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Rural health care in crisis: part 3

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 21, 2020  Note: This is the fourth installment of a series on the crisis in rural health care that attempts to

Feds dole out $164,000 for food security

CALEB NICKERSON OUTAOUAIS Oct. 21, 2020  The federal government announced last week that they would be disbursing funding for local non-profits to improve food security. 

Big changes, little details

Last week the provincial authorities made a gargantuan statement.  The CAQ’s golden boy for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, along with newly christened Health Minister Christian

Communication break down

Since the government has chosen to divide up regions across the province by their relative “danger zone”, I’ve been playing Kenny Loggins non-stop. We’re barrelling

Fastball wraps up

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 3, 2020 The Shawville Men’s Fastpitch League wrapped up on Saturday night, closing out an abbreviated season with a pair of

Physio interrupted at Pontiac Hospital

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 7, 2020 Physiotherapy at the Pontiac Community Hospital has experienced a major disruption this year, and will likely remain limited for

Legion shares the wealth

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY Oct. 1, 2020 The Pontiac Legion Branch 162 in Campbell’s Bay dispersed funds raised during their poppy campaign to a host

Tales from Vancouver

CALEB NICKERSON CLARENDON Oct. 3, 2020 Venetia Crawford has been many places in her life, but she’s recently published a book detailing her time spent

Rural health care in crisis: part 3

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 21, 2020  Note: This is the fourth installment of a series on the crisis in rural health care that attempts to discuss as many facets of the issue as possible. If you haven’t read the previous

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Feds dole out $164,000 for food security

CALEB NICKERSON OUTAOUAIS Oct. 21, 2020  The federal government announced last week that they would be disbursing funding for local non-profits to improve food security.  Pontiac MP Will Amos, along with his colleague from the riding of Hull-Aylmer, Greg Fergus,

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Big changes, little details

Last week the provincial authorities made a gargantuan statement.  The CAQ’s golden boy for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, along with newly christened Health Minister Christian Dubé, announced that there was a 600 bed hospital destined for the region, but were

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Communication break down

Since the government has chosen to divide up regions across the province by their relative “danger zone”, I’ve been playing Kenny Loggins non-stop. We’re barrelling towards the upper reaches of these coloured zones, with Gatineau and the surrounding area being

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Fastball wraps up

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 3, 2020 The Shawville Men’s Fastpitch League wrapped up on Saturday night, closing out an abbreviated season with a pair of games. Organizer Matt Greer said that despite the late start and the additional restrictions, they

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Physio interrupted at Pontiac Hospital

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Oct. 7, 2020 Physiotherapy at the Pontiac Community Hospital has experienced a major disruption this year, and will likely remain limited for the foreseeable future. According to CISSSO media relations agent Patricia Rhéaume, two of the hospital’s

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Legion shares the wealth

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY Oct. 1, 2020 The Pontiac Legion Branch 162 in Campbell’s Bay dispersed funds raised during their poppy campaign to a host of local causes on Oct. 1. President Ron Woodstock told the assembled representatives that the

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Tales from Vancouver

CALEB NICKERSON CLARENDON Oct. 3, 2020 Venetia Crawford has been many places in her life, but she’s recently published a book detailing her time spent in Vancouver, BC, titled Ventures to Vancouver. The book is a collection of interviews that

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