ST. BLAISE SUR RICHELIEU, Que. — Wet and weary neighbours stop each other in the street to compare survival tactics and notes on “la misere.” The conversations are marked by hugs, despondent shoulder shrugs and glum reminders to hang tough. Far ...

Towns and cities along the Richelieu River are on high alert as strong winds force water from Lake Champlain to spill into the river southeast of Montreal. Southerly winds reaching speeds of up to 80 km/h on Monday are expected to push water levels h...

ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU, Que. — Randy Smith has just about reached his breaking point. For nearly four weeks, he has filled sandbags, lugged heavy equipment through knee-deep water and prayed that the Richelieu River will finally begin to recede. So f...

Soldiers from the Royal 22nd regiment, known as the Vandoos, wade through a flooded street along the Richelieu River May 9 in Saint Blaise, Que. They could be back should waters rise again. (Ryan Remiorz/Canadian Press) With threatening weather again...

WINNIPEG — The provincial government has made massive miscalculations in its flood forecasting this year, the kind Manitobans have not witnessed in recent memory, according to a University of Manitoba civil engineer. The overestimate of the Assinibo...