Stephane Blais
Reporter with the Canadian Press
About Stephane Blais
Environmental group seeks court injunction against EV giant Northvolt in Quebec
Lawyer Jessica Leblanc says it was "unreasonable" for the province's Environment Department to have authorized Northvolt to begin work on the site because it didn't have enough information on the environmental impacts.
Fish don't bite 'like they used to' a decade after Lac-Megantic rail disaster
Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudière River, the fishing hasn't been the same.
Lac-Mégantic worry 'monster trains' will spell another rail disaster
Citizens say the trains transporting such things as propane, diesel and sulphuric acid have got longer
Driver charged with homicide after two children killed when bus crashed into Quebec daycare
Police say the 51-year-old bus driver has been arrested and faces charges of homicide and dangerous driving.
Mining companies eye critical minerals in Quebec boreal forest, raising carbon release concerns
About one million square kilometres of Quebec is covered by boreal forest, roughly 70 per cent of the entire province. In the north, where ecosystems are less likely to have been altered by human activity, those forests have been accumulating and sequestering immense quantities of carbon for centuries.
Mom wonders how mining development in northern Quebec will affect food supply
Heather House studies full-time through McGill University’s distance education program, and when she is not immersed in books, she is raising her eight children with her husband in Chisasibi, the northernmost community in Quebec that is accessible by road.
Quebec lithium projects spark fears for future for Cree trappers and hunters
As Freddy Jolly’s pickup truck travels the dusty roads through the spruce forests outside Nemaska, Que., the one radio station fades in and out, and Jolly fills the gaps between country ballads with conversation.
Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over 'issue of fairness' over funding
Representatives from developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world's biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are lagging behind those on how much land and water should be set aside.
Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit
Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, once considered a front-runner to become pope, has been accused of sexual assault and is among a list of clergy members and diocesan staff named in a class-action lawsuit against the archdiocese of Quebec.
Quebec copper smelter to emit arsenic levels five times norm
A copper smelter in northwest Quebec will be permitted to release 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic metre of air — five times the provincial norm — Quebec's environment minister said on Monday, August 15, 2022.