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Thank God for Christmas

It’s nice to wrap the year up on a good note. That’s a bit of a challenge after a year like 2022. It’s been a

The Way We Were

Dec. 17,1997 – 25 Years Ago Biggest parade in recent years: It was a fitting tribute. Atop a bale of hay on the float driven

Municipal Code of Conduct

Dear Editor, As tax paying residents of this municipality, we all have the right to ask questions and be answered. These are fundamentals of municipal

Christmas traditions

My family has had the same Christmas Eve traditions for as long as I can remember. Even as an adult, my sisters, I and our

A lack of good decisions

Our health system is failing us on so many levels, but through no fault of its own. It’s a failure that has been a long

New year, new Bryson: Celebrating 150

Zainab Al-Mehdar Bryson December, 19 2022 In 1856, a trading post known as ‘the small port of Havelock’ was established on the Quebec shore of

Budget time across the Pontiac

Brett Thoms Pontiac December 19, 2022 Municipalities across the MRC Pontiac have either passed or are preparing to pass their municipal budgets. With inflationary pressures

Delilah rings the bell

Brett Thoms Otter Lake December 17, 2022 Delilah Telford-Hodgins, a six-year-old girl from Otter Lake who over the past two-and-a-half years has been fighting leukemia,

Gail Gavan spreads message of positivity

Brett Thoms Shawville Dec. 19, 2022 Gail Gavan performed two live shows in the Pontiac last weekend called Christmas in Pontiac. Performing along with Sherryl

Thank God for Christmas

It’s nice to wrap the year up on a good note. That’s a bit of a challenge after a year like 2022. It’s been a tough year and we need it to end. We need some down time. We need

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The Way We Were

Dec. 17,1997 – 25 Years Ago Biggest parade in recent years: It was a fitting tribute. Atop a bale of hay on the float driven by his friends, Bob and Brenda Smith, lay Jerry Lalonde’s hat. Normally, that’s where Jerry

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Municipal Code of Conduct

Dear Editor, As tax paying residents of this municipality, we all have the right to ask questions and be answered. These are fundamentals of municipal government. What we don’t expect is to be subject to attacks on our character and

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Christmas traditions

My family has had the same Christmas Eve traditions for as long as I can remember. Even as an adult, my sisters, I and our families would join at my parents’ home for a family Christmas Eve and Christmas morning.

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A lack of good decisions

Our health system is failing us on so many levels, but through no fault of its own. It’s a failure that has been a long time in the making as political decisions have slowly undermined the health system. Today we

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New year, new Bryson: Celebrating 150

Zainab Al-Mehdar Bryson December, 19 2022 In 1856, a trading post known as ‘the small port of Havelock’ was established on the Quebec shore of the upper Ottawa River. Seventeen years later, in 1873, it was renamed Bryson, after lumber

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Budget time across the Pontiac

Brett Thoms Pontiac December 19, 2022 Municipalities across the MRC Pontiac have either passed or are preparing to pass their municipal budgets. With inflationary pressures on municipal and MRC services and the dramatic increase in assessment values in some municipalities

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Deal reached between SFPQ and MRC Pontiac

Brett Thoms Pontiac December 19 2022 Eighty-nine per cent of the members of the MRC Pontiac branch of Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) voted to accept an agreement in principle with the MRC’s management on

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Delilah rings the bell

Brett Thoms Otter Lake December 17, 2022 Delilah Telford-Hodgins, a six-year-old girl from Otter Lake who over the past two-and-a-half years has been fighting leukemia, has rung the bell, signaling the end of her weekly chemotherapy treatments. In June 2020

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Gail Gavan spreads message of positivity

Brett Thoms Shawville Dec. 19, 2022 Gail Gavan performed two live shows in the Pontiac last weekend called Christmas in Pontiac. Performing along with Sherryl Fitzpatrick who played the piano and fiddle, Danny Blackwell, who played the guitar and did

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