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September 10, 2026

Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Orr back on Bristol council

Residents of Bristol have voted in former mayor Brent Orr to fill the municipality’s vacant council seat in the by-election held Sunday.

Food security, at what cost?

Just a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney shared his government’s strategy to build food security in this country, the Liberals quietly snuck through a

Pontiac Country Fest draws from Timmins, Granby

Organizers of the Municipality of Pontiac’s fourth annual Pontiac Country Festival are celebrating another year of growth. “It went well. It was a lot of work, but it went so well,” said lead organizer Nathalie Larose, the municipality’s coordinator for

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Food security, at what cost?

Just a week after Prime Minister Mark Carney shared his government’s strategy to build food security in this country, the Liberals quietly snuck through a bill that will radically change how pesticides are regulated, or rather, deregulated.  Bill C-30, passed

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Feds’ new food security plan: McCann weighs in

Earlier this month, the federal government introduced its new food security strategy which lays out its plan for producing more food domestically, making it more affordable for consumers, and making the whole food system less dependent on other countries.  The

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