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 15 2020  On Friday, long-time local politician and former MRC Pontiac Warden Raymond Durocher passed away at home at the age of 62. He leaves behind his wife, two children and three grandchildren (with a fourth

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 20, 2020  On May 11, Quebec daycares outside Montreal reopened with new incentives on keeping children and staff safe from COVID-19.  At CPE 1-2-3 Picabou, a local daycare service, only group activities that do not require

CALEB NICKERSON CALUMET ISLAND  MAY11, 2020  Calumet Island Mayor Serge Newberry has stepped back from his duties for an unknown period of time to health concerns, his council learned in a brief virtual meeting last Monday. This comes close on

CALEB NICKERSON OUTAOUAIS May 13, 2020 On Friday afternoon, the Centre intégré de Santé et de Services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) recorded two more COVID-19 deaths in the region, bringing the death toll for the region to six. The two

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI PONTIAC May 6, 2020 The provincial government announced last week that elementary schools and daycares will be reopening on May 11 in the regions of the province less affected by COVID-19, which include Pontiac. They also announced that