A violent fire ravaged the Groupe Autobus Ouellet garage located on Principale Street in Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes.
When the owner of the premises saw the flames and contacted the firefighters, it was already too late to save the building.
The buses that were inside the garage were able to be taken outside, but other vehicles were set on fire. The garage is a total loss.
There were around 45 firefighters at the height of the blaze. No one was injured, despite the fact that firefighters had to deal with oppressive heat.
The DG of Saint-Ferdinand disbarred
We learned, in July, that the general director of Saint-Ferdinand, Viviana Magazzu, a trained lawyer, in office since November 2023, was removed from the Roll of the Order of the Quebec Bar for a period of 24 months, a delisting in effect since April 25.
The ex-lawyer was found guilty, on October 11, 2023, of four counts relating to “acts derogatory to the honor and dignity of the Bar”, we read in the decision.
In its decision, the Council underlines the seriousness of the offenses and notes “that they concern serious breaches of the lawyer’s obligation to demonstrate probity, integrity and collaboration, key values of the profession”.
Vieil Arthabaska
Old Arthabaska is the subject of a development project, a project led by the City of Victoriaville and counting on the collaboration of Tourisme Victoriaville and its region, the Société du Musée Laurier and the Société d’histoire et de genealogie .
The City of Victoriaville has also received confirmation of a subsidy of $400,000, as part of the Sustainable Destination and Concerted Action measure from the government of Quebec, for the establishment of a Nature culture trail in the Old Arthabaska.
The project, totaling an investment of $500,000, will make it possible to set up an active mobility circuit which will connect the various tourist and historical attractions of the Vieil Arthabaska sector.
It will consist, among other things, of developing an educational and cultural trail behind the Laurier Museum, of establishing a public square on the now vacant land (and which belongs to the City) located at the intersection of rue Laurier and boulevard des Bois -Southern Franks. It will also make it possible to mark out a pedestrian route in order to guide visitors or citizens towards elements of interest, to install street furniture and landscaping and to set up points where relevant and interesting information will be collected.
The heritage circuits already in place will be brought back and will become accessible to smartphones. All this with the Victorian era as a backdrop.
Olymel asks for $8 million for its former Princeville factory
In July, Olymel was still looking to sell its food complex at 155 rue Saint-Jean-Baptiste Nord in Princeville.
The Olymel company was asking for the sum of $8 million for its former boning and packaging plant in Princeville, which has been closed since November 2023. The community was also shaken by this closure, which caused the loss of some 300 jobs.
The director of corporate communications at Olymel, Audrey Giboulet, suggested that there was no development in the sales process until now. » The site is still for sale and Olymel management remains attentive to possible leads. “
The building represents a total area of 112,070 square feet on a large plot of 964,780 square feet.
Transat Quebec-Saint-Malo: Alex Turcotte makes a dream come true
A native of Maddington Falls where his parents still live, Alex Turcotte not only saw a dream come true by participating in the Transat Québec-Saint-Malo, but he won this prestigious event with his group, the skipper’s Atlas team. Gilles Barbot, a crew of 16 people.
Leaving Quebec on June 30 for Saint-Malo, France, the Atlas team, which competed against 27 other crews, covered no less than 5,400 km in 15 days before arriving first at their destination, first in his class, but also all classes combined. “We were all very proud,” he comments in a telephone interview with www.lanouvelle.net.
Alex Turcotte and his teammates showed a certain confidence at the start of the race. “On the one hand we were a bunch of competitive amateurs, but on the team, some are ocean racing professionals. We had a competent and competitive crew and a high-performance boat,” he emphasizes. A boat built in 2009 at a cost of US$15 million and featuring a 125-foot mast. “However, we tried to remain humble and pragmatic about our chances,” he confides.
Mission accomplished for Expo Victo
In its 164th edition, the Victoriaville Agricultural Exhibition, taking advantage of favorable weather and the merger with the Strong Men Festival, was a great success.
There were more than 28,000 visitors, 7,000 more than the previous year.
There is no doubt that the good weather and the simultaneous holding of the strong men’s and strong women’s competitions contributed to the success of the two events combined in a single meeting.
The Strongmen Festival attracted several visitors from outside who were able to kill two birds with one stone with the Agricultural Exhibition.
The same recipe will prevail in 2025 for a 165th edition which will not go unnoticed.
Fire on rue de l’Académie in Victoriaville
Victoriaville firefighters were able to quickly control a fire that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the basement of a residence located on rue de l’Académie.
Nearly fifteen firefighters were mobilized. A team quickly entered the house to carry out an offensive attack.
The firefighters completed the extinguishing and carried out the necessary checks.
The fire was apparently caused by the air exchanger. The device would have caught fire.
Although the fire was brought under control quickly, the damage caused was significant.
Fire in a garage in Saint-Valère
A fire damaged a garage detached from a residence on Route 261 in Saint-Valère.
Shortly after 7 a.m., firefighters from the Bulstrode Authority received the emergency call.
The fire started upstairs towards the rear of the building in a closed bedroom. It didn’t take long for firefighters to launch an interior attack.
A dozen firefighters from the Régie de Bulstrode were mobilized, as well as four firefighters from the Régie des Chutes who came to assist.
In about half an hour, the fire was brought under control. Its cause, however, could not be determined. “The destruction was too great at the starting point of the fire that it was impossible to identify the cause,” said the director of the Fire Safety Service, Stéphan Émond.
