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The road trip

Nobody loves the pandemic. COVID-19 and its variants have claimed 33 thousand lives across Canada, postponed medical attention and delayed surgeries, stranded people in unsafe

Rising to the climate challenge

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel is hoping to hear from local farmers when she convenes public consultations on sustainable agriculture in early February. This will be

Letters

Warden’s response to editorial Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Editorial of January 12, 2022 entitled “Democratic Deficit” submitted by the publisher

The last straw

Quebec residents have some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, yet the province has endured some of the most restrictive preventative health measures

Democratic deficit

An unfortunately weak resolution on the proposed Chalk River nuclear dump was passed at the December meeting of the Pontiac Council of Mayors, and the

On life-support

We have all heard the old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It would seem our provincial government has been under the illusion

The company we keep

Last week, a teacher was removed from her job at an elementary school in Chelsea because she wears a hijab. The school board felt it

Due diligence

Just as COVID-19 restrictions seemed to be easing this Fall, we have learned of the emergence of yet another variant of the virus. Before Omicron

Choose wisely

Dear Editor, This heartfelt letter is a huge shout out to the people of the Pontiac for their continued support of the Terry Fox run.

The road trip

Nobody loves the pandemic. COVID-19 and its variants have claimed 33 thousand lives across Canada, postponed medical attention and delayed surgeries, stranded people in unsafe home environments, damaged mental health, disrupted the education of children, caused economic hardship and destroyed

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Rising to the climate challenge

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel is hoping to hear from local farmers when she convenes public consultations on sustainable agriculture in early February. This will be the first of several themes being considered in the elaboration of her initiative Towards a

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Letters

Warden’s response to editorial Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the Editorial of January 12, 2022 entitled “Democratic Deficit” submitted by the publisher Charles Dickson. He criticizes two items, 1) the MRC Council resolution about the Canadian Nuclear

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The last straw

Quebec residents have some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, yet the province has endured some of the most restrictive preventative health measures in the country. Curfews, vaccination passports, school closures, restrictions on travel, sports, and social gatherings,

Read More »

Democratic deficit

An unfortunately weak resolution on the proposed Chalk River nuclear dump was passed at the December meeting of the Pontiac Council of Mayors, and the question is why. The plan being advanced by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) is to locate

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On life-support

We have all heard the old adage, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” It would seem our provincial government has been under the illusion that this could be applied to our health care system. It’s not a very pragmatic

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The company we keep

Last week, a teacher was removed from her job at an elementary school in Chelsea because she wears a hijab. The school board felt it had no alternative but to enforce the Legault government’s secularism law. Secularism is supposed to

Read More »

Due diligence

Just as COVID-19 restrictions seemed to be easing this Fall, we have learned of the emergence of yet another variant of the virus. Before Omicron was identified in South Africa, it had already infected people in Europe. Now cases have

Read More »

Choose wisely

Dear Editor, This heartfelt letter is a huge shout out to the people of the Pontiac for their continued support of the Terry Fox run. 2021 marked the 41st anniversary of the national run. It was the 40th year for

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