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December 17, 2025

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Caleb Nickerson

Knowledge is Power

If there’s anything this pandemic has shown, it’s the importance of data that’s both accurate and timely. In a novel and unexpected crisis, there is

Hospital overtime tops $1 million

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 10, 2021 Overtime hours at the Pontiac Hospital have more than quadrupled since 2014, and topped a million dollars a year

Conservatives announce Pontiac candidate

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 4, 2021 On Feb.4, the Pontiac pick for the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) made his candidacy official. Michel Gauthier announced

Pool project keeps on swimming

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 3, 2021 The Piscine Pontiac Pool committee are looking at their options following the news that they were not approved for

Your health is your wealth

This past weekend, this province marked a particularly grim milestone, with its 10,000th death attributed to COVID-19. Despite making up only a quarter of Canada’s

Des Collines police nab daytime drunk driver

CALEB NICKERSON MUNICIPALITY OF PONTIAC Feb. 5, 2021 A 71 year-old drunk driver was apprehended by police in the Municipality of Pontiac at around three in the afternoon on Feb. 5. According to MRC des Collines Police, the driver was

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Snow sculpting competition in Otter Lake

CALEB NICKERSON OTTER LAKE Feb. 17, 2021 Parents in Otter Lake looking for a fun family activity have just a few more days left to register for a municipality-wide snow sculpture competition. One of the organizers, Kassandra Fleury said that

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Knowledge is Power

If there’s anything this pandemic has shown, it’s the importance of data that’s both accurate and timely. In a novel and unexpected crisis, there is inevitably going to be screw-ups on the part of our public officials, both elected and

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New restaurateurs open two Pontiac eateries

CALEB NICKERSON There’s a new spot to grab a bite to eat in both Luskville and Fort Coulonge. Café Resto Karim opened two different locations over the past week, in the heart of these two distant communities. Co-owners Julie Dubois

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Hospital overtime tops $1 million

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 10, 2021 Overtime hours at the Pontiac Hospital have more than quadrupled since 2014, and topped a million dollars a year in 2020. THE EQUITY obtained the information through several access to information requests and it

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Conservatives announce Pontiac candidate

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 4, 2021 On Feb.4, the Pontiac pick for the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) made his candidacy official. Michel Gauthier announced he would be running in the next election via a Zoom call with media, accompanied

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Pool project keeps on swimming

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Feb. 3, 2021 The Piscine Pontiac Pool committee are looking at their options following the news that they were not approved for a large grant they applied for in 2020. Committee President Todd Hoffman said that the

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Your health is your wealth

This past weekend, this province marked a particularly grim milestone, with its 10,000th death attributed to COVID-19. Despite making up only a quarter of Canada’s population, Quebec has accounted for nearly half of the deaths caused by the pandemic. The

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