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Toller meets with Forestry Minister

CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC Jan. 29, 2019 MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller met with Quebec’s Minister of Forests, Fauna and Parks, Pierre Dufour, to discuss the

Card sharks sled and shred

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT COULONGE Feb. 2, 2019 Pontiac snowmobilers were in all their glory on Saturday, when a Fort Coulonge bar’s poker run was met

Sharp hooks, sharper darts

Donald Teuma-Castelletti OTTER LAKE Feb. 2, 2019 It was a picture-perfect Saturday for dropping lines and tossing darts in Otter Lake, as the local fire

Pontiac Sorting Centre fined $40,000

CHRIS LOWREY LITCHFIELD Jan. 31, 2019 The Pontiac Sorting Centre has been fined $40,747 for several environmental offenses under the Environmental Quality Act. The ministry

Misplaced longings

My pup has taken to staring at the phone. Unfortunately I cannot communicate to him that ‘a watched phone will not ring.’ I first noticed

The Way We Were

Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier Feb. 2, 1994 25 Years Ago Marsh on the ice: The Ottawa Senators’ Brad Marsh lead the pack during a skate

How to survive all the sicknesses

by Shelley Heaphy With a child’s first year in daycare or school there can be a lot of unwanted sickness. When our eldest started school

Toller meets with Forestry Minister

CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC Jan. 29, 2019 MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller met with Quebec’s Minister of Forests, Fauna and Parks, Pierre Dufour, to discuss the future of the forestry industry in the Pontiac. Toller said she was satisfied with how

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Card sharks sled and shred

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT COULONGE Feb. 2, 2019 Pontiac snowmobilers were in all their glory on Saturday, when a Fort Coulonge bar’s poker run was met with the perfect conditions for a day of zipping around the countryside. With five stops

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Sharp hooks, sharper darts

Donald Teuma-Castelletti OTTER LAKE Feb. 2, 2019 It was a picture-perfect Saturday for dropping lines and tossing darts in Otter Lake, as the local fire department’s annual tournament filled the R.A. Hall. Arriving earlier than the snowstorm, about 160 anglers

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Pontiac Sorting Centre fined $40,000

CHRIS LOWREY LITCHFIELD Jan. 31, 2019 The Pontiac Sorting Centre has been fined $40,747 for several environmental offenses under the Environmental Quality Act. The ministry of sustainable development, the environment and the fight against climate change investigated the site, located

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Comets trade wins against Maniwaki squad

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT COULONGE Jan. 26, 2019 Just 12 seconds into the first period, the Pontiac Senior Comets knew they were in for a relentless match against the Maniwaki Forestiers on Saturday night. Nonetheless, the local boys persisted in what

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Misplaced longings

My pup has taken to staring at the phone. Unfortunately I cannot communicate to him that ‘a watched phone will not ring.’ I first noticed it the other day. I was reading and I heard whining and when I looked

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The Way We Were

Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier Feb. 2, 1994 25 Years Ago Marsh on the ice: The Ottawa Senators’ Brad Marsh lead the pack during a skate at his hockey clinic in Shawville on Jan. 29. Marsh was in town for the

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How to survive all the sicknesses

by Shelley Heaphy With a child’s first year in daycare or school there can be a lot of unwanted sickness. When our eldest started school (the same can be said for a child’s first year of daycare) we experienced at

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