Tag: Hydro-Quebec

Quebec Man Recounts Rescue Attempt in Propane Explosion That Left Workers Missing

As a ceiling and wall collapsed on a woman desperately trying to flee the scene of an explosion at a Quebec propane distribution company, Éric Lizotte could only watch in horror. The resident of St-Roch-de-l’Achigan, Que., whose home is just metres from Propane Lafortune, said he was in the middle of trying to rescue the…


Hydro-Québec President Sophie Brochu Announces Resignation, Will Leave Post April 11

Sophie Brochu, the president and CEO of Hydro–Québec, announced today she will step down on April 11. Brochu did not give a reason for her departure in a letter sent to employees but said it was time to “pass the baton.” In a news release, the Crown corporation’s board of directors thanks Brochu for her…


About 11,000 Hydro-Québec Customers Still Without Power One Week After Winter Storm

Hydro-Québec says more than 10,700 customers are still without power a week after a major winter storm knocked out transmission lines across the province. The utility says the power is still out for more than 3,300 customers in the Quebec City area, about 2,800 clients in the Laurentians region, and for roughly 1,200 customers in…


About 19K Quebec Hydro Customers Still Without Power Almost 1 Week After Storm

Nearly 19,000 Hydro-Québec customers are still without power this morning, after a winter storm slammed Eastern Canada last week. The public utility’s outage map shows more than 5,700 clients without electricity in the Quebec City area, nearly 5,000 in the Côte-Nord region and more than 2,400 in Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean. Hydro-Québec’s CEO said earlier this week that…


Tens of Thousands of Canadians Still in the Dark After Fierce Storm

Utility crews in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick are still working to restore electricity to thousands of people who have been in the dark for days after last week’s fierce winter storms knocked out their power. As of Tuesday afternoon, power is still out for more than 32,000 Hydro-Québec customers and more than 16,000 Hydro…


Bail Granted to Former Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Sending Trade Secrets to China

A former Hydro-Québec employee who is facing charges related to sending trade secrets to China has been granted bail. Yuesheng Wang, 35, is the first person to be charged with economic espionage under Canada’s Security of Information Act, an RCMP spokesperson told The Epoch Times on Nov. 15, when Wang made his first court appearance. As conditions of his release,…


Support for Alleged Chinese Spy Working at Hydro-Québec Shows Need for a Foreign Registry: Senator

An obscure group supporting the alleged Chinese spy working at Hydro-Québec showed the need for a foreign registry, said Sen. Leo Housakos. On Nov. 15, Yuesheng Wang made a first court appearance after he was arrested by the RCMP a day earlier for allegedly sending trade secrets to China, which police said was “to the detriment of…


Bail Hearing Set for Former Hydro-Québec Employee Charged With Sending Trade Secrets to China

A Quebec court will decide later this month whether to grant bail to a former Hydro-Québec employee who is charged with allegedly sending trade secrets to China. Yuesheng Wang, 35, appeared via videoconference at the court in Longueuil, Quebec, on Nov. 18, after he was arrested and charged with four espionage-related offences, including obtaining trade secrets, fraud…


Hydro-Québec Employee Arrested on Charges of Spying for China Makes Court Appearance

A Hydro-Québec employee arrested for allegedly sending trade secrets to China appeared in court in Longueuil, Que., on Nov. 15. Yuesheng Wang, 35, made a first court appearance by videoconference after being arrested by RCMP on Nov. 14 for alleged espionage, which police said was “to the detriment of Canada’s economic interests.” The resident of Candiac, Que., is facing…


Hydro-Québec Employee Arrested for Allegedly Spying for China

A Hydro-Québec employee has been arrested for allegedly spying for China, the RCMP says. Yuesheng Wang, 35, of Candiac, Quebec, allegedly obtained trade secrets “to benefit the People’s Republic of China, to the detriment of Canada’s economic interests,” an RCMP spokesperson said in a press conference on Nov. 14. “This is the first time this charge has been…