GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Quebec http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2010-02-09T07:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2010-02-08T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/technology/drinking+water+stake/2535292/story.html Montrealers get their drinking water from the St. Lawrence River, which flows down from the Great Lakes. That's why the Quèbec public needs to be not just consulted, but well consulted on the Great Lakes Water Quality agreement. text/html 2010-02-02T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/ambitious-plans-cold-reality/article1451153/ Expansion plans at the Port of Montreal in Quèbec - a key gateway for cargo shipments for Eastern Canada and the U.S. Midwest - will have to be scaled back as a result of the global economic slowdown. text/html 2010-01-27T08:05:50-04:00 http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=42329 A thin layer of new ice formed over Quèbec, Canada's, St. Lawrence River in mid-January 2010. This image, taken by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA's Aqua satellite on January 17, shows the mouth of the river. text/html 2010-01-14T08:05:50-04:00 http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20100114.COWENT14ART2000/EmailTPStory/TPComment Toronto has 1,400 water main breaks a year. The city's system is aging and decrepit, and some of the pipes in the downtown core have hit the century mark. Toronto will spend $127 million this year to patch and replace corroded pipes, but it's an uphill battle. text/html 2010-01-04T08:05:50-04:00 http://dcnonl.com/article/id36907 A vision, fueled by $70 million, has transformed a 2.5-km stretch of the St. Lawrence River industrial coastline near Quèbec City into the award-winning La Promenade Samuel-De Champlain. text/html 2010-01-04T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/life/Container+ship+first+reach+Port+Montreal+2010/2401715/story.html Presentation of a gold-headed cane marks the first arrival of the New Year at the Port of Montreal - without another domestic stopover first - of an ocean-going vessel. text/html 2009-12-24T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.joc.com/node/415439 The St. Lawrence Seaway's 50th anniversary celebrations this year were overshadowed by one of the worst years for traffic in the waterway's history. text/html 2009-12-01T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.flowcanada.org/ GLIN's December Site of the Month is the Forum for Leadership on Water (FLOW). FLOW is an independent group of water experts from across Canada that encourages government action to protect critical fresh water resources. text/html 2009-11-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20091108/stasi_montreal_091108/20091108?hub=Canada After injecting athletes with performance-boosting drugs at the Montreal Olympics, East German officials dumped the leftover serum and syringes in the St. Lawrence River, newly uncovered documents indicate. text/html 2009-10-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.flowcanada.org/policy/monitor Download the FLOW Monitor to read about Canadian water issues. In the first issue, read about important developments including Environment Canada's progress on key national water priorities.