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Upcoming live show in Shawville

Brett Thoms Shawville Feb 26 2022 Pontiac Community Players are performing the play Steel Magnolias in front of live audiences between March 9 and 12

$65 million investment for nurse recruitment

Carole St-Aubin Pontiac Feb.23, 2022 Quebec Labour and Immigration Minister, Jean Boulet, made an announcement on Wednesday that the Quebec government is investing $65 million

Letters to the Editor

Anti-virus measures Dear Editor, This is in response to the articles that Chris Judd and Robert Wills have written about the Freedom Truck Convoy 2022

The Way We Were

Feb. 19,1997 25 Years Ago Manor officially re-opened: To cap off “Care for the Elderly Week,” Pontiac officially opened the renovated Manoir Sacre-Coeur Sunday. The

The sacred meal

Growing up with two older sisters, a younger sister and two parents working full time meant we had a busy household. Even though they were

Too much at stake

Canadians have had a front row seat on the fracturing of American society over the past few years. We have seen at close range how

Upcoming live show in Shawville

Brett Thoms Shawville Feb 26 2022 Pontiac Community Players are performing the play Steel Magnolias in front of live audiences between March 9 and 12 at the Pontiac High School auditorium. There will be showings on . . .

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Local farm buys old M&R feed mill in Quyon

Brett Thoms Pontiac Feb. 21, 2022 A local farm, La Paysannerie, has purchased the former M&R feed mill in Quyon. The mill was purchased for $80,000, according to Pierre Said, Director General of the municipality of Pontiac. La Paysanne plans

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COVID update: Phasing out the vaccination passport

Carole St-Aubin Campbell’s Bay Feb.17, 2022 As of March 14, vaccination passports will no longer be required to access businesses and services in Québec, according to Minister of Health and Social Services, Christian Dubé. He advised Quebec residents to keep

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$65 million investment for nurse recruitment

Carole St-Aubin Pontiac Feb.23, 2022 Quebec Labour and Immigration Minister, Jean Boulet, made an announcement on Wednesday that the Quebec government is investing $65 million over a two-year period to recruit international candidates in an effort to alleviate the nursing

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Letters to the Editor

Anti-virus measures Dear Editor, This is in response to the articles that Chris Judd and Robert Wills have written about the Freedom Truck Convoy 2022 over the past couple of weeks. Has either of those gentlemen been to Ottawa to

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The Way We Were

Feb. 19,1997 25 Years Ago Manor officially re-opened: To cap off “Care for the Elderly Week,” Pontiac officially opened the renovated Manoir Sacre-Coeur Sunday. The 26-year-old manor just outside Fort Coulonge is home to 40 residents and employs an equal

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The sacred meal

Growing up with two older sisters, a younger sister and two parents working full time meant we had a busy household. Even though they were busier than busy, my parents held strong to an all important family rule —supper time

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Too much at stake

Canadians have had a front row seat on the fracturing of American society over the past few years. We have seen at close range how different world views can split a country in two and damage the very institutions that

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