Tadoussac News

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, today announced the awarding of $96,713 in non-repayable funding to the Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac for the pursuit of its commercialization activities on francophone markets ... (more)

Presented by the Toronto Star, Celtic Colours is up for the national cultural tourism award, as are the Festival de la chanson de Tadoussac in Quebec, and the Royal Tyrrell Museum in Drumheller, Alta.

Researchers at the University of Montreal have developed a computer programme that enables regulators to evaluate the ecological and economic tradeoffs between marine mammal conservation, whale watching and marine transportation activities in the Saint Lawrence Estuary.

On Thursday, President Obama ordered government agencies to ramp up pressure on Iceland to end its slaughter of endangered fin whales, the second largest whale species.