Charteris residents receive water advisory, Outaouais public health official issues warning after several people complain of nausea, diarrhea: The Outaouais Public Health Department (OPHD) has issued a warning to some residents of Charteris on Hwy. 303 near Wesley Road in

MNR quietly moves 1,200 files to Hull office:  The decision by the Ministry of Natural Resources to move all the files from its land office in Mansfield to Hull is unacceptable to the Pontiac MRC’s council of mayors. “We’re hit

Protesters greet MP Robert Bertrand in Coulonge, express several concerns about free trade agreement: “Fair trade, not free trade” was the slogan repeated many times to MP Robert Bertrand in front of his office in Fort Coulonge Saturday. About 20

Royce Richardson retires from Shawville council: Long time Shawville councillor Royce Richardson will be stepping down from council and leaving his seat open.  Richardson, 67, said that after 20 years on Shawville Council he wants to leave because of health

Europe 2001 school trip concerns local farmers: Students from Pontiac High School flew off to England today despite protests from some local farmers that the Europe 2001 trip should be cancelled. Many farmers argue that the highly contagious foot-and-mouth virus

Local wine bottles:  Residents of Pontiac can be proud of their heritage with limited edition wine bottles with the labels representative of the municipalities on them. Since December, the SAQ (Societé d’Alcool du Québec) has been selling wine bottles with

Police find student threat untrue:  The Pontiac MRC Sûreté du Québec investigated an alleged threat between two students at St. Alphonsus High School in Chapeau on Friday. On Friday afternoon, two officers from the SQ received a call from the

Firefighters needs patent:  A temporary volunteer firefighters association for Danford Lake has been created until the association gets its letters patent. They currently call themselves the Danford Lake Volunteer Firefighters Steering Committee. They have to do a name search and

Bristol Auto Body expands to used cars: After 13 years of service, Bristol Auto Body on Bristol’s Front Road has expanded into used car sales. Cecil Hodgins, owner of Bristol Auto Body, said that selling used cars will be a

Luskville woman acquitted of murder: After two days of deliberation, a jury acquitted Rita Graveline of second-degree murder Saturday.  The 52-year-old Luskville woman was charged with second-degree murder for the shooting of her husband, Michael Graveline, 51, in August 1999.