Source: Le Devoir Published on February 18, 2020 As the caribou of Val-d'Or are on the verge of extinction, the Legault government recently announced the continuation of studies that should lead to the tabling of a "strategy" to prevent their disappearance. However, Quebec has in hand two detailed analyses, produced at the request of
Source: Le Devoir Published on December 17, 2019 Voices are being raised to denounce the Legault government's decision to cancel the protection measures on three natural territories put in place to preserve woodland caribou habitat in order to provide new areas of cutting for the forest industry. University professors and researchers are asking Quebec
Source: Council of the Anishnabe Nation of Lac Simon Published on December 15, 2019 After the zoo, the slaughterhouse... This is what we understood from recent statements by the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP). It should be recalled that in 2018, the Lac Simon First Nation ("Lac Simon"), in partnership with the
Source: David Rémillard Video content is available for this article The Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks accuses one of Quebec's leading woodland caribou specialists of criticizing the government from "his ivory tower" at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). Minister Pierre Dufour shot his arrows at Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, professor of animal ecology at
Source: Radio-Canada Published on December 4, 2019 The Quebec government plans to kill wolves this winter and proceed with the dismantling of logging roads to protect Val-d'Or's caribou. However, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) rejects the idea of full protection of the territory. The strategy chosen is not
Source: Le Devoir Published on April 5, 2019 After the former Liberal government decided to let them simply disappear, the Coalition for Quebec's Future is now considering launching a rescue operation for the woodland caribou in the Val-d'Or region. The Boreal Action has confirmed to Le Devoir that it has had several exchanges on
Source: Radio-Canada Published on June 21, 2018 The Anishnabe community of Lac Simon, in collaboration with the First Nations of Kitcisakik and Long Point, is taking action to save the Val-d'Or woodland caribou herd. With information from Karine Mateu It is receiving $1.2 million in funding over five years from the Government of Canada
