I was 13 when I began crossing the St. Lawrence to go to downtown Montreal. I was starting high school at Collège Sainte-Marie, an institution run by the Jesuits, located at the corner of de Bleury and Dorchester (now René-Lévesque). We are in 1959, there was no metro and we had to take a bus … Lire plus
For the past few years, politicians, in an attempt to convince us that the St. Lawrence waters are now clean, announce the opening of beaches on its shore. This is way too premature. Beaches are often closed because of the quality of their waters. You are entirely free to go swimming there but I will … Lire plus
A few years ago, when the city of Montreal dumped 8 billion litres of sewage into the St. Lawrence, I read an article that reported that the event would have gone unnoticed had it not been for a nautical association who made the information public. It took a private group to attract the attention of the … Lire plus
On a regular basis I read horror stories about the poor quality of the waters in the St. Lawrence River, stories that should raise the ire of the population but that seem to fail to attract attention. The St. Lawrence is a beautiful river but only on its surface. Its waters are polluted to a … Lire plus