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5:30 pm Update - Jane Toller - April 09 2020
Article published on 9 April 2020
last modification on 10 April 2020
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The body of a man in his thirties found
10 August 2020
At around 2:00 p.m. Monday (August 10), the Sûreté du Québec helicopter located a body downstream from where the victim of a drowning was last seen. The body was recovered by officers using the helicopter. The formal identification must be done by the Coroner, the identity of the victim can be (...)
Accidental death in Thorne
10 August 2020
Last Friday (August 7) at around 11 a.m., the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) from the MRC Pontiac were called to the scene of an accident on Brouse Road in Thorne. A 63-year-old man from Clarendon had reportedly been struck by a branch of a tree he was cutting down. The man was taken to the hospital where (...)
Woman found dead in Coulonge River (Plage du Pont Blanc)
9 August 2020
The body of a woman in her sixties was discovered today (Saturday) in the Coulonge River (Plage du Pont Blanc). According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the woman was found around noon near Mansfield-et-Pontefract, just north of Fort Coulonge. The SQ added that her death appears to be a drowning (...)
Call for vigilance on construction sites
7 August 2020
Several projects resumed this week after the construction holidays and the Commission des normes, de l'équité, dela santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) reiterated the importance of taking the necessary measures to prevent accidents at work. Employers and workers alike must take into account (...)
Why should you apply to the Pontiac Scholarship Fund?
7 August 2020
Applications for the Pontiac Bursaries are still open for a few days in order to help students in the region to pursue their higher studies through funding or a scholarship. Former recipient of this annual initiative, Travis Narlock, from Otter Lake, shared how the scholarships have benefited (...)
SOPFEU : a more active season than normal
7 August 2020
COVID-19 and the confinement of recent months could be factors in the increased activity of the Société de la protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) in 2020. According to the organization's prevention and communications officer, Mélanie Morin, the final summer 2020 assessment could reveal (...)
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