CALEB NICKERSON NEPAL May 30, 2018 A local teacher and Calumet Island councillor recently returned from a trip to the Himalayas and the base camp of Mt. Everest, with plenty of photos and stories for his students. Martin Bertrand said

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE May 24, 2018 On May 24, students at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School gathered in the gymnasium to celebrate the school’s athletes that competed at the annual track and field competitions on May 17 and 18. Parents

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE May 30, 2018 On May 25, adventure seekers piled into the auditorium at Pontiac High School for an evening of adrenaline-spiking, vertigo-inducing films. Six features were shown in total, for a total run time of a little

Photos and story by CALEB NICKERSON When most people think of sustainable, organic agriculture, they usually think of fruit and veggie stalls at the local farmers’ market, or a stand at the end of the laneway. But one business in

CALEB NICKERSON CLARENDON May 30, 2018 Despite the recent rainfall over the weekend, the local fire department is asking residents to comply with the laws of the land surrounding bonfires and the like. Though the fire ban was lifted in

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 30, 2018 The Parti Vert du Quebec have announced that local activist and Chief of the Fort Coulonge Off-Reserve Algonquins, Roger Fleury, will be their candidate in the Pontiac riding for the upcoming provincial election this

  Before most people rose from their beds on Saturday, I, along with thousands of other peasants across the Commonwealth, witnessed the union of an American actress and the Queen’s red-headed grandson. In the brief span of minutes that my

CALEB NICKERSON BRYSON May 15, 2018 On May 15, members of the Catholic Women’s League (CWL) at Immaculate Conception Church in Bryson celebrated the group’s 80th anniversary with a special mass. The group’s treasurer, Betty Malony, explained that the group

CALEB NICKERSON BRISTOL May 18, 2018 On Friday, the rest stop in Wyman was filled with local farmers and artisans selling their wares to the streams of cottagers driving along the highway. This is the third year the Bristol Market

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY May 16, 2018 At the monthly council of mayors meeting that took place on May 16 at the MRC offices in Campbell’s Bay, Pontiac Warden Jane Toller spoke of several ongoing projects, including a request for