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May 14, 2026

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Province’s new wine tax puts strain on local producers Vintners must now pay 40% tax on grocery store wine sales by Camilla Faragalli Quebec Feb.

Boas and tarantulas and tegu’s, oh my!

Parents’ Voice event brings children and seniors together Dozens of excited children and seniors filled the Dale Thompson room at the CHSLD du Pontiac (CAP)

Citizens’ groups call on feds to halt nuclear waste disposal plan Radioactive waste should be stored underground, not in mound beside Ottawa River, groups say

Giant Tiger gives $1,500 to Blessed Cupboard

Marie-Eve Lizée, grocery supervisor at Giant Tiger, and wife of store owner/manager Brandyn Gauthier, handed over a cheque for $1,500 on Monday to Jenn and Mike Rusenstrom for the Blessed Cupboard, a charity operated by the Bethel Pentecostal Church in

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Province’s new wine tax puts strain on local producers Vintners must now pay 40% tax on grocery store wine sales by Camilla Faragalli Quebec Feb. 5, 2024 Local wine producers are anxious a new provincial tax on the wine they

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Boas and tarantulas and tegu’s, oh my!

Parents’ Voice event brings children and seniors together Dozens of excited children and seniors filled the Dale Thompson room at the CHSLD du Pontiac (CAP) long-term care home on Saturday to get a hands-on experience with animals courtesy of Meet

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Citizens’ groups call on feds to halt nuclear waste disposal plan Radioactive waste should be stored underground, not in mound beside Ottawa River, groups say by Charles Dickson Pontiac Feb. 5, 2024 “People need to wake up and realize the

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