Quebec City, September 17, 2024 - Fondation Rivières and Eau Secours welcome the tabling of Quebec's National Water Plan presented today by the
Fondation Rivières invites the public and elected officials to the 1st edition of La Grande Descente on Sunday, September 22, on the Rivière du Nord in the Laurentians. Singer Paul Piché and actress Salomé Corbo, godmother of the Rivière du Nord, will be on hand to celebrate World Rivers Day.
Montreal, August 21, 2024 - Fondation Rivières has conducted a water quality study on Lac Raymond in 2023 with the support of
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Batiscan, August 16, 2024 - The first edition of the Grand Splash de Batiscan, organized by Fondation Rivières and
One hundred people jumped into the river at the Old Port of Montreal for the traditional Grand Splash, an initiative of Fondation Rivières to demand a harbour bath at the Jacques-Cartier Basin and new swimming access around the island of Montreal.
On July 3, 2024, the federal government gave the go-ahead for the expansion of the tailings and waste rock piles at the Bloom Lake iron mine, adding the lakes and rivers surrounding the project to its list of exceptions to the ban on destroying fish habitat. This means that 37 bodies of water surrounding the mine site, representing 156 hectares of fish habitat and many more natural environments of all kinds, will be destroyed in perpetuity. The federal government is thus following in the footsteps of the provincial government, against the advice of the BAPE, scientists and public opinion, and setting a dangerous precedent.
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