Gaspe

• ‘Happened so fast’: Woman films avalanche shooting down cliff, burying her truck

  A Quebec woman is lucky to be alive after an avalanche next to a Quebec highway nearly buried her and her husband in snow. Police say it was caused by mountain climbers.

  Canada

  Feb 21, 2025
  
• Carbon monoxide poisoning suspected in deaths of 3 found in car in Quebec’s Gaspé

  Police say three people whose bodies were found in a vehicle in Quebec's Gaspé region over the weekend likely died accidentally, possibly of carbon monoxide poisoning.

  Crime

  Oct 21, 2024
  
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• Quebec provincial police spokesman charged with sexually assaulting minor in 1988

  Sgt. Claude Doiron, now 60, was 25 years old at the time, and Quebec provincial police say he had not yet joined the force.

  Crime

  Jun 26, 2023
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• Search resumes for fisherman missing in Quebec’s Gaspé region since Friday

  Police spokeswoman Sgt. Beatrice Dorsainville says the search for the man, who is in his 60s, began late Friday afternoon.

  Canada

  Jan 1, 2023
• Hurricane Fiona brings damage, debris to Îles-de-la-Madeleine, eastern Quebec

  One of two underwater telecommunications cables linking Îles-de-la-Madeleine to the mainland was also damaged Saturday by the storm.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2022
• Quebec election 2022 results: Gaspé

  Gaspé is a provincial riding located in Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.

  Canada

  Sep 24, 2022
• Shelter in place order cancelled after police arrest suspect in Gaspé region

  Authorities issued an alert warning on Friday for those in St-Elzear-de-Bonaventure on Quebec's Gaspé peninsula to shelter indoors, lock their doors and stay away from windows.

  Crime

  Sep 2, 2022
• Entangled North Atlantic right whale spotted in the Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The sighting triggered a 15-day fishing closure in specific fishing grids in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

  Canada

  May 20, 2022
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• Quebec’s wildlife protection agency neutralizes polar bear spotted in Gaspé region

  Provincial police lifted the warning alert early Sunday for residents, who were asked to stay indoors until the animal was captured.

  Canada

  Apr 30, 2022
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• Quebec details plan to capture, fence in isolated caribou herds to protect them

  The plan involves capturing the pregnant females and releasing them once their fawns are a few months old.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2022