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February 18, 2026

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Bridge shut down

Caleb Nickerson A small fire closed the Chenaux Bridge in Portage du Fort for a few hours early on Nov. 17. According to MTQ communications

Brauwerk Hoffman expands to Rockland

CALEB NICKERSON ROCKLAND Nov. 25, 2020  A local brewery has expanded operations across the river to Ontario.  Brauwerk Hoffman opened the doors of their Campbell’s

Doctors push for decentralization

CALEB NICKERSON QUEBEC Nov. 25, 2020  Hundreds of doctors from across the province, including several in the Pontiac, have joined a coalition aiming to decentralize

Fortin dissects economic update

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Nov. 25, 2020  On Nov. 12, the CAQ government delivered their economic update, with Finance Minister Eric Girard projecting Quebec’s deficit will

Winter is coming

And just like that, the shovels and plows have emerged for the foreseeable future. A great dollop of snow has been dumped in our laps

Local Navy vet recalls days at sea

CALEB NICKERSON For the past 20 years or so, Mark Keller has been a staple at the Remembrance Day ceremonies in his hometown of Ladysmith.

Negative spin

Earlier this month, the local health authority announced they would be implementing a ministerial directive that was enacted by the health minister at the beginning

CISSSO seeks to increase hours

EMILY HSUEH and CALEB NICKERSON OUTAOUAIS Nov. 11, 2020  A motion imposed by the local health authority means that nurses, nurse attendants and beneficiary attendants

Bridge shut down

Caleb Nickerson A small fire closed the Chenaux Bridge in Portage du Fort for a few hours early on Nov. 17. According to MTQ communications officer Marie Chantal Baguia, the blaze was caused by material used in the work on

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Fire tears through Sand Bay property

CALEB NICKERSON SAND BAY Nov. 17, 2020  A fire tore through a property on Causeway Road in Sand Bay in the early hours of Nov. 17, though luckily it was prevented from reaching a nearby home.  The Shawville Clarendon Fire

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Brauwerk Hoffman expands to Rockland

CALEB NICKERSON ROCKLAND Nov. 25, 2020  A local brewery has expanded operations across the river to Ontario.  Brauwerk Hoffman opened the doors of their Campbell’s Bay facility in late 2018, and earlier this month they introduced their new location in

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Doctors push for decentralization

CALEB NICKERSON QUEBEC Nov. 25, 2020  Hundreds of doctors from across the province, including several in the Pontiac, have joined a coalition aiming to decentralize the administration of health care services in Quebec.  The collective, known by their French acronym

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Fortin dissects economic update

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Nov. 25, 2020  On Nov. 12, the CAQ government delivered their economic update, with Finance Minister Eric Girard projecting Quebec’s deficit will grow to $15 billion for 2020-2021. This is the second update that Girard has given

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Winter is coming

And just like that, the shovels and plows have emerged for the foreseeable future. A great dollop of snow has been dumped in our laps and the only thing we can do is deal with it.  Honestly, it might be

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Local Navy vet recalls days at sea

CALEB NICKERSON For the past 20 years or so, Mark Keller has been a staple at the Remembrance Day ceremonies in his hometown of Ladysmith. This year’s celebrations were a little different, but Keller said things were more or less

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Santa Claus parade to go ahead, with changes

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Nov. 18, 2020 The Shawville Santa Claus parade will likely go ahead this year, as long as the region retains its orange zone designation. However, as Shawville councillor Patty Moffatt explained in an interview with THE EQUITY,

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Negative spin

Earlier this month, the local health authority announced they would be implementing a ministerial directive that was enacted by the health minister at the beginning of the pandemic, which allows the CISSSO to force part-time workers to adopt a full-time

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CISSSO seeks to increase hours

EMILY HSUEH and CALEB NICKERSON OUTAOUAIS Nov. 11, 2020  A motion imposed by the local health authority means that nurses, nurse attendants and beneficiary attendants at the hospitals in Gatineau and Hull will be forced to work full-time and in

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