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November 26, 2025

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Local seed swap kicks off gardening season

by Guillaume Laflamme Ladysmith Apr. 6, 2024 Green-thumbed Pontiacers flocked to the Thorne Community Recreation Association in Ladysmith on Saturday to pick up tips and

Bristol withdraws support for incinerator

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac Apr. 8, 2024 Bristol council voted unanimously to retract its previous support for the waste incinerator project being proposed by

Norway Bay to get new docks

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac Apr. 2, 2024 The Municipality of Bristol will pay for a new set of docks to be installed at the

Clarendon revokes previous support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Clarendon Mar. 26, 2024 In a unanimous vote last Tuesday evening, the council of the Municipality

Firsts Nation, environmental groups file third challenge against nuclear waste facility by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Ottawa Mar. 27, 2024 A coalition of three environmental groups

Back of the envelope

The initial business plan for the energy-from-waste project proposed for the Pontiac compares two means of disposal: incineration versus landfill, and it uses the volume

Local seed swap kicks off gardening season

by Guillaume Laflamme Ladysmith Apr. 6, 2024 Green-thumbed Pontiacers flocked to the Thorne Community Recreation Association in Ladysmith on Saturday to pick up tips and tricks of the gardening trade and swap home-grown plant seeds with their neighbours. The day’s

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Bristol withdraws support for incinerator

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac Apr. 8, 2024 Bristol council voted unanimously to retract its previous support for the waste incinerator project being proposed by the MRC Pontiac at its council meeting on Apr. 2. The decision was met by

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Norway Bay to get new docks

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac Apr. 2, 2024 The Municipality of Bristol will pay for a new set of docks to be installed at the Norway Bay beach this year to make deep-water swimming possible despite the indefinite closure of

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Clarendon revokes previous support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Clarendon Mar. 26, 2024 In a unanimous vote last Tuesday evening, the council of the Municipality of Clarendon passed a resolution revoking its support for the proposed incinerator project for the

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Firsts Nation, environmental groups file third challenge against nuclear waste facility by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Ottawa Mar. 27, 2024 A coalition of three environmental groups and a First Nation has applied for judicial review of a recent federal decision to

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Back of the envelope

The initial business plan for the energy-from-waste project proposed for the Pontiac compares two means of disposal: incineration versus landfill, and it uses the volume of 400,000 tons of garbage in its calculations. A problem that immediately pops up with

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