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Social Notes – April 3, 2024

Shawville – Lyse Lacourse There will be a public meeting at the Shawville United Church hall Wed. Apr. 3 at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will

Carrier leaves CHIP

François Carrier, General Manager of CHIP FM since 2012, has left his position at the Pontiac radio station to take on a new challenge with

The Way We Were – March 27, 2024

25 Years Ago – Mar. 24, 1999 Corridor contaminated: MoE: A warning from the Ministry of Environment to the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) that

Social Notes – April 3, 2024

Shawville – Lyse Lacourse There will be a public meeting at the Shawville United Church hall Wed. Apr. 3 at 7:00 p.m. The speaker will be Corey Spence, the mayor of Allumettes Island, on the subject of turning energy from

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Quyon Library hosts annual Easter egg hunt

by Charles dickson Quyon Mar. 30, 2024 Four hundred and fifty plastic eggs, packed with candies and trinkets by volunteer librarian Glenda Nitschke and her sisters Theresa and Nancy Provost, were spread across the backyard of the Quyon Library in

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Convoy heads to Ottawa to protest carbon tax

by Charles Dickson Shawville Apr. 1, 2024 Twenty-one people in a nine-vehicle convoy left Shawville just after 9 a.m. on Monday, heading for Ottawa to register a complaint with the federal government over the carbon tax increase which came into

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Carrier leaves CHIP

François Carrier, General Manager of CHIP FM since 2012, has left his position at the Pontiac radio station to take on a new challenge with Le Droit newspaper. Carrier made the shift to his new role as General Manager and

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Ruminant stomach product recalled by abattoir

A recall was issued last week for an animal product sold by the Abattoir les Viandes du Pontiac. The province’s ministry of agriculture (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the abattoir, published a warning for the public not to consume ruminant stomachs

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The Way We Were – March 27, 2024

25 Years Ago – Mar. 24, 1999 Corridor contaminated: MoE: A warning from the Ministry of Environment to the Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) that soil on the old railway corridor is likely contaminated never reached the buyers of the

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