1998 Ice Storm

• Montreal researcher looks back at study on 1998 ice storm babies and maternal stress in disasters

  The research found that the mother's hardships affected all the areas, especially their physical development, such as their body mass index and risk for obesity.

  Canada

  Jan 6, 2023
  
• 1998 ice storm led to better preparation for disasters in Quebec

  Authorities say lessons were learned and that there have been changes to disaster preparedness and response since the 1998 ice storm.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2023
  
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• Montrealers remember the ice storm of 1998, 25 years later

  The temperature in Montreal was four degrees Wednesday, unusually high for January, and for some Montrealers that brings flashbacks of what happened 25 years ago.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2023
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• Hydro-Québec says deadly spring storm cost $70M

  'This is one of the events that required the most work on the ground since the 1998 ice storm,' the provincial Crown organization said in a statement.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2022
• Roger Nicolet, former mayor, engineer and head of 1998 ice storm inquiry, dead at 88

  Roger Nicolet, former president of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec and known for heading inquires in the province, died last Saturday night at the age of 88.

  Canada

  Jan 21, 2020
• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: January 5

  It's the first week of 2018 -- and the news never sleeps.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2018
• ‘We didn’t have any electricity or water for 7 days’: Kingstonians remember the Storm of the Century

  “There was no emergency plan that told us how to deal with the ice storm. It was virtually unprecedented,” former Kingston mayor, Gary Bennett, said.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2018