A translation by Judith Turcotte I had taken a break in the publishing of my blogs to allow me to finish my novel, FFQ For Québec. The novel is now available in French and in English. At the time of the book launch, many of my readers surprised me by asking when I would resume … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte In my last two blogs, I revolted in the face of the number of wastewater discharges made directly into the St. Lawrence River. You will understand my dismay when I learnt that the City of Longueuil found itself as one of the principal culprits. I live in Saint Lambert, a … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte The municipal authorities are responsible for the purification of wastewater and by extension, the discharges of untreated water directly into the St. Lawrence River and they are free to do what they want. The people are preoccupied by the quality of the water entering their homes but are indifferent to … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte The Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River form a whole that depends on the actions, good and bad, of two countries. Since 1909, Canada and the United States have signed a Boundary Waters Treaty in order to resolve the disputes on the subject of the utilization of the waters … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte The construction of the seaway (at the end of the fifties) was considered as an important engineering achievement. At its inauguration, Raymond Charette, a journalist at Radio Canada declared: “June 26, 1959, is now a milestone in Canada’s history of ommunications and intercontinental and transoceanic connections.” During the inauguration, the … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte The St. Lawrence River connects the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean. It is 1197 km long and its estuary is the earth’s largest with a width of 48 km and a length of 370 km. The waters of this great river are our responsibility; however, we are not the only ones to … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte The waters of the St. Lawrence River hide an aquatic life which evolves in a piecemeal fashion. All the changes, especially those initiated by humans, can have unexpected consequences on the dynamics between the different species. Cod is a good example. There exist two distinct populations of cod in the … Lire plus
A translation by Judith Turcotte More than 80% of the population of Québec live on the shores of the St. Lawrence and its tributaries. They have settled there to travel, to drink its water, to exploit its riches, to enjoy themselves, to cool off and to use as a sewer and waste site. It is … Lire plus
My family comes from Notre-Dame-de-Pierreville, a small municipality located on the shores of Lac Saint Pierre. I was the eldest of a family of six and my mother, Odette, would ship me off to my grandparents’ farm whenever a new sibling was born. I still have fond memories of the farm except for the picking … Lire plus
At the beginning of the year, I was intrigued by a headline: Invasion of a crayfish species worries biologists. What are they worried about? Freshwater crayfish are small, not dangerous and they are good to eat. I have known since my early years that crayfish can be used as bait. I also knew that they … Lire plus