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March 4, 2026

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Meet Pontiac’s new UPA leadership

Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac April 20, 2022 Meet Pontiac’s new UPA leadership Last month the Pontiac chapter of the Union des Producteurs Agricole (UPA) voted

McDowell Elementary cleans up Shawville

Jeremy Morse Shawville April 22, 2022 Last Friday, students from Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School collected trash off the streets of Shawville in honour of

Restoring their way out of the housing crisis

by Zainab Al-Mehdar New in town, two business-savvy brothers recently started buying old buildings and restoring them. Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Larry and Benjamin Charbonneau

Protecting the Outaouais’ last wood turtles

Jeremy Morse Outaouais April 27, 2022 In the summer of 2020, a conservation team surveyed the Coulonge and Noire rivers in search of one of Canada’s at-risk turtle species. Wood turtles are considered “threatened” nationwide, but provincially they are classified

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Full coverage of the Council of Mayors

The public meeting of both the TNO and MRC Pontiac started with a the a few words in honour of the recently-deceased former mayor of Campbell’s Bay, Cletus Ferrigan. Finances One of the most important parts of the meeting was

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Pontiac mayors voice concerns and objections

Brett Thoms Bryson April 20, 2022 At Wednesday’s public meeting of the MRC, the mayors of the MRC Pontiac were each given the opportunity to air their positions on the near surface disposal facility at Chalk River. Each mayor was

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Meet Pontiac’s new UPA leadership

Sophie Kuijper Dickson Pontiac April 20, 2022 Meet Pontiac’s new UPA leadership Last month the Pontiac chapter of the Union des Producteurs Agricole (UPA) voted in a new president, Claude Vallière, and two new vice presidents, Gema Villavicencio and Justin

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McDowell Elementary cleans up Shawville

Jeremy Morse Shawville April 22, 2022 Last Friday, students from Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School collected trash off the streets of Shawville in honour of Earth Day. Empty plastic containers, small electronics and abandoned masks found scattered throughout town were

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The day Lafleur flew into Shawville

Jeremy morse Shawville April 22 2022 For Habs fans and the greater hockey community, the death of Guy Lafleur marks the loss of one of the most beloved and iconic figures in NHL history, but for a family in Portage

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Restoring their way out of the housing crisis

by Zainab Al-Mehdar New in town, two business-savvy brothers recently started buying old buildings and restoring them. Originally from Sudbury, Ontario, Larry and Benjamin Charbonneau are property owners and have restored and flipped properties in the past. What made their

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In-person Hooley returns after two years

Brett Thoms Shawville April 22, 2022 The first Hooley since the start of the pandemic was held at the Shawville Anglican Hall on Friday evening. The event was organized by Chris Judd and his wife Jeannie Judd. Hooley is an

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