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#1651 of 1654 articles from the Special Report: Climate Change The Saguenay Fjord between Baie-Sainte-Catherine and Tadoussac in 2017. Photo by Pierre André / Wikimedia Commons Listen to article After a groundswell of opposition to GNL Québec’s multibillion-dollar natural gas project, the provincial government has rejected the plan. Now advocates say it’s time for other governments to follow suit. The $14-billion proposal would have moved fracked natural gas from northern British Columbi...

"This is a project that has more disadvantages than advantages," Charette said. GNL Québec had proposed building a plant in Port Saguenay, Que., about 220 kilometres north of Quebec City, to liquefy natural gas from Western Canada. The project would have also required the construction of a 780-kilometre pipeline to connect the plant to existing natural gas pipelines in Ontario. The project had initially been greeted positively by the Coalition Avenir Québec government. Charette said he was pr...

The statement released on Friday was a response to comments from GNL Quebec president Tony Le Verger, who said last weekendhe wanted to continue negotiations with the Indigenous communities. Charles-Edouard Verreault, vice-chief of Mashteuiatsh First Nation and spokesman for the three Innu First Nations, said in an interview on Friday that GNL Quebec wont receive their consent. The Innu First Nations had previously expressed opposition to the multibillion-dollar plan in May, following the pub...

Brandon Sun By: Virginie Ann, The Canadian Press Posted: Save to Read Later MONTREAL - There wont be any more negotiations over a proposed natural gas pipeline crossing Indigenous lands in northern Quebec, say Innu leaders who oppose it. A Greenpeace banner reading "No GNL’" is shown hanging from a building under construction on the site of the MIL campus of the University of Montreal in Montreal, Sa...

Before hundreds of people gathered in Montreals Parc-Extension neighbourhood, Minister Charette was heckled from the moment he was introduced to the crowd, so much so that organizers took the microphone again to try to calm the agitation and discontent in the audience, but to no avail.

Vigils were held in Quebec City and Montreal on Friday. People are not only paying their respects to the Muslim family that was run down in London, Ont., on Sunday, but also calling for an end to Islamophobia.

The Canadian Jewish group Federation CJA and its advocacy agency, the Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, applauded the decision.

The Quebec government adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance definition of anti-Semitism Wednesday, joining some 40 sister democracies around the world and hundreds of local governments and institutions. The City

/CNW/ - The Electric Circuit, in partnership with Québecs municipalities, will be rolling out 4,500 standard charging stations by 2028, to meet the needs of...

"Chinatown is part of Montreal’s identity and its protection is everyones business," said Mayor Valérie Plante.