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June 11, 2026

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Local children create watercolours

Shawville April 28, 2019 Katharine Fletcher’s Get Art Watercolour Wonder Workshop with Parents’ Voice children and parents took place at the community lodge in Shawville

Two men punished for soggy joyride

CALEB NICKERSON FORT COULONGE April 30, 2019 A video shot Tuesday night and shared on social media quickly went viral and landed two young men

More warnings for Sorting Centre

Chris Lowrey LITCHFIELD May 3, 2019 The Pontiac Sorting Centre has received another warning from the Quebec Ministry of the Environment after being convicted of

Local children create watercolours

Shawville April 28, 2019 Katharine Fletcher’s Get Art Watercolour Wonder Workshop with Parents’ Voice children and parents took place at the community lodge in Shawville on April 28. “I taught perspective, framing and masking (with tape),” Fletcher said. “Then we

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Two men punished for soggy joyride

CALEB NICKERSON FORT COULONGE April 30, 2019 A video shot Tuesday night and shared on social media quickly went viral and landed two young men in a pile of trouble. The video, taken with the app Snapchat, shows the pair

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More warnings for Sorting Centre

Chris Lowrey LITCHFIELD May 3, 2019 The Pontiac Sorting Centre has received another warning from the Quebec Ministry of the Environment after being convicted of four environmental violations and being fined more than $40,000 in October of 2018. The Sorting

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Hundreds evacuated, stranded by flooding

CALEB NICKERSON PONTIAC May 8, 2019 The flooding over the past few weeks has affected many municipalities in the region in a variety of ways, from damaged infrastructure to evacuated homes. Up in Thorne, Mayor Karen Kelly said that some

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Local businesses lend volunteers a helping hand

J.D. Potié PONTIAC May 6, 2019 With hundreds of residents affected by the record-setting 2019 floods, various local businesses put their best foot forward by chipping in to contribute to the cause by giving out numerous donations to volunteers and

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