The economy – are you willing to die for it?
Dear Editor, We’ve heard a lot about how important it is to re-open the economy – get people back to work. This, from people who
Dear Editor, We’ve heard a lot about how important it is to re-open the economy – get people back to work. This, from people who
Dear Editor, I am thrilled with the announcement by the Federal Government of support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. If there is something that we
I’m not sure if everyone else is doing a lot of kitchen work with their kids during this isolation time, but we sure have been.

On Wednesday, Shawville Ford donated 200 face shields, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company’s US plants, to health care workers in Pontiac, with 150 going
A former colleague I worked with phoned to tell me she had wheat buds and knowing I like to make bread, would grind the buds

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI SHAWVILLE May 20, 2020 Last week, Dr. S.E. McDowell elementary school in Shawville announced on social media they will be holding a virtual
Louis Brizard was born in the County of Macquinoné in 1798 and came to Calumet Island in 1820. He married an Algonquin maiden, Marie Lavigne,

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 20, 2020 On May 11, Quebec daycares outside Montreal reopened with new incentives on keeping children and staff safe from COVID-19.
Dear Editor, Letter writer Mick Armitage (letter to the editor, May 6) asks what the government will do if people will not take the covid-19
Dear Editor, We’ve heard a lot about how important it is to re-open the economy – get people back to work. This, from people who are safely sequestered far from the world of actual work. Those who own huge meat
Dear Editor, I am thrilled with the announcement by the Federal Government of support to Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance. If there is something that we have learned from the Covid crisis, it is the need to come up with global
I’m not sure if everyone else is doing a lot of kitchen work with their kids during this isolation time, but we sure have been. In the first month it felt like we cooked or baked something each day (hence

On Wednesday, Shawville Ford donated 200 face shields, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company’s US plants, to health care workers in Pontiac, with 150 going to the Pontiac Community Hospital and 50 distrubuted to local nursing homes. The shields were
A former colleague I worked with phoned to tell me she had wheat buds and knowing I like to make bread, would grind the buds and give me the flour. Wheat buds are hard kernels of wheat and in that

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI SHAWVILLE May 20, 2020 Last week, Dr. S.E. McDowell elementary school in Shawville announced on social media they will be holding a virtual spring fair this year. Students, at home or attending class, are asked to complete a
Louis Brizard was born in the County of Macquinoné in 1798 and came to Calumet Island in 1820. He married an Algonquin maiden, Marie Lavigne, in a traditional native ceremony. As a wedding gift, Marie’s brothers gave her a name

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 20, 2020 On May 11, Quebec daycares outside Montreal reopened with new incentives on keeping children and staff safe from COVID-19. At CPE 1-2-3 Picabou, a local daycare service, only group activities that do not require
Dear Editor, Letter writer Mick Armitage (letter to the editor, May 6) asks what the government will do if people will not take the covid-19 vaccine when it becomes available. In the event of a vaccine or cure being developed
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