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April 16, 2026

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MRC buys abattoir assets

Soon-to-be cooperative of local producers to buy some assets from MRC down the road Pontiac’s only provincially licensed abattoir will live to see another day

Shawville sidewalks get lit

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville May. 13, 2024 Illumination of the Main Street sidewalk in Shawville is no longer at the whims of often faulty

Six more councils rescind support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Pontiac May 14, 2024 In decisions rendered at their regular monthly council meetings last week,

Feds award money to repair Des Joachims bridge on the Ottawa Construction will cause periodic closures through summer months by Guillaume Laflamme Rapides des joachims

MRC buys abattoir assets

Soon-to-be cooperative of local producers to buy some assets from MRC down the road Pontiac’s only provincially licensed abattoir will live to see another day thanks to the efforts of a small group of local farmers and the MRC Pontiac.

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Shawville sidewalks get lit

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville May. 13, 2024 Illumination of the Main Street sidewalk in Shawville is no longer at the whims of often faulty Hydro Québec street lights. In April, the municipality installed 12 solar-powered street lamps along the

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Six more councils rescind support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Pontiac May 14, 2024 In decisions rendered at their regular monthly council meetings last week, the municipalities of Campbell’s Bay, Fort Coulonge and Mansfield and Pontefract withdrew their support for

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Feds award money to repair Des Joachims bridge on the Ottawa Construction will cause periodic closures through summer months by Guillaume Laflamme Rapides des joachims May 7, 2024 The Government of Canada has awarded $1.2 million to contractor Groupe Lapalme

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