It's the second time that youth protection authorities in the region have been accused of ignoring repeated reports of child abuse. In March, the local authority was placed under provincial trusteeship.

Mayor Hugues Grimard said Monday night during a live-streamed council meeting that Val-des-Sources won with 51.5 per cent of the vote after three rounds.

Four men from Quebec and one from Plattsburgh, New York, face charges of kidnapping, forcible confinement and extortion for the abduction of James and Sandra Helm

The mayor announced earlier this week that residents would be able to vote to rename the town to either Apalone, Jeffrey, Phenix or Trois-Lacs.

The Eastern Townships town has long debated changing its name due to the negative attention it receives.

Local businesses are feeling the pinch as a major project to rebuild a bridge in the small Eastern Townships community of North Hatley gets underway.

The weather agency says an 'unstable air mass' will leads to showers and isolated thunderstorms.

The small village of North Hatley is about to be divided in two, with the only bridge connecting the town about to be dismantled.

It's still unknown what's causing the mass mortality event or how long it's been going on beneath the water's surface.

The Sûreté du Québec said the operation was launched after a nearly year-long investigation.