Many of you watched our reports this year, whether on - platforms or social networks. Between the prom, Highway 20 or the farmers demonstrating, many videos from ICI Bas-Saint-Laurent have circulated widely, and here is a list of them.
Does the arrival of retail giant Costco in Rimouski threaten the economy of surrounding cities? If many merchants are worried about seeing their sales decrease, they hope to be able to continue to stand out through the quality of their service and the knowledge of their products. A bet which, however, is not won in advance.
The future Costco warehouse store in Rimouski is due to open its doors in 2025 on Montée Industrielle-et-Commerciale. (Archive photo)
Photo: - / François Gagnon
For high school students, the prom in June is a rite of passage. In Rimouski, it’s time to show off with your outfit… and your car! But behind the expensive clothes and the parade of vehicles of all kinds, graduates tried to combine their environmental values with this event well anchored in popular culture.
The report on these young people who seek to defy conventions has circulated widely on social networks.
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The recommendation from the Quebec coroner’s office to widen Highway 20 and add a central reservation between Rimouski and Mont-Joli has reignited the debate, while the Minister of Transport had mentioned in 2023 that these developments would not were not necessary. However, the global trend is towards reducing risks on the road, like Vision Zero.
In total, between 2009 and 2022, 955 accidents, including 18 fatal, occurred on this section alone, according to the SAAQ.
Photo: - / Maxence Matteau
Summer concern if there ever was one: the decontamination of boats, whether a boat or a paddle board! Here is a tutorial for properly cleaning your boat to counter the spread of invasive species such as zebra mussels on bodies of water.
Once introduced to a new environment, zebra mussels attach themselves to hard surfaces, including boat hulls, docks and even water pipes, disrupting aquatic ecosystems and causing high infrastructure costs.
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On March 8, hundreds of worried farmers invaded downtown Rimouski to let elected officials and the population know of the crisis in which the agricultural community finds itself. It was also International Women’s Day, and journalist Shanelle Guérin took the opportunity to focus on these women farmers who continue to carve out their place.
Hundreds of agricultural producers demonstrated with their families to express their fed up and their concern for the future.
Photo: - / Maxence Matteau
Last August, the number of abandoned animals was sharply increasing in Rimouski. This is truly an exceptional situation when it comes to stray animals.
described the general director of the Rimouski Animal Services Center, Jeanne Mercier. The center reported having taken care of more than 150 animals since the beginning of the summer, most of which were stray cats. The pets had been abandoned or found by the organization without an owner asking for them.
The July 1st moves were until now the main cause of this increase, according to Jeanne Mercier. Now, Ms. Mercier also attributes this trend to access to veterinary care as well as the costs of a visit to the clinic.
Photo: - / Émie Bélanger
André Bourgoin, the victim of the homicide that occurred in September in Mont-Joli, was well known to the police. According to our information, the man who was killed in a residence on rue Aubin was already linked to the Hells Angels. Five people from the Montreal region were charged in connection with this event. The 46-year-old victim from Mont-Joli was arrested in 2019 by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) in the wake of Operation Oursin, a vast dragnet which had in its sights a drug trafficking network linked to the Hells Angels. This network was active in Eastern Quebec and New Brunswick.
The SQ has also recently confirmed that armed violence linked to organized crime has been on the rise for a year in Eastern Quebec.
André Bourgoin was described as a central player in drug trafficking in the region, according to the judgment rendered by Judge Luce Kennedy in February 2021. His involvement in the network turned out to be brief, but important in the eyes of the magistrate.
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Were you impressed by Maude Charron’s performance at the Paris Olympic Games this summer? Wait until you learn more about the little-known aspects of this discipline. Weightlifter Samuel Guertin helps us understand how a competition takes place.
Our journalist Shanelle Guérin learns how a competition takes place.
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The Rimouski campus of the University of Quebec at Rimouski (UQAR) welcomes 123 more foreign students this year, but for some of them, it is still difficult to find accommodation. Sidy Diouf, 23, started her university year while staying in a hotel. The young man from Dakar, Senegal, is one of the rare foreign students who agreed to talk about his situation.
The housing crisis has particularly hit Rimouski in recent years.
Photo : - / Francois Gagnon
There is nothing ordinary about Antoine Moses’ life. Originally from Carleton-sur-Mer, in Gaspésie, the young man, aged 25, is a tree planter. After a few summers spent in Western Canada, the man who holds the Guinness record for the greatest number of trees planted in 24 hours, more than 23,000, is back in Eastern Quebec.
Antoine Moses is a professional tree planter from Gaspésie, who holds the world record for the most trees planted in one day, and an endurance athlete.
Photo : - / Francois Gagnon
