Gaspesie

• Planning a summer trip to Quebec’s Îles-de-la-Madeleine? You’ll have to pay up

  The small archipelago northeast of Prince Edward Island is introducing a $30 visitor fee to raise funds for tourist infrastructure, environmental protection and waste management.

  Canada

  Apr 27, 2024
  
• 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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• Man booed, charged with dangerous driving causing death in ‘horrific’ Amqui, Que. crash

  Police say the driver allegedly drove into pedestrians with a pickup truck in Amqui, Que., killing two people and injuring nine. Police have identified the victims.

  Crime

  Mar 14, 2023
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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
• Gaspé beaches overrun with Quebec tourists due to COVID-19 crisis

  Many Quebecers are staying closer to home this summer because of COVID-19 and towns in the Gaspé region are seeing an influx of tourists.

  Health

  Jul 24, 2020
• Tourism ministry unveils $5M to help Quebecers tour province this summer

  The Passport Attractions program offers discounts to Quebecers who wish to visit tourist areas and take part in tourist attractions this summer.

  Canada

  Jun 21, 2020
• 1 skier dead following avalanche in Gaspésie provincial park: SQ

  Police say the avalanche happened in a remote area of the Chic-Choc Mountains reserved for expert alpine skiers.

  News

  Feb 19, 2020
• 40 centimetres of snow causes 1,250 road accidents across Quebec

  Quebecers woke up Saturday to a massive snowfall that helped trigger more than 1,200 road accidents across the province.

  Weather

  Feb 8, 2020
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• DFO confirms second endangered blue found dead in Gulf of St. Lawrence

  The blue whale carcass was reported to the department Sept. 7 by a cargo ship and confirmed by Transport Canada and Fisheries Department aircraft about 110 kilometres north of Gaspesie.

  Environment

  Oct 1, 2019
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• Bones found on beach in Quebec’s Gaspé are from 1847 Irish shipwreck: Parks Canada

  The bones from 21 skeletons discovered belong to victims from the Carricks of Whitehaven, an Irish ship that sank during a storm off the Gaspé coast.

  Canada

  Jun 9, 2019