For many years, Inukjuak, like many communities in the north, has relied on diesel to heat homes, keep the lights on, and power its institutions. Now, for the first time in the region, construction is underway on a massive hydroelectric project. When it's completed, it will replace diesel at the community's primary source of energy, and provide a surplus which Inukjuak will sell to Hydro-Quebec.
Inuit in Inukjuak are still overcoming the effects of Canadian influence in their home. In this extended interview, Inukjuak's former mayor, the late Simeonie Nalukturuk describes, in his own words, the residential school system, the dog slaughter, and the forced Arctic relocation. CONTENT WARNING -- This interview contains details some may find distressing.
Inukjuak is one of 14 Inuit communities in Nunavik, the northernmost region of Quebec. Take a look at some scenes from there, as community members prepare to stop using diesel, which presently provides for the bulk of the municipality's energy needs.
Premier Francois Legault did not answer questions about whether he still believed in the Northvolt project in Quebec on Wednesday, while in Ottawa, federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne continued to display cautious optimism on the issue.
Montreal’s Saint-Laurent borough is on a mission and, by next year, it wants all residential buildings on its territory to compost.
Québec Solidaire (QS) is calling on the Quebec government to sue the big oil companies for the damage caused by climate change.
Residents on Nuns' Island are concerned that the city's plan to fell hundreds of ash trees due to the invasive emerald ash borer is too hasty.
The Jacques Cartier Bridge has reopened after it was closed to traffic in both directions on Tuesday morning due to the presence of demonstrators who climbed the structure.
After years of discussion, Montreal’s first compost plant officially opened Monday in the St-Laurent borough.
Montreal winters got about a third less snow at the turn of the millennium than in the mid-19th century, according to an analysis of decades of meteorological data compiled by McGill University.
Quebec’s parks management agency (SEPAQ) plans to shoot 287 deer in parks south of Montreal as part of its plan to control animal populations and protect biodivesity.
Many commuters in and outside of Regina are facing tough driving conditions Wednesday morning following a significant snowfall on Tuesday that has closed highways and snarled traffic on many of the city's main throughfares.
Human-caused climate change made Atlantic hurricanes about 29 kilometers per hour stronger in the last six years, a new scientific study found Wednesday.
Efforts to rehabilitate urban waterways have helped bring spawning salmon back to parts of Metro Vancouver, including unlikely-looking streams surrounded by industrial and residential development.
A major storm swept across the northwest U.S., battering the region with strong winds and rain, causing widespread power outages and downing trees that killed at least one person.
A trifecta of storm systems is impacting Canada this week. A 'bomb' cyclone is bringing severe wind to coastal B.C, while a Texas low has triggered snow and winter storm warnings in Manitoba and Saskatchewan. On the east coast, a stalled area of low pressure has put Atlantic Canada into several days of cloudy, damp, and windy weather.
Canadians are bracing for a chilly start to the week as snowfall and other wintry conditions are expected to make landfall across western and eastern provinces.
A powerful storm is bearing down on the West Coast and bringing with it a scary-sounding weather term -- bomb cyclone
A company hoping to build a multi-billion-dollar wind-to-hydrogen project in western Newfoundland is eyeing other options as Canada's plans to supply Europe with green energy have not yet materialized.
