Northvolt says it is building a sprawling factory to create what it calls "the greenest batteries" in the world. They need to cut down thousands of trees to do that.
The health minister said that on any given day an average of 10,000 people visit emergency rooms in the province. In the past two weeks, there have been 1,000 extra visits daily.
Last week the province's health minister asked Quebecers to avoid ERs, noting that a large percentage of people who go for a consult there don't have an urgent health problem.