Les Mechins News

According to a report from The Gazette, Groupe Maritime Verreault of Les Mechins, Quebec said the government's decision to award a contract for construction of two provincial ferries to the Italian shipbuilder Fincantineri is not in the province's best interest.

A new sub-surface viewing craft, the MSV Explorer, designed by Chris Garner and built under licence by GRP Laminates, has won the Seawork 2011 Award for Innovation, in the category of Diving & Underwater Technology.

Restigouche County Volunteer Action Association is getting a helping hand from the government.

The ferry Grand Manan V should return to its run June 11, Transportation and Infrastructure Minister Clause Williams said this week.

As Canada's latest soldier to die in Afghanistan began her final trip home, a family in a small town in eastern Quebec was deep in grief Tuesday after learning of the loss of their daughter.