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May 28, 2026

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Caleb Nickerson

Not again…

The truth really is stranger than fiction. Last week Pontiac MP Will Amos made more international headlines with his second video conference gaffe in as

Fortin discusses Bill 96 with mayors

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY May 19, 2021 This past Wednesday, the MRC Pontiac council of mayors had an extended question and answer session with MNA

Bring on summer

May 28 can’t come quickly enough. Last week the provincial government announced its reopening plan and it was met with a mass exhalation of breath,

Fortin talks Bill 96

CALEB NICKERSON QUEBEC May 13, 2021 On May 13, the CAQ government introduced their long-proposed update to the province’s language laws, the 100 page, 201

Could be worse

Well, the long awaited update to Quebec’s language charter is here, after being one of the key election planks that the governing CAQ party used

Not again…

The truth really is stranger than fiction. Last week Pontiac MP Will Amos made more international headlines with his second video conference gaffe in as many months. This time was much more salacious, since he was alleged to have been

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Educators strike across the Outaouais

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY May 19, 2021 On Wednesday, educators from around the Pontiac engaged in a half-day strike to protest the lack of a collective agreement with the provincial government. The strike by members of the regional educators union

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Memorial created for accident victims

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 26, 2021 A young couple from the Pontiac that passed away too soon will be memorialized thanks to a recent fundraiser organized by one of their friends. Todd “TJ” Vibert Jr., 23, of Campbell’s Bay and

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Fortin discusses Bill 96 with mayors

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY May 19, 2021 This past Wednesday, the MRC Pontiac council of mayors had an extended question and answer session with MNA André Fortin about the provincial government’s new language law, known as Bill 96. The bill,

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Bring on summer

May 28 can’t come quickly enough. Last week the provincial government announced its reopening plan and it was met with a mass exhalation of breath, like a weight was lifted off our chests. The date was set that the province-wide

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Fortin talks Bill 96

CALEB NICKERSON QUEBEC May 13, 2021 On May 13, the CAQ government introduced their long-proposed update to the province’s language laws, the 100 page, 201 article Bill 96. Pontiac MNA André Fortin spoke with THE EQUITY the day after the

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Grand Calumet students co-author book

CALEB NICKERSON ILE DU GRAND CALUMET May 13, 2020 On Thursday, students at École Sainte-Anne on Île du Grand Calumet got to see a book that they had collectively produced for the first time via videoconference. Starting back in 2020,

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Could be worse

Well, the long awaited update to Quebec’s language charter is here, after being one of the key election planks that the governing CAQ party used to ride to a comfortable majority in 2018. The mammoth piece of legislation (100 pages

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