Laurentians

• Hydro-Québec expects to fix remaining power outages from Thursday storm by end of day

  The utility reported there were around 4,700 customers in Quebec without power on Saturday, down from around 297,000 at the height of the storm Thursday.

  Canada

  Apr 6, 2024
  
• 1,000 homes evacuated in Quebec’s Laurentians region over fears dike could burst

  The evacuation order was issued Sunday night for about 1,000 homes near the Kiamika River in the municipalities of Chute-St-Philippe and Lac-des-Écorces.

  Canada

  Dec 4, 2023
  
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• Quebec clamps down on open fires as hot, dry weather sets in

  As areas of the province of Quebec brace for the first heat wave of the season, the province's forest fire prevention agency is on high alert.

  Canada

  May 29, 2023
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• Quebec municipalities on flood watch as Environment Canada issues rainfall warnings

  The agency warned heavy rain could cause flash flooding and ponding on roads.

  Canada

  Apr 23, 2023
• Spring flooding hits part of Quebec as authorities keep eye on rivers, lakes

  Authorities also continued to monitor parts of Montreal's West Island, especially in communities along the Rivière des Prairies that were hard hit by past spring floods.

  Canada

  Apr 18, 2023
• Quebec man faces murder charge three years after fatal head-on highway crash

  Jano Vincent, 33, was arrested at his home in St-Polycarpe, Que., this week. He is charged with second-degree murder after a head-on highway collision killed another man in 2019.

  Canada

  Nov 10, 2022
• Man arrested after Valeriy Tarasenko shooting in Quebec released without charge

  One person was injured, Valeriy Tarasenko. Tarasenko is a businessman with alleged ties to a woman who made headlines after posing as a fake heiress and infiltrated Mar-A-Lago.

  Canada

  Oct 9, 2022
• Severe thunderstorm leaves thousands in the dark in southern Quebec

  The regions that remained the most affected by the outages on Monday were those of Lanaudière and the Laurentians, according to Hydro-Québec.

  Weather

  Aug 22, 2022
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• Quebec police suspect domestic violence, femicide after 2 dead, 1 seriously hurt in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

  The SQ said police found the body of a woman in her 30s, an injured man in his 70s, two uninjured children, and an injured 42-year-old man who later died in hospital.

  Crime

  Aug 18, 2022
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• More severe weather possible for Quebec after tornado touches down in Laurentians

  Environment Canada meteorologist Peter Kimbell confirmed to Global News that what residents saw was in fact a tornado, with winds as strong as 200 km/h. 

  Canada

  Jul 24, 2022