
Jardin Éducatif cancels summer camp
CALEB NICKERSON LITCHFIELD May 21, 2020 On May 21, the Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac put out a press release announcing that they would be cancelling

CALEB NICKERSON LITCHFIELD May 21, 2020 On May 21, the Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac put out a press release announcing that they would be cancelling

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 27 2020 Gyms in Pontiac have been closed since March 11 as part of the government’s directives to prevent the spread

CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC May 27, 2020 J.J. Clarke is Ottawa’s weather man. Sure, he recently retired and there are of course other weather forecasters at

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 27 2020 Elementary schools in the region have adapted to abide by physical distancing requirements due to COVID-19. Dr. S.E. McDowell

CALEB NICKERSON OTTER LAKE May 20-21, 2020 Fire crews in Otter Lake were kept busy last week, with two sizable brush fires that consumed several

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 20, 2020 On May 20, the MRC Pontiac council of mayors held their monthly meeting virtually, via a Zoom video conference.
CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 18, 2020 On May 13, local health authority CISSSO announced that they would be expanding their designated COVID-19 area at the
CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC May 20, 2020 The federal government has announced that it will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to agricultural producers struck by

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 12, 2020 The Pontiac SADC hosted an online session with a dozen local business people last Tuesday to discuss strategies for

On Wednesday, Shawville Ford donated 200 face shields, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company’s US plants, to health care workers in Pontiac, with 150 going

CALEB NICKERSON LITCHFIELD May 21, 2020 On May 21, the Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac put out a press release announcing that they would be cancelling their summer day camp for the 2020 season. Program coordinator Martin Riopel said that they

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 27 2020 Gyms in Pontiac have been closed since March 11 as part of the government’s directives to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and it is still uncertain when they will be able to reopen. Julia

CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC May 27, 2020 J.J. Clarke is Ottawa’s weather man. Sure, he recently retired and there are of course other weather forecasters at other networks, but odds are none of them will have the longevity of Clarke. He’s

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 27 2020 Elementary schools in the region have adapted to abide by physical distancing requirements due to COVID-19. Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School taped up their classrooms into nine or less two-metre by two-metre squares where

CALEB NICKERSON OTTER LAKE May 20-21, 2020 Fire crews in Otter Lake were kept busy last week, with two sizable brush fires that consumed several acres of forest. The first fire was called in at 4:41 p.m. on May 20,

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 20, 2020 On May 20, the MRC Pontiac council of mayors held their monthly meeting virtually, via a Zoom video conference. All 18 municipalities had officials in attendance, though three, Campbell’s Bay, Alleyn et Cawood and
CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 18, 2020 On May 13, local health authority CISSSO announced that they would be expanding their designated COVID-19 area at the Hull Hospital with an additional unit, in order to separate intensive care patients from less
CHRIS LOWREY PONTIAC May 20, 2020 The federal government has announced that it will provide hundreds of millions of dollars to agricultural producers struck by the COVID 19 pandemic. The funding is geared to help farmers with the added costs

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 12, 2020 The Pontiac SADC hosted an online session with a dozen local business people last Tuesday to discuss strategies for dealing with the changes caused by COVID-19. The call was led by Catherine Fair and

On Wednesday, Shawville Ford donated 200 face shields, manufactured by the Ford Motor Company’s US plants, to health care workers in Pontiac, with 150 going to the Pontiac Community Hospital and 50 distrubuted to local nursing homes. The shields were
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