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August 13, 2026

Health Care

THE EQUITY’S Year in Review

Already feeling nostalgic for last year? Well you’re in luck, THE EQUITY’s 2024 Year in Review is here. This week, we take a look back

Residents launch fundraiser for techs

Local activism group Citizens of the Pontiac is hoping to raise $30,000 to pay Pontiac’s imaging technicians what the province isn’t and keep them from

Nurses reject tentative deal by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quebec Apr. 13, 2024 The province’s largest nurses’ union has voted to reject the tentative deal the

Year in Review – January and February 2023 Over the next few weeks we we will reviewing events that affected us here in the Pontiac,

Nursing students receive bursaries

Brett Thoms Shawville January 15, 2023 Two Pontiac nursing students received the Deborah Smith Scholarship bursary last weekend. The scholarship fund was founded in memory

THE EQUITY’S Year in Review

Already feeling nostalgic for last year? Well you’re in luck, THE EQUITY’s 2024 Year in Review is here. This week, we take a look back on some of the most memorable Pontiac stories from April, May and June.

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Residents launch fundraiser for techs

Local activism group Citizens of the Pontiac is hoping to raise $30,000 to pay Pontiac’s imaging technicians what the province isn’t and keep them from leaving for higher paying jobs in early September.

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Receptionists: the people making it all happen

To honour Administrative Professionals Day (Apr. 24) THE EQUITY spoke with people working in offices across three sectors in the Pontiac region (business, politics, and health) about what their day-to-day is like, and what keeps them coming back to work.

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Nurses reject tentative deal by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quebec Apr. 13, 2024 The province’s largest nurses’ union has voted to reject the tentative deal the union reached with the government in March. The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec

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Year in Review – January and February 2023 Over the next few weeks we we will reviewing events that affected us here in the Pontiac, in THE EQUITY’S 2023 Year in Review January Fire at bus garage A fire at

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Nursing students receive bursaries

Brett Thoms Shawville January 15, 2023 Two Pontiac nursing students received the Deborah Smith Scholarship bursary last weekend. The scholarship fund was founded in memory of Debbie Smith, a nurse from the area who was killed by a distracted driver

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