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Complaint Dear Editor, I’d like to complain* – imagine that – about the weather. Over this past winter, we’ve had warnings of huge fierce storms,

The Way We Were

Mar. 4,1998 25 Years Ago Quebec’s first female welders to graduate: Two local women are poised to become the first female welders in Quebec. After

Time Change

Some would say that this coming weekend, on March 11, when time springs forward is one of the most dreaded weekends of the year for

What’s in a name

The recent name change of the federal riding from Pontiac to Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi is all about symbolism. Not that that’s a bad thing. Recognizing the

Hydro-Québec explains upper Pontiac power outage

Brett Thoms Pontiac March 1, 2023 Hydro-Québec (HQ) presented its preliminary analysis of the causes of the outage that occurred on Feb 4-5, 2023, to several local representatives last week. The Mayor of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Corey Spence, the Mayor of Chichester

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Letters to the Editor

Complaint Dear Editor, I’d like to complain* – imagine that – about the weather. Over this past winter, we’ve had warnings of huge fierce storms, which often turned out to be piddly little snow squalls; inconvenient enough, but not the

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The Way We Were

Mar. 4,1998 25 Years Ago Quebec’s first female welders to graduate: Two local women are poised to become the first female welders in Quebec. After one and a half years of welding theory and practice at the Centre de Formation

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Time Change

Some would say that this coming weekend, on March 11, when time springs forward is one of the most dreaded weekends of the year for parents. When I had little ones I dreaded this weekend like the plague. Everyone was

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What’s in a name

The recent name change of the federal riding from Pontiac to Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi is all about symbolism. Not that that’s a bad thing. Recognizing the presence of the Kitigan Zibi reservation, home to descendents of the original inhabitants of what

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Snowmobile Races dash back to Fort-Coulonge

Connor Lalande Fort-Coulonge March 4, 2023 The smell of exhaust and the roar of engines filled the air at the 25th edition of the Snowmobile Races in Fort-Coulonge this past Saturday. Taking place at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs

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