Police are investigating the death of a man in Quebec's Mauricie Region, where a destructive storm caused flooding and landslides this week.

Heavy rains caused this section of road to collapse along the St-Maurice River near La Tuque, Que. (CBC)

INDEPTH: Forces of Nature

The man's body was found on a Hydro-Quebec work site.

Initial reports suggested the man, who was from the Weymontachi reserve near La Tuque, was hit by lightning.

FROM MAY 31, 2006: Severe weather warnings follow Quebec flooding

About 100 millimetres of rain pounded the La Tuque area in a few hours on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

Several roads serving the city of about 11,000 were washed out, including part of the main route along the St-Maurice River.

The Quebec government has promised financial aid to residents, some of whom were evacuated by helicopter after flooding cut off access to their homes. 

N.S. politician calls 'jig' ad an attack on his culture

Nova Scotian Progressive Conservative Leader Rodney MacDonald, a well-known fiddler who became premier earlier this year, is calling a provincial election ad placed by the NDP an assault on Celtic culture.

Rodney MacDonald, above, criticized an ad that made fun of his background as a fiddler, but NDP Leader Darrell Dexter defended the ad as 'a little cheeky.' (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press)

Pickup service offered in B.C. gun amnesty

The British Columbia government has launched a month-long campaign to get gun owners to turn in any unwanted weapons without fear of prosecution.

No more sludge shipments, Toronto told

Canada's largest city could have a lot of sludge on its hands this August.

Facts the focus of Agent Orange reports, investigator says

Two reports to be released Thursday on the spraying of Agent Orange and other chemical defoliants at a Canadian Forces base in New Brunswick should make clearer what actually happened, the man in charge of the fact-finding mission says.

(CBC)

Ottawa offer could clear major stumbling block to Mackenzie pipeline

The federal government has offered an aboriginal group in the Northwest Territories a land claims and self-government deal, which if accepted would remove a major stumbling block to the proposed Mackenzie Valley pipeline project. 

nwt_mack_pipeline Pipeline route