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Pontiac on ice

Zainab Al-Mehdar Shawville March 1, 2021 Whether skating or curling, community members are excited to be back on the ice with family and friends. The

Letters to the Editor

Sympathies Dear Editor, My sympathies lie with the people of Ottawa. Their neighbourhood has been invaded and blockaded by noisy, sometimes rude people who somehow

The last straw

Quebec residents have some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, yet the province has endured some of the most restrictive preventative health measures

Year in Review – December 2021

Women’s Institute seeks support to reopen obstetrics unit Nine first-time mayors and nine re-elected mayors gathered at the Lions Hall in Bryson on Wednesday evening

The Way We Were

Dec. 4,1996 25 Years Ago All-Star teams looking to play in Ontario house: As the puck banged against the boards in the arena downstairs, parents

Where did fall go?

The first two weeks of October were as nice as many late summer days to do what you wanted to do outside. Construction jobs that

The Way We Were (Oct. 13)

Oct. 16, 1996  25 Years Ago Producers fight new marketing system: The presence of two security guards at last week’s wood producers information meeting in

The way we were (Sept. 15)

Sept. 18,1996  25 Years Ago Carrolls called ‘role models’ at community roast in Chapeau: There were a lot of laughs and a few lumps in

It’s not brain surgery

It was a cruel irony when one of the worst blows ever dealt to health care in the Pontiac was delivered by two professional health

Pontiac on ice

Zainab Al-Mehdar Shawville March 1, 2021 Whether skating or curling, community members are excited to be back on the ice with family and friends. The national learn-to-skate program run through SkateCanada, is one of many local branches that helps kids

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Letters to the Editor

Sympathies Dear Editor, My sympathies lie with the people of Ottawa. Their neighbourhood has been invaded and blockaded by noisy, sometimes rude people who somehow have the resources to take two weeks off and drive cross country and leave their

Read More »

The last straw

Quebec residents have some of the highest vaccination rates in the world, yet the province has endured some of the most restrictive preventative health measures in the country. Curfews, vaccination passports, school closures, restrictions on travel, sports, and social gatherings,

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Year in Review – December 2021

Women’s Institute seeks support to reopen obstetrics unit Nine first-time mayors and nine re-elected mayors gathered at the Lions Hall in Bryson on Wednesday evening for the first public meeting of the Pontiac MRC Council of Mayors since the November

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The Way We Were

Dec. 4,1996 25 Years Ago All-Star teams looking to play in Ontario house: As the puck banged against the boards in the arena downstairs, parents of Shawville’s competitive hockey players were told their children had no place to play. About

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Where did fall go?

The first two weeks of October were as nice as many late summer days to do what you wanted to do outside. Construction jobs that had been put off could be worked at in your shirt sleeves. Fourth cut hay,

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The Way We Were (Oct. 13)

Oct. 16, 1996  25 Years Ago Producers fight new marketing system: The presence of two security guards at last week’s wood producers information meeting in Shawville was evidence of the tension among woodlot owners. But compared to other meetings in

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The way we were (Sept. 15)

Sept. 18,1996  25 Years Ago Carrolls called ‘role models’ at community roast in Chapeau: There were a lot of laughs and a few lumps in people’s throats at Saturday night’s roast of Frank and Mardie Carroll in Chapeau. Two hundred

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It’s not brain surgery

It was a cruel irony when one of the worst blows ever dealt to health care in the Pontiac was delivered by two professional health care workers, one a neurosurgeon turned premier and the other a radiologist turned health minister.

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