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December 17, 2025

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Caleb Nickerson

‘‘It’s over for the little guy”

There’s a great scene in HBO’s classic television series The Sopranos: two mafia wiseguys enter a Starbucks-type coffee franchise and attempt to give the manager

Draw held for McDowell K4 class

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Feb. 22, 2021 On Feb. 22, the selections of the coming K4 class at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School in Shawville were

Snowmobile crash near Moffatt Rd.

CALEB NICKERSON CLARENDON Feb. 21, 2021 On Sunday afternoon a snowmobiler crashed into a stand of trees near the intersection of the PPJ trail and

Communication breakdown

Communicating is one of the most important things we can do as humans. Over the past few centuries it’s gone through a whole lot of

Overtime nearly doubles at Pontiac CHSLDs

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 17, 2021 Overtime hours are up at all three of Pontiac’s public long-term care facilities (CHSLDs) according to the regional health

Allumettes residents experience landline outages

CALEB NICKERSON L’ISLE AUX ALLUMETTES March 3, 2021 While it seems that the power outages in Allumettes Island have largely subsided, the region has been hit with numerous breaks in their telephone service since the start of the year. Allumettes

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‘‘It’s over for the little guy”

There’s a great scene in HBO’s classic television series The Sopranos: two mafia wiseguys enter a Starbucks-type coffee franchise and attempt to give the manager an offer he can’t refuse. Either he pays their “merchant’s protective cooperative” or they and

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Draw held for McDowell K4 class

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Feb. 22, 2021 On Feb. 22, the selections of the coming K4 class at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School in Shawville were made by random draw. Principal Grady Robson explained that the pre-kindergarten class offers a curriculum

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Snowmobile crash near Moffatt Rd.

CALEB NICKERSON CLARENDON Feb. 21, 2021 On Sunday afternoon a snowmobiler crashed into a stand of trees near the intersection of the PPJ trail and Moffatt Road in Clarendon. At around 6 p.m., emergency crews were called out to the

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Communication breakdown

Communicating is one of the most important things we can do as humans. Over the past few centuries it’s gone through a whole lot of advancement, from the printing press to the telephone. The creation and adoption of the internet

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Overtime nearly doubles at Pontiac CHSLDs

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 17, 2021 Overtime hours are up at all three of Pontiac’s public long-term care facilities (CHSLDs) according to the regional health authority’s documentation. The data was obtained by THE EQUITY through several access to information requests.

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