Amusing ourselves to death
July 14, 2026
The title of this piece is borrowed from the influential 1985 book by NYU professor Neil Postman, who wrote about the dangers of a society
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The title of this piece is borrowed from the influential 1985 book by NYU professor Neil Postman, who wrote about the dangers of a society
Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s
Quebec prosecutors detail issues with Jordan Ruling Quebec prosecutors are seeing cases dropped or pleaded down due to a Supreme Court ruling from 10 years
The mayor of the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims, located roughly an hour northwest of the Upper Pontiac region, is hoping to get his community recognized
On Tuesday (July 7), the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs was packed for a display of the performing arts put on by Canada’s Circus Spectacular,
This week we are continuing our dive into the Wyman Women’s Institute Cook Book, published on the occasion of the group’s 60th anniversary in 1973.
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal,
The union representing municipal employees in Fort-Coulonge signed their first collective agreement with the municipality’s management on June 22. The seven municipal employees other than
Police have yet to confirm the reason the car went off the road, but said they do not believe speed or alcohol to be factors
Otter Lake’s 150th anniversary celebrations continued over the weekend with a full-day summer party on Saturday. Sarah Gravelle, one of the organizers, said that the
The title of this piece is borrowed from the influential 1985 book by NYU professor Neil Postman, who wrote about the dangers of a society guzzling easy-to-digest info-tainment on television as opposed to the more difficult task of conventional reading
Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s initial two phases of improvements to the province’s cell coverage, only one tower had been
Quebec prosecutors detail issues with Jordan Ruling Quebec prosecutors are seeing cases dropped or pleaded down due to a Supreme Court ruling from 10 years ago that put a strict time limit on criminal trials, CBC News reported. The 2016
The mayor of the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims, located roughly an hour northwest of the Upper Pontiac region, is hoping to get his community recognized as remote. Roger Lafond said that his council and the MRC council of mayors have
On Tuesday (July 7), the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs was packed for a display of the performing arts put on by Canada’s Circus Spectacular, who held two shows in the afternoon. On top of the more typical performances from
This week we are continuing our dive into the Wyman Women’s Institute Cook Book, published on the occasion of the group’s 60th anniversary in 1973. This week’s recipe is “No bake delicious squares,” a nice treat that doesn’t require the
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal, CBC News reported. The facility, which takes roughly a third of Montreal’s trash, is the
The union representing municipal employees in Fort-Coulonge signed their first collective agreement with the municipality’s management on June 22. The seven municipal employees other than the director general (DG) are covered under this five-year collective agreement, which expires in Dec.
Police have yet to confirm the reason the car went off the road, but said they do not believe speed or alcohol to be factors in the crash.
Otter Lake’s 150th anniversary celebrations continued over the weekend with a full-day summer party on Saturday. Sarah Gravelle, one of the organizers, said that the timing had more to do with when the RA grounds were available during the summer.
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