Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier

Residents excluded from class action over water contamination in Shannon, Que., to get compensation

Residents excluded from class action over water contamination in Shannon, Que., to get compensation

Residents who were left out of a class-action lawsuit for water contamination in a small town northwest of Quebec City are finally eligible to receive compensation after drinking water polluted with trichloroethylene (TCE), a carcinogenic degreasing agent, for decades. A panel of judges at Quebec's Court of Appeal unanimously agreed to modify an order made last year for the federal government and two private companies, Valcartier Real Estate Corporation and General Dynamics, to compensate residents affected by the contamination.