Recent heavy rains causing sewage run-off and high coliform counts in Montreal waterways

From flooding to destroyed crops, increasingly heavy rains in recent years have been causing chaos. It’s also affecting how Montrealers use the St. Lawrence River for recreation. As Phil Carpenter reports, with these weather events becoming more frequent, governments are being forced into a race to adapt infrastructure.

• Quebec City region received 75 millimetres of rain in less than two hours on Thursday