It seems like stress fractures are starting to appear in our society’s fortifications against this global pandemic. It’s been more than a month since the country shut down and everyone’s lives changed. Even the recluses and hermits among us, who

There’s been a lot of talk recently about heroes, whether it’s been the people in mask and scrubs scrubs toiling away in our hospitals or a store clerk making close to minimum wage while exposing themselves to every manner of

Well, it’s been a month since they cancelled school and enacted sweeping isolation legislation across the province. How’s everyone holding up? Across this region 30 days ago, people had their hours cut, their businesses closed down and their kids sent

It seems like this was the week that the pandemic became more real to people. On Wednesday, the province took steps to inhibit travel throughout the Outaouais, snarling traffic on the inter-provincial bridges from Ottawa, Renfrew and Pembroke, turning away

Even though the streets are nearly bare and most stores are temporarily closed, there seems to be a lot going on behind the scenes. The response to this modern epidemic has been similar to others across the generations. In times

More than a few times this week I’ve thought back to earlier in the year, when many of us were oblivious to the danger presented by a virus picking up steam across the ocean. Ignorance was truly blissful, if the

All indications are that the coronavirus is coming. It is not a question of if but when. While experience in other parts of the world suggests we cannot prevent it, we are told there is much we can do to

On March 8, people around the world celebrated International Women’s Day, recognizing the contributions that women have made to their communities and across the globe. Here in the Pontiac, there is no shortage of females heavily involved in making the

Well, it happened. The action that was called for anonymously by a nurse in the Pontiac Community Hospital’s obstetrics unit (according to CBC in November of last year), was put into action by the CISSSO last Friday. The obstetrics unit

On Monday, a busload of Pontiac residents took the hour-plus drive – the same drive that expectant mothers from the region will soon have to make – in order to protest the closure of the Pontiac Community Hospital’s obstetrics unit.