The MRC Council of Mayors is off for the month of July. It’s a good chance for the warden and mayors to recharge their batteries after what has undoubtedly been a challenging and exhausting year. When they come back to

News over the weekend on the results of elections to the European Parliament has sparked much speculation around what is driving the shift to the right seen there and in other parts of the western world. The key drivers appear

Ah, farming. Master of your own destiny. Up before the sun. Working in the great outdoors. Coaxing plants from the soil. Caring for animals. Harvesting the fruits of your own labour. There’s no life like it. All this may be

Somehow, our governments seem to have missed the baby boomer memo. They appear not to have picked up on the fact that the largest demographic that has ever existed in our country would eventually grow older, retire, become senior citizens

They say that 80 per cent of success is just showing up. An estimated 500 people, give or take, showed up at the five public presentations on the incinerator project held across the Pontiac through late March and much of

As the rest of the world discovers what a gem the Pontiac is, and more and more people want to live here, property values are bound to go up. It’s a matter of supply and demand. And it’s assumed to

There’s been a problem brewing in some of Pontiac’s lakes in recent years. Invasive species from purple loosestrife to zebra mussels, and now Eurasian water milfoil, have slowly but surely been making their presence known. They may originate elsewhere in

Plastic waste is increasingly on people’s minds. The theme of this year’s Earth Day celebrated around the world this past Monday was Planet vs. Plastic. Fittingly, Earth Day kicked off the international negotiations taking place in Ottawa this week on