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November 19, 2025

Opinion

Rain barrels

Dear Editor, I’m trying to retrain myself to avoid purchasing and throwing away single-use plastic items. Here’s something I’ve come across, that makes a good

Bravo

Dear Editor, Last week, I attended the Pontiac High School production Fiddler on the Roof. Following the applause from a full house, the director, Gordy

Parking police pay a visit

It appears as if the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSSO) is making good on its promise to ticket staff members who

Greater oversight needed

If you’ve paid a municipal fine in the last five years, there’s a good chance more than half of that didn’t make it into the

Interesting article

Dear Editor, I found the article about Chris Hayes and his Stanley Cup ring very interesting. Although I’m two years older, we share several experiences.

We want senior hockey

A movement is afoot to bring high-level hockey back to the Pontiac, and that should be welcomed. Nick St-Laurent and Danick Boisvert are looking to

Bill C-71, anything but common sense

Dear Editor, This is some clarification to MP Will Amos’s response to Caleb Nickerson regarding this piece of legislation. Let’s be 100 per cent honest

Hear ye, hear ye

Dear Editor, We are a group of young people who want to bring new ideas to our community. We want to work to improve the

Rain barrels

Dear Editor, I’m trying to retrain myself to avoid purchasing and throwing away single-use plastic items. Here’s something I’ve come across, that makes a good second-use of a plastic item — rain barrels, made from re-purposed olive shipping containers. These

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Bravo

Dear Editor, Last week, I attended the Pontiac High School production Fiddler on the Roof. Following the applause from a full house, the director, Gordy Graham, graciously congratulated and thanked all who were involved in this wonderful production. Very often

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Parking police pay a visit

It appears as if the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSSO) is making good on its promise to ticket staff members who haven’t paid for parking. Several people on the “Pontiac Voice” Facebook group have drawn attention

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Greater oversight needed

If you’ve paid a municipal fine in the last five years, there’s a good chance more than half of that didn’t make it into the MRC’s coffers. The MRC Pontiac sent out a press release in March detailing the fact

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Interesting article

Dear Editor, I found the article about Chris Hayes and his Stanley Cup ring very interesting. Although I’m two years older, we share several experiences. We both grew up in the 1950s and 1960s in small towns (Chapeau and Quyon)

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We want senior hockey

A movement is afoot to bring high-level hockey back to the Pontiac, and that should be welcomed. Nick St-Laurent and Danick Boisvert are looking to bring senior hockey teams to Fort Coulonge and Shawville, along with other communities across the

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Bill C-71, anything but common sense

Dear Editor, This is some clarification to MP Will Amos’s response to Caleb Nickerson regarding this piece of legislation. Let’s be 100 per cent honest about what this bill really is and what it means to the thousands of voting

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Pontiac UPA supports slaughterhouse project

Dear Editor, It was announced a few weeks ago that by the end of the year, a multi-species slaughterhouse including a cutting and vacuum packaging plant, is expected to open in Shawville. Les viandes du Pontiac and the company’s promoter,

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Hear ye, hear ye

Dear Editor, We are a group of young people who want to bring new ideas to our community. We want to work to improve the quality of life in our region by drawing on good ideas from elsewhere. We are

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