/newsroom/taxonomy/term/9544/all en /newsroom/channels/news/expert-25-years-later-quebec-remembers-ice-storm-plunged-province-darkness-344766 <p>Twenty-five years ago, the rain began in what would become the 1998 ice storm that eventually left millions of Quebecers in the dark, some for over a month. It was one of the worst natural disasters in Canadian history, and many still have vivid memories of those cold and difficult days and nights. (<a href="https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/it-sounded-like-gunshots-memories-of-the-quebec-1998-ice-storm-1.6216274" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">CTV News</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from �山ǿ�� who can comment on this topic: </p> Fri, 06 Jan 2023 19:53:46 +0000 claire.loewen@mcgill.ca 288609 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-impact-forest-fires-western-canada-unborn-children-269240 <p><strong>B.C. wildfire season worst in six decades, still far from over</strong><br /> “Kevin Skrepnek of the B.C. Wildfire Service said Thursday that 4,910 square kilometres of forest, bush and grassland have been torched, making 2017 the second worst in recorded history in terms of land destroyed. August is usually one of the busiest months for fire, so the situation could get worse, he added.”<br /> <a href="http://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-wildfire-season-worst-in-six-decades-still-far-from-over">Vancouver Sun</a></p> Fri, 04 Aug 2017 19:18:52 +0000 justin.dupuis@mcgill.ca 32141 at /newsroom