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Mayors approve a slightly larger 2024 budget Charles Dickson Shawville Nov. 22, 2023 A slightly bigger budget for MRC Pontiac was approved by the county’s

Santa Claus comes to town

The 62nd annual Santa Claus parade, this year titled the Parade of Lights, made its way through Shawville Saturday evening. The parade was organized by

There’s a new kid on the Christmas-market block

Warning: She is not selling cookies Camilla Faragalli Pontiac Dec. 1, 2023 Amidst the various assortments of muffins and mittens at an average local Christmas market, Samantha Renaud’s table stands out. Renaud is the owner of Pontiac Pleasure, a new

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CISSSO user committee returns to Pontiac

Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac Nov. 28, 2023 Residents and users of CISSSO health and social service facilities in the Pontiac region now have a committee of people dedicated to representing their rights and needs to institutional authorities. After six years

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Mayors approve a slightly larger 2024 budget Charles Dickson Shawville Nov. 22, 2023 A slightly bigger budget for MRC Pontiac was approved by the county’s 18 mayors at their monthly public meeting last week. The 2024 budget, presented to the

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Santa Claus comes to town

The 62nd annual Santa Claus parade, this year titled the Parade of Lights, made its way through Shawville Saturday evening. The parade was organized by the municipalities of Shawville and Clarendon in collaboration with the Shawville Lions Club. Floats lined

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Fort Coulonge nursing student awarded $1K bursary

Camilla Faragalli Shawville Nov. 21, 2023 Sarah Jewell, a third-year nursing student from Fort Coulonge, was awarded this year’s $1,000 Deborah Smith Scholarship Fund on Tuesday at the Pontiac Hospital. Jewell, who attends Cégep de l’Outaouais in Hull, currently works

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