

Upper Pontiac spends cold snap powerless
Over 2,000 residents in the upper Pontiac endured some portion of the weekend’s cold snap without any electricity after the power grid, overloaded from the
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Over 2,000 residents in the upper Pontiac endured some portion of the weekend’s cold snap without any electricity after the power grid, overloaded from the


Some 200 people packed Harrington Hall to share concerns with the new curbside pickup program.


Five winners were chosen out of the 90 homes considered.


The survey results will be used to help shape the region’s “seniors friendly” policy.


The parish hall in Fort-Coulonge was bustling on Friday night as dozens of volunteers helped put together more than 100 food baskets as part of


Well, it’s all over but the crying, and even that’s started to die out. The elections on Nov. 2 came and went and there’s a


Public security coordinator Julien Gagnon presented data that makes a strong case for sharing fire services between municipalities.


SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.


Upcoming fire service meetings and solar development challenges were also discussed at the monthly council meeting.
Dear Editor, The Pontiac region has experienced an unprecedented number of hydro outages in the past year. The complete loss of power has occurred unexpectedly


Over 2,000 residents in the upper Pontiac endured some portion of the weekend’s cold snap without any electricity after the power grid, overloaded from the surge in electrical demand as the temperatures hovered around -30 C, shut down just before


Some 200 people packed Harrington Hall to share concerns with the new curbside pickup program.


Five winners were chosen out of the 90 homes considered.


The survey results will be used to help shape the region’s “seniors friendly” policy.


The parish hall in Fort-Coulonge was bustling on Friday night as dozens of volunteers helped put together more than 100 food baskets as part of the annual “guignolée”, the Christmas food drive. One of the organizers Ken Hobbs said that


Well, it’s all over but the crying, and even that’s started to die out. The elections on Nov. 2 came and went and there’s a new slate of eight mayors along with 10 incumbents headed to the MRC Pontiac council


Public security coordinator Julien Gagnon presented data that makes a strong case for sharing fire services between municipalities.


SOPFEU sent water bombers to fires in Thorne and Otter Lake to help contain the flames.


Upcoming fire service meetings and solar development challenges were also discussed at the monthly council meeting.
Dear Editor, The Pontiac region has experienced an unprecedented number of hydro outages in the past year. The complete loss of power has occurred unexpectedly with no notice and no obvious cause such as high wind, heavy rain or snow.
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