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July 23, 2026

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Fort Coulonge

No fire, just a scaredy cat

Fort-Coulonge firefighters spent Friday morning rescuing a scared cat from a tree. Assistant chief Gilles Dionne said the department got the call around 9 a.m.

Comets capture 13th annual Pontiac Cup

Fifteen hockey teams duked it out three-on-three style at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs arena in Fort-Coulonge over the weekend in the 13th annual

Fort-Coulonge interim DG resigns

Fort-Coulonge is on the hunt for a new assistant director general after its interim DG resigned unexpectedly at the end of February, the same month

Calumet man conquers Mount Kilimanjaro

L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet resident Martin Bertrand is now one of an estimated few hundred thousand people who can claim to have summited Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro. Located in

ESSC grads toss their caps

Students in École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge’s 2025 graduating class celebrated the official end of their high school careers on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 21), crossing the stage

No fire, just a scaredy cat

Fort-Coulonge firefighters spent Friday morning rescuing a scared cat from a tree. Assistant chief Gilles Dionne said the department got the call around 9 a.m. that day, while a group of firefighters were already at the station doing some cleaning

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Comets capture 13th annual Pontiac Cup

Fifteen hockey teams duked it out three-on-three style at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs arena in Fort-Coulonge over the weekend in the 13th annual Pontiac Cup, with three teams emerging as champions.  Joel Boisvert, long-time organizer, said the tournament

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Fort-Coulonge interim DG resigns

Fort-Coulonge is on the hunt for a new assistant director general after its interim DG resigned unexpectedly at the end of February, the same month the previous assistant DG was let go.

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Calumet man conquers Mount Kilimanjaro

L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet resident Martin Bertrand is now one of an estimated few hundred thousand people who can claim to have summited Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro. Located in Tanzania, Uhuru Peak in Kilimanjaro National Park is the tallest peak in Africa and one

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ESSC grads toss their caps

Students in École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge’s 2025 graduating class celebrated the official end of their high school careers on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 21), crossing the stage to mark the completion of their diplomas.  Forty students returned to the high school for

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