QUBJanuary 7, 2026
“My brother and sister were buried alive”
A strong interview placing the book within the long arc of trauma, survival and remembrance.
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Le RéveilAugust 23, 2025
When writing becomes a way to be free and not forget
Cultural press coverage positioning the book as an act of transmission, repair and chosen memory.
95.7 KYKAugust 6, 2025
A survivor of the 1996 flood wants to share his family’s story
A direct radio interview focused on the public transmission of lived family memory and the book’s purpose.
Rythme 98.3August 6, 2025
The brother of the two children swept away by the flood opens up
An interview on Les lève-tôt where Jason returns to the tragedy, his path and the writing of the book.
HistoriaJuly 17, 2021
The Saguenay flood: a human tragedy
The documentary places the story in Quebec’s collective memory through survivors, families and witnesses.
Mikaël Lalancette2021
Il y a 25 ans, le déluge
The book gathers 25 testimonies around the flood and includes a chapter devoted to Jason’s life after Mikaël Lalancette’s interview.
Public archives
Le Quotidien, July 26, 1996
A BAnQ-preserved issue useful as a press marker in the immediate week after the Saguenay flood.
“We lost something that cannot be bought back”
An article in Le Soleil where Julie Paquet and Sylvain Garceau speak about what the flood took from them and the impossibility of replacing Mathieu and Andréa.
The coroner concludes the worst could have been avoided
Coroner Gilles Perron’s report publicly reopens prevention, risk zones and municipal responsibility in the deaths of Mathieu and Andréa.
Julie Paquet and Sylvain Garceau continue after the coroner’s report
A Le Quotidien article following the coroner’s report, including their legal action against the City of La Baie and their clear position: Mathieu and Andréa’s deaths could have been avoided.
A feeling of helplessness before the death of two children
Journal de Québec returns to the coroner’s conclusions and the preventable nature of the fatal landslide that killed Mathieu and Andréa Paquet-Garceau.
“It was the end of the world”
Journal de Québec revisits the neighbourhood’s memory, the scene of the tragedy and the lasting distress of Mathieu and Andréa’s parents, Sylvain Garceau and Julie Paquet.
“It is a duty of memory”
Journal de Montréal connects the Historia documentary with remembrance while underscoring the strength of Jason’s testimony.
Il y a 25 ans, le déluge
Mikaël Lalancette’s book gathers 25 testimonies around the flood and includes a chapter devoted to Jason’s lived experience.
The Saguenay flood: a human tragedy
The Historia documentary contextualizes the tragedy and the testimony of people directly marked by it.
25 years after the flood: scars still raw
A major feature where Jason speaks publicly about loss, guilt and the long-term impact of the tragedy on adult life.
“I had great sadness, and also revolt”
A QMI article putting sector memory, the deaths of Mathieu and Andréa, and the lasting family wound back at the centre.
A public reminder of what could have been avoided
Jason reacts publicly to a new landslide in La Baie and says he hopes another family will not have to live through the same tragedy.
Audio and platforms
Jason Paquet-Garceau - Author
The official Facebook page for announcements, excerpts, news and publications related to the author.
The brother of the two children swept away by the flood opens up
An interview on Les lève-tôt where Jason talks about the tragedy, his path and the writing of the book.
Saguenay flood: anxiety, loss and reconstruction
A podcast episode where Jason talks about trauma, anxiety and his path through the years.
Isabelle Perron
Interview broadcast on QUB during Isabelle Maréchal’s show, hosted that day by Isabelle Perron, around trauma, survival and the reach of testimony today.
Outside Quebec
Quebec floods kill 10, cause massive damage
The Washington Post carries the Reuters report on deaths, mass evacuations, destroyed infrastructure and the national scale of the Saguenay flood.
Quebec floods kill 10, destroy homes
Los Angeles Times relays the Saguenay tragedy, focusing on the deaths, destroyed homes, evacuations and shock beyond Quebec.
A little white house is all that remains from one of Canada’s worst floods
The Weather Network places the Saguenay flood in Canadian weather history and highlights the destruction, evacuations and the Little White House as a symbol of survival.
Remembering the Saguenay flood, 25 years later
The Canadian Red Cross looks back at the human scale of the catastrophe, the emergency response and the exceptional number of people assisted during the flood.
Conversation angles
Family memory, grief, mental health, resilience, documentary reality and the place of testimony in contemporary Quebec literature.
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Resilience
Mental health
Duty of memory
Press contact
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