As Phil Denault took the stage on Saturday to headline the Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Country Festival, he looked out at the crowd before delivering some news. He,
As Phil Denault took the stage on Saturday to headline the Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Country Festival, he looked out at the crowd before delivering some news. He,
Police say they found a body in the Coulonge River on Saturday morning. The person’s identity has yet to be
On Thursday evening, about 50 people attended a public hearing put on by the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE)
Pontiac farmers and others involved in local food production gathered at the Little Red Wagon Winery on Friday afternoon for
The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld a court challenge filed by a Quebec First Nation and three environmental groups
The municipality will post a permanent DG job in about a month to replace its former DG, who council suspended
Police raided a home on rue Baume in Fort-Coulonge Monday, seizing drugs and arresting a 36-year-old Pontiac man for outstanding
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June 9, 2026
Submitted by: Liz Draper
We can all breathe a sigh of relief. Our federal government now has a plan for how it’s going to develop this country into an artificial intelligence superpower while protecting Canadians from the harms of this quickly evolving technology. So it says. “The question isn’t whether AI will transform our lives. It will,” said Prime Minister Mark Carney last week,
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