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November 19, 2025

The Equity

Omicron in the Outaouais

Carole St-Aubin Pontiac Dec.9, 2021 Following a Dec. 9 press conference, Dre. Brigitte Pinard, a Gatineau doctor who specializes in public health and prevention, has

Emergency rooms over capacity

Zainab Al-Mehdar Pontiac Dec. 15 2021 In recent weeks the estimated waiting time in emergency rooms in Quebec has been rising due to the lack

The mandala effect

There is a hypnotic quality to Emily McCann’s art. Her use of colour is alluring, drawing the viewer closer. From a distance it would be

Christmas Traditions

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

The company we keep

Last week, a teacher was removed from her job at an elementary school in Chelsea because she wears a hijab. The school board felt it

New doctor in town

Carole St-Aubin Shawville Dec.10, 2021 Originally from Montreal, Dr. Jonah Debora has recently set up his practice at the Lotus Clinic in Shawville. “I was

Omicron in the Outaouais

Carole St-Aubin Pontiac Dec.9, 2021 Following a Dec. 9 press conference, Dre. Brigitte Pinard, a Gatineau doctor who specializes in public health and prevention, has confirmed that there are currently two cases of the Omicron variant in the Outaouais region.

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Emergency rooms over capacity

Zainab Al-Mehdar Pontiac Dec. 15 2021 In recent weeks the estimated waiting time in emergency rooms in Quebec has been rising due to the lack of space in some of these emergency rooms. When asked what CISSSO is doing to

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The mandala effect

There is a hypnotic quality to Emily McCann’s art. Her use of colour is alluring, drawing the viewer closer. From a distance it would be easy to assume, mistakenly, that her work is computer enhanced, perhaps even generated using a

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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 and I and our families would gather at my parents’ home for a family Christmas Eve and Christmas

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The company we keep

Last week, a teacher was removed from her job at an elementary school in Chelsea because she wears a hijab. The school board felt it had no alternative but to enforce the Legault government’s secularism law. Secularism is supposed to

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New doctor in town

Carole St-Aubin Shawville Dec.10, 2021 Originally from Montreal, Dr. Jonah Debora has recently set up his practice at the Lotus Clinic in Shawville. “I was doing a rotation here in January with Dr. Wooten, and I really liked what he

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