CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Sept. 2, 2020 Despite masks being mandatory in indoor public spaces for more than a month, local business owners are still dealing with headaches from policing the public health rules. At Langford’s Grocery in Shawville, manager Christine

CALEB NICKERSON MUNICIPALITY OF PONTIAC Sept. 2, 2020 People dumping garbage illegally outside of a former dump site in the Municipality of Pontiac has raised the ire of one nearby resident. Vladimir Tolstoy has lived a few kilometres up the

CALEB NICKERSON and EMILY HSUEH SHAWVILLE Aug. 25, 2020 Though CISSSO brass say they are tentatively aiming to re-open the Pontiac Community Hospital (PCH)’s obstetrics unit by December, one senior staff member at the facility is skeptical that goal will

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC Sept. 2, 2020 Note: In this article, I am attempting to cover some of the region’s health care issues in a way that goes beyond the surface level and provides a nuanced look at what needs to

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY Aug. 19, 2020 MRC Pontiac held their first in-person council meeting since February on Aug. 19, opting for the spacious RA Hall in Campbell’s Bay rather than the Elsie Gibbons Room at their offices. The mayors,

CALEB NICKERSON BEACHBURG Aug. 24, 2020 A Beachburg man that grew up in the Pontiac began his journey of more than 100 km on Monday morning. Russell Mackay, 82, is walking to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern

CALEB NICKERSON A local veterinarian has decided that she will be hanging up her scrubs at the end of the month, after more than 40 years of work in the community. Dr. Alida Jong has worked in the region since