GLIN Daily News RSS Feed for Quebec http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ 2009-07-03T14:01:01-04:00 http://www.great-lakes.net/news/ http://www.glin.net/news/rss.gif text/html 2009-06-25T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Environmental+groups+want+changes+Lawrence+Seaway/1731381/story.html On the eve of the 50th anniversary of the official opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway, more than 50 environmental groups from Canada and the U.S. say the waterway has taken a "devastating toll" and are calling on the shipping industry to be more environmentally friendly. text/html 2009-06-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.canadapost.ca/cpo/mc/personal/collecting/stamps/2009/2009_june_boundary_waters_treaty.jsf A commemorative stamp issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the Boundary Waters Treaty is now available from Canada Post. text/html 2009-06-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.environmentalhealthnews.org/ehs/news/mohawks-and-pcbs For two decades, the Mohawk Nation's Akwesasne territory has been turned into a human laboratory for studying the health effects of industrial chemicals. The latest finding? Low testosterone levels in men. text/html 2009-06-03T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.caisn.ca/ The CAISN network is made up of specialists who are conducting Canada's first comprehensive study to examine and identify existing invasions with the goal to predict and prevent new aquatic invasive species from harming Canada's valued aquatic ecosystems. text/html 2009-04-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Clean+green/1524556/story.html It's not easy being green, even when you are Hydro-Québec, the largest electricity generating and distribution company in North America and one of the top few in the world. text/html 2009-04-28T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/foes+undeterred/1516757/story.html People opposed to the construction of a hydroelectric project on Quebec's Lower North Shore are trying to persuade the provincial government to stop the plan. Hydro-Québec wants to build four dams on the Romaine River, which flows 500 kilometres before emptying into the Gulf of St. Lawrence. text/html 2009-03-31T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Technology/Green+challenges+Seaway/1446134/story.html Ceremonies kick off this morning to mark the St. Lawrence Seaway's 50th anniversary, but some environmental groups say it's not a celebration for the waterway or its shoreline communities. text/html 2009-02-13T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.montrealgazette.com/Great+Lakes+enough+quench+water+shortage+Report/1282988/story.html Even the Great Lakes aren't great enough to sustain North Americans' reckless water use in the event of a continentwide water shortage, according to a new report. text/html 2009-02-13T08:05:50-04:00 http://www.cawq.ca/en/index.shtml The Canadian Association on Water Quality is a non-governmental, non-profit organization for scientists, engineers, technologists, administrators, practitioners and students engaged in or interested in research on water quality or on the control or treatment of water pollution. text/html 2009-02-12T08:05:50-04:00 http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/News/Local/2009/02/12/8362376-sun.html For Port Stanley, the federal government's bid to offload the silt-filled and contaminated port onto the local municipality has met opposition. But in Quebec, Transport Canada's port divestiture program has won praise, because the province saw reviving ports as a key to economic development.