CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE June 5, 2020 On Friday, several board members of the Villa James Shaw committee met in the Giant Tiger parking lot in Shawville to keep their distance while celebrating the signing of their contract with their architect.

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC June 10 2020 As the school year draws to an end, high schools in Pontiac are making plans as to how they will celebrate their graduating classes, despite the burden of COVID-19 measures. Pontiac High School will

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC June 1 2020 Pontiac resident April Judd has won the “Class of 2020” challenge organized by Girls Voices at Home, a program of the Greater Good organization. She received a . . .

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC June 3 2020  Campgrounds in Pontiac were given the green light to  reopen on June 1 under measures and restrictions set to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.   Parc Leslie, a campground in Otter Lake,  is not

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC June 3, 2020  Member of the National Assembly of Quebec André Fortin sees some flaws in the way the province is undergoing its deconfinement plan for COVID-19, as well as the lack of statistics provided at the

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 27 2020  Elementary schools in the region have adapted to abide by physical distancing requirements due to COVID-19. Dr. S.E.  McDowell Elementary School taped up their classrooms into nine or less two-metre by two-metre squares where

CALEB NICKERSON OTTER LAKE May 20-21, 2020  Fire crews in Otter Lake were kept busy last week, with two sizable brush fires that consumed several acres of forest.  The first fire was called in at 4:41 p.m. on May 20,

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 20, 2020  On May 20, the MRC Pontiac council of mayors held their monthly meeting virtually, via a Zoom video conference. All 18 municipalities had officials in attendance, though three, Campbell’s Bay, Alleyn et Cawood and

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 15 2020  On Friday, long-time local politician and former MRC Pontiac Warden Raymond Durocher passed away at home at the age of 62. He leaves behind his wife, two children and three grandchildren (with a fourth

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