision with van
(Saint-Sébastien) A cyclist lost his life in an accident involving a pickup truck on Sunday evening in the municipality of Saint-Sébastien, in the Eastern Townships. Posted at 11:13 p.m. The…
Eastern Townships | A road trip kills a man and injures his passenger
(Bury) A road trip that occurred Wednesday in Bury, in the Eastern Townships, cost the life of a young 24-year-old driver. His passenger, in her 60s, was also seriously injured,…
Eastern Townships | Cancerous fish in Memphremagog
A significant proportion of brown bullheads in Lake Memphremagog have melanomas and sometimes metastases, environmental authorities in Quebec and Vermont recently discovered. A study has been launched on the subject…
Eastern Townships | A motorcyclist fights for his life after being hit by a car in Roxton Pond
(Roxton Pond) A motorcyclist is fighting for his life after being hit by a car on Wednesday afternoon in Roxton Pond, in the Eastern Townships. Posted yesterday at 8:46 p.m.…
Eastern Townships | Armed suspect wanted in Stoke
An armed and potentially dangerous suspect is wanted in Stoke, Estrie. Posted at 9:55 p.m. “People are asked to avoid the area, not to approach the suspect and to notify…
Eastern Townships | 29-year-old motorcyclist dies in swerve
(Saint-Joachim-De-Shefford) A man lost his life after a motorcycle swerve on Route 241 in Saint-Joachim-de-Shefford, in the Eastern Townships, Tuesday around 4 p.m. Posted at 8:43 p.m. The driver would…
Eastern Townships | Two dead and three injured in head-on collision
A violent head-on collision between two vehicles that occurred Saturday evening in Farnham, in the Eastern Townships, claimed the lives of two women. Posted at 8:05 a.m. The accident on…
Eastern Townships | A young driver fights for his life after a swerve in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge
(Montreal) A driver in his twenties is fighting for his life in hospital after his vehicle swerved in Notre-Dame-de-Stanbridge, in the Eastern Townships. Posted at 11:05 a.m. The police received…
QS calls for the resignation of the president of the Eastern Townships school board
The Eastern Townships School Board has been “negligent” in handling alleged student misconduct, according to Quebec Solidarity (QS) MP Ruba Ghazal. The latter demands the resignation of its president, Michael…
Eastern Townships | A tool to counter Lyme disease
Two researchers have designed a Lyme disease risk map in Estrie that takes into account the number of infected ticks in an area and the preventive behaviors adopted by the…
Eastern Townships | A suspect wanted in connection with a manslaughter in Sherbrooke
(Sherbrooke) A 26-year-old man is wanted by police authorities for manslaughter in connection with the death of a 30-year-old man that occurred Thursday evening in Sherbrooke, in the Eastern Townships.…
Lake Memphremagog | The plans for a Vermont dump raise concern in the Eastern Townships
Estrie citizens are imploring Quebec and Ottawa to oppose a pilot project for the pre-treatment of leachate from the Coventry landfill site in Vermont, fearing that it will open the…
Eastern Townships | RCMP rescued a man trying to cross into the United States through the forest
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) say they rescued a man over the weekend who got lost in a snow-covered wooded area while trying to cross the border into the…
The Eastern Townships, favorite of the New York Times
The Eastern Townships appear this year in the prestigious annual list of places to discover in the world according to the renowned daily New York Times. Posted at 5:35 p.m.…