Author: Eric O'Brien
A dépanneur with a big reputation in both the Upper Pontiac and the Pembroke region is celebrating its upcoming 40th anniversary with a cold one. Épicerie Dubeau Grocery sits on Hwy. 148 near the shore of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, and its blue and white sign is one of the first things that greets drivers coming across the […]
While many children across the province returned to the classroom on December 15 following a one week strike by the Front Commun, parents at some French schools in the Municipality of Pontiac are still taking care of their kids at home. That’s because the teachers in their schools are represented by the Fédération autonome de […]
The parking lot of École secondaire Sieur de Coulonge was filled with firetrucks on Monday evening (December 19), but nothing was burning. Instead, it was a training session for a new cohort of student firefighters conducted with the help of a couple of local departments. This is the second hands-on practice that the group has […]
ESSC instructor Martin Bertrand talks about the school’s new firefighter course.
After hiring Guillaume Boudreau in November of last year, MRC Pontiac is once again looking for an economic development director, posting a job offer to their website December 14. This position in particular has been a difficult one for the organization to keep occupied, as Boudreau is the fifth director to leave the department in […]
On Thursday morning (November 14) around 40 people turned out to SADC Pontiac’s office in Fort-Coulonge for the organization’s annual “mingle and jingle” networking breakfast. Funded by Economic Development Canada, the organization offers a broad range of services to businesses in the region, from loans to marketing advice to workshops with subject matter experts. Director […]
A free support group for people dealing with loss is set to get underway in Campbell’s Bay early next year. Ali-John Chaudhary, a psychotherapist coordinating the effort, said that this new group comes on the heels of a grief support group he led earlier this year. He said that while the previous sessions were for […]
Psychotherapist Ali-John Chaudhary discusses his upcoming group therapy sessions for people dealing with loss.
Quebec’s provincial forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU is in the midst of its annual recruitment period, following the most destructive summer of wildfires in its recorded history. Melanie Morin, a communications officer in SOPFEU’s western region, said that after a quiet spring, they saw more forest burned this season than the last 20 years combined. Things […]
Melanie Morin of the SOPFEU talks about the record summer for wildfires and their ongoing recruitment drive.