Bryson flood: Some will call it beaver blundering, and insurance people will call it an act of God (thus absolving them of any responsiblity), but when the square mile of 15 foot deep water above Bryson descended on the village

Dr. Keon’s brother appointed head of surgery at University of Ottawa: Last month Dr. Wilbert Keon was appointed Chairman, Department of Surgery, University of Ottawa, succeeding Dr. J. Burke Ewing, the only other person to hold the Chair of Surgery

Food poisoning follows wedding reception: The Quebec Police Force, Campbell’s Bay detachment, is investigating a series of poisonings which took place after the Boisvert-Balland wedding in Fort Coulonge last Saturday. The guests enjoyed a dinner at the Coulonge Inn Hotel

Barrie Murray’s pacer wins at Blue Bonnets: Noble Hartack, a 3 year old brown pacing horse, owned by Barrie Murray of Shawville, won in 2.03 and 3 on Monday night at Blue Bonnets Raceway in Montreal. Barrie bought Noble Hartack,

Pontiac Holsteins Club barn meeting at Stanleys’: Friday, March 12th, about 50 Holstein breeders gathered at the farm of Archie Stanley and family, for the annual barn meeting. In a spacious stable two rows of well groomed young cows were

“Xmas Belle” Tops in Quebec: Elmside View Xmas Belle “G.P.” owned by George Pirie & Son, Bristol, Que., has won the honour as the highest producing 4 year old in Quebec, with a record of 20,851 lbs of milk, 861

Pontiac County mayors ask Department of Social Affairs to not close down Mosgrove’s: Following a presentation to County Council Monday by Mr. Larry Mosgrove regarding the threats to close down his boarding house near Shawville, the Mayors voted unanimously to

Pontiac Coop Medical still going strong invites new members: The Pontiac Cooperative Medical Services is one of several cooperatives operating in Pontiac County. This particular one met with an identity crisis several years ago with the implementation of medicare in

Quyon groups receive New Horizon grant: Thomas H. Lefebvre, M.P. for Pontiac, is pleased to announce that a project submitted under the New Horizons Program has received a grant from the Department of National Health and Welfare, in the amount

Tentative agreement in C-B strike: Robert Pelletier, president of Local 420, Canadian Paperworkers Union, announced at 5:00 p.m. Tuesday that the union had come to a tentative agreement with Consolidated Bathurst Limited. He and his negotiating team had been meeting