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March 11, 2026

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Motion to open plenary rejected

by Charles Dickson Campbell’s Bay Mar. 20, 2024 A proposal to allow the public to attend the monthly plenary meetings of MRC Pontiac mayors has

FIQ nurses reach deal with province by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quebec Mar. 21 , 2024 After 16 months of negotiations, Quebec’s largest nurses union has

Three municipal councils call for halt to incinerator project Mayor Spence to replace warden as spokesperson on EFW file by Charles Dickson Pontiac Mar. 18,

Motion to open plenary rejected

by Charles Dickson Campbell’s Bay Mar. 20, 2024 A proposal to allow the public to attend the monthly plenary meetings of MRC Pontiac mayors has been soundly defeated. At the regular monthly public meeting held in Campbell’s Bay last week,

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FIQ nurses reach deal with province by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quebec Mar. 21 , 2024 After 16 months of negotiations, Quebec’s largest nurses union has reached an agreement in principle with the province. The Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du

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Three municipal councils call for halt to incinerator project Mayor Spence to replace warden as spokesperson on EFW file by Charles Dickson Pontiac Mar. 18, 2024 The councils of the municipalities of Otter Lake, Thorne and Waltham passed resolutions at

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MRC Pontiac funds support bid for abattoir

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville Mar. 13, 2024 The MRC Pontiac has confirmed it has offered financial support to a bid that was placed for the purchase of local Abattoir les Viandes du Pontiac. The business assets were listed for

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Citizens’ groups launch campaigns to oppose incinerator

Friends of the Pontiac issues fact sheet, Citizens of the Pontiac urges face-to-face engagement By Charles DicksonPontiacMar. 11, 2024Efforts to convince Pontiac County mayors to oppose any further development of the energy-from-waste project have been launched by two local citizens’

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