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MRC controversy a COVID by-product?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 04/07/2021 - 2:56pm
Added: Wed, 04/07/2021 - 2:56pm
Allyson Beauregard
Rédacteur / Managing Editor
editor@journalpontiac.com
Controversy and heated debate have become quite common in recent months
at the MRC Pontiac’s Council of Mayors (CoM) meetings, particularly concerning the proposed bio-park project. read more »
Protests ... protests ... protests ...
Submitted by editor on Wed, 03/24/2021 - 3:59pm
Added: Wed, 03/24/2021 - 3:59pm
Fred Ryan
Éditorialiste Invitée
Guest Editorialist
Big national issues affect us all. “Idle No More”, “Me Too”, “2SLGBTQ”..., "Black Lives Matter”, “Defund the Police” and other era-defining social upheavals will mark these years, almost as much as will the COVID pandemic. read more »
COVID disclosure is a two-way street
Submitted by editor on Wed, 03/10/2021 - 1:25pm
Added: Wed, 03/10/2021 - 1:25pm
Allyson Beauregard
Rédacteur / Managing Editor
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Who needs a "healing garden"?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/24/2021 - 11:12pm
Added: Wed, 02/24/2021 - 11:12pm
Fred Ryan
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Time for a Robin Hood solution?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 02/10/2021 - 2:04pm
Added: Wed, 02/10/2021 - 2:04pm
With new COVID numbers slowly declining the news is encouraging, but
bittersweet. While the decreases may be a sign that the second wave is subsiding, many of Canada’s small and medium businesses (SME) continue to suffer terribly. read more »
Protest ... where it counts!
Submitted by editor on Wed, 01/27/2021 - 4:22pm
Added: Wed, 01/27/2021 - 4:22pm
Fred Ryan
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Christmas…anytime?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:03pm
Added: Wed, 01/13/2021 - 12:03pm
Allyson Beauregard
Rédacteur / Managing Editor
editor@journalpontiac.com
There are toys for girls and boys
Silver bells make merry noise
Yet you should remember from
the start
Christmas is a feeling in your heart
Holly wreaths and mistletoe
Carols by the candle's glow read more »
A tax on predatory profit-taking?
Submitted by editor on Wed, 12/16/2020 - 12:39pm
Added: Wed, 12/16/2020 - 12:39pm
Fred Ryan
Éditorialiste Invitée
Guest Editorialist
We may be the densest citizens in the world. How can we talk on and on, read more »
Keep the schools open!
Submitted by editor on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:12pm
Added: Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:12pm
Allyson Beauregard
Rédacteur / Managing Editor
editor@journalpontiac.com
On November 19, Québec Premier Francois Legault announced a slight
extension of schools’ winter break to gain control of the pandemic (see page 2). Schools and workplaces have the highest rates of transmission, he said; about 27% and 50%, respectively. read more »
Pontiac's COVID good news
Submitted by editor on Wed, 11/18/2020 - 2:21pm
Added: Wed, 11/18/2020 - 2:21pm
Fred Ryan
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