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April 9, 2026

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Three municipal councils call for halt to incinerator project Mayor Spence to replace warden as spokesperson on EFW file by Charles Dickson Pontiac Mar. 18,

The company we keep

FOLLOWING THE RECENT DECISION BY THE QUEBEC COURT OF APPEAL TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF BILL 21, WE ARE REPUBLISHING OUR EDITORIAL OF DEC. 15,

Walk-ins replace appointments for blood work

by Camilla Faragalli Shawville Mar. 15, 2024 The Centre Intégré de Services Santé et de Service Sociaux de L’ Outaouais (CISSSO) has made changes to its services such that people wishing to get blood work done at the Pontiac Hospital

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Three municipal councils call for halt to incinerator project Mayor Spence to replace warden as spokesperson on EFW file by Charles Dickson Pontiac Mar. 18, 2024 The councils of the municipalities of Otter Lake, Thorne and Waltham passed resolutions at

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MRC Pontiac funds support bid for abattoir

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville Mar. 13, 2024 The MRC Pontiac has confirmed it has offered financial support to a bid that was placed for the purchase of local Abattoir les Viandes du Pontiac. The business assets were listed for

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The company we keep

FOLLOWING THE RECENT DECISION BY THE QUEBEC COURT OF APPEAL TO UPHOLD THE CONSTITUTIONALITY OF BILL 21, WE ARE REPUBLISHING OUR EDITORIAL OF DEC. 15, 2021. Last week, a teacher was removed from her job at an elementary school in

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Pontiacer organizes first-of-its-kind bull sale

When he’s not raising purebred Bouvier dogs, or tending to his large greenhouse operation, or hosting and running the Pontiac Farmers’ Market each Saturday from May to October, or acting as the treasurer for the UPA (Union des Producteurs Agricoles),

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Minor hockey regional playoffs begin in Shawville

The Shawville Arena saw a full day of hockey on Saturday, kicking off the Ligue de Hockey Régional de l’Outaouais (LHRO) regional playoffs.Shawville teams from every division faced off against opponents from Aylmer, Hull, and Maniwaki, among others.“It’s a full

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