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DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC April 15, 2020 Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced on March 22 that daycares, elementary, high schools and CEGEPs will remain closed through


DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC April 15, 2020 Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced on March 22 that daycares, elementary, high schools and CEGEPs will remain closed through




CHRIS LOWREY SAND BAY April 8, 2020 Last October, residents of Sand Bay in Clarendon started raising concerns about one of their neighbours installing a


CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE April 10, 2020 On Friday, the Pontiac Agricultural Society (PAS) announced that the Shawville Fair would be cancelled this year, due to


CHRIS LOWREY: Pontiac April 15, 2020 With businesses of all kinds closing their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy farmers are feeling a unique impact


DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI Vinton April 8, 2020 Splash of Colour, a handmade clothing supplier based in Vinton, has begun sewing its own personalized cotton face masks


CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE April 6 2020 On Monday morning, local first responders and businesses gathered outside of the Pontiac Community Hospital and several local businesses


CHRIS LOWREY Pontiac March 28, 2020 Local adventure tourism entrepreneur Jim Coffey just got back from a gruelling four-day road trip across North America in


CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC April 1, 2020 On Wednesday, police forces across the Outaouais moved to establish checkpoints on inter-provincial bridges and between the MRCs of


THE EQUITY requested that readers submit stories about how their dealing with COVID-19 isoaltion measures. If you’ve got a story that you’d like to share,


DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC April 15, 2020 Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced on March 22 that daycares, elementary, high schools and CEGEPs will remain closed through to May 1st in an effort to prevent the spread of COVID 19. This announcement




CHRIS LOWREY SAND BAY April 8, 2020 Last October, residents of Sand Bay in Clarendon started raising concerns about one of their neighbours installing a septic system in close proximity to the public beach. Now, as the ice retreats, residents


CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE April 10, 2020 On Friday, the Pontiac Agricultural Society (PAS) announced that the Shawville Fair would be cancelled this year, due to public health concerns about COVID-19. This would have been the fair’s 164th anniversary, and it’s


CHRIS LOWREY: Pontiac April 15, 2020 With businesses of all kinds closing their doors amid the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy farmers are feeling a unique impact thanks to the outbreak. The tough position dairy farmers find themselves in is due to


DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI Vinton April 8, 2020 Splash of Colour, a handmade clothing supplier based in Vinton, has begun sewing its own personalized cotton face masks in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID 19. The clothing supplier has recently


CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE April 6 2020 On Monday morning, local first responders and businesses gathered outside of the Pontiac Community Hospital and several local businesses to salute other essential service workers. The hospital was first on the list and the


CHRIS LOWREY Pontiac March 28, 2020 Local adventure tourism entrepreneur Jim Coffey just got back from a gruelling four-day road trip across North America in order to get back home to the Pontiac after travel advisories issued by the federal


CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC April 1, 2020 On Wednesday, police forces across the Outaouais moved to establish checkpoints on inter-provincial bridges and between the MRCs of the region. The move was announced that morning and by noon, officers were appearing at


THE EQUITY requested that readers submit stories about how their dealing with COVID-19 isoaltion measures. If you’ve got a story that you’d like to share, send it to editor@theequity.ca. My daughter, Alexa Barre, is 10-years-old and has been painting rocks
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