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A Pontiac native is among the teams of firefighters fighting the raging wildfires in British Columbia this summer. When THE EQUITY caught up with Jeremiah
Two firefighters were recognized for longtime service to the Thorne Fire Department at the firefighters’ ball held on Saturday night at the TCRA Hall in
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU,
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal,
SOPFEU busy in Quebec’s north Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU is dealing with a number of fires in the province’s north, due to dry
A total fire ban will remain in place across the Pontiac this weekend and into next week despite SOPFEU’s decision on Friday to lift its
Most if not all Pontiac municipalities now have full fire bans in effect as the Outaouais wraps up a full week in an extreme fire
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since
A Pontiac native is among the teams of firefighters fighting the raging wildfires in British Columbia this summer. When THE EQUITY caught up with Jeremiah Bastien in late July, he was working near 100 Mile House, where there were several
Two firefighters were recognized for longtime service to the Thorne Fire Department at the firefighters’ ball held on Saturday night at the TCRA Hall in Ladysmith. The event, the first of its kind held since the return of the department
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU, Quebec’s wildfire fighting agency. Two of these fires, located northwest of Maniwaki in the TNO
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat wave. Some people didn’t know how to swim. In some places, swimming wasn’t safe. When
Quebec’s largest landfill gets emergency expansion approved Last week Quebec’s government approved the temporary expansion of the Lachenaie landfill in Terrebonne, just north of Montreal, CBC News reported. The facility, which takes roughly a third of Montreal’s trash, is the
SOPFEU busy in Quebec’s north Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU is dealing with a number of fires in the province’s north, due to dry weather and lightning strikes, La Presse reported. There have been 78 fires north of the
A total fire ban will remain in place across the Pontiac this weekend and into next week despite SOPFEU’s decision on Friday to lift its ban on open-air fires.
Most if not all Pontiac municipalities now have full fire bans in effect as the Outaouais wraps up a full week in an extreme fire risk zone. Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU issued an alert at the beginning of
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since the beginning of April, as of May 8 SOPFEU had responded to 24 fires in
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