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The Highway 148 Effect

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We have a smooth, fast highway for a country road. Now, at the end of June, when most roads are still pockmarked after the long winter and the rainy spring, we are a ribbon of road that invites stupidity. Some people blame the road, but it is not the road that is dangerous, it's the drivers. They are in an excessive hurry, they pass on double lines and on blind corners, they are on their phones, they've had a few drinks, they are high, they are possibly not even licensed drivers. 

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A sad little tiny golden gift

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Alas, alas.

Our windows are festooned with hanging decorations on the inside (and smeared with eight months of filth outside) but neither of these visual cues stopped this little lovely from ending her life against the glass. I am so sad. She's a Yellow Warbler (Dendroica petechia) as far as I can tell. Larger birds have bumped into our windows, shaken their heads for a bit and flown away but I guess this golden tiny was too tiny. All I can do is share her perfection.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

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Help complete income tax returns!

Would you like to lend a helping hand to low-income people?

We are seeking non-profit organizations and volunteers with basic knowledge about personal income tax to complete income tax returns for the less fortunate. Your good deed will help ensure that those in need will claim all the tax credits and deductions to which they are entitled.

Sign up for the Volunteer Program! You will receive online training in completing simple income tax returns and enjoy the satisfaction that comes from helping people who cannot afford professional assistance.

For more information about the Volunteer Program, contact the coordinator of the volunteer Program of your region: 1-844-317-8156

Lancement d'un nouveau service - Launch of a new service

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La Municipalité de Pontiac est fière de vous annoncer, en partenariat avec le Grenier des Collines, l’implantation d’un...

Pontiac - Destination touristique / Pontiac - Tourism Destination

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Tourisme Pontiac

Dans le but de mieux positionner le Pontiac comme destination touristique; nous vous invitons à compléter ce court questionnaire.

Vous pourriez gagner un forfait hébergement dont une nuitée pour deux personnes à l’Auberge Spruceholme et un forfait "Parcours Extrême" au parc des chutes Coulonge qui inclut le parcours à obstacles, les tyroliennes et la Via Ferrata. Prix d’une valeur de plus de 200$.

Merci! Tourisme Pontiac

S'il vous plaît cliquer sur "Lire la suite" pour remplir le sondage:

In order to better promote the Pontiac as a tourism destination; we invite you to complete this short survey. 

You could win an overnight package at Spruceholme Inn and an "Extreme Package" to Chutes Coulonge Adventure Park including the obstacle course, zipline and Via Ferrata. Price value: over $200. 

Thanks! Tourism Pontiac

Please click on "Read more" to fill out the survey:

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SNOWSUIT FUND 2015

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he Quyon Family Center will offer their first snowsuit distribution service for
Low-income families for the Municipality of Pontiac (Quyon & Luskville)
Final date to register: October 7th 2015

Requirements: Low income families
Children 0-12 years of age
A 20$ per new snowsuit will be required
(10$ for the 3rd child +)

To register or for more information, please contact
The Quyon Family Center at (819) 458-2808

FOND HABITNEIGE 2015

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La Maison de la famille de Quyon offrira leur premier service de distribution d’habits de neige pour les familles à faible revenu de la Municipalité de Pontiac
(Quyon et Luskville).

Date limite pour s’inscrire : le 7 octobre 2015
Exigences : Être une famille à faible revenu
Enfants de 0 à 12 ans
Un montant forfaitaire de 20$ par habit de neige neuf
(10$ pour le 3e enfant de la famille et plus)

Pour s’inscrire ou pour plus d’information, veuillez contacter
La Maison de la famille de Quyon (819) 458-2808

Le centre de la famille de Quyon

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A NEW LOW FOR THE OQLF "SEGREGATION NOW, SEGREGATION FOREVER?"

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By Beryl Wajsman on May 25, 2015

Someone, somewhere in the bowels of the OQLF bureaucracy wants to impose a home-grown version of Alabama Gov. George Wallace's rallying cry in the 1960s of, "Segregation now, segregation forever!"

No it is not a stretch to make this parallel. It is actually perhaps time to stop being politically correct about what is "normal" in Quebec. Segregation of people by color is not "normal." Segregation of ideas and words in the press by language is also not "normal.

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Commission culturelle de la MRC des Collines - RCM des Collines Cultural Committee

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COMMISSION CULTURELLE DE LA MRC DES COLLINES-DE-L’OUTAOUAISLa municipalité est à la recherche d’un(e) citoyen(ne) inté...

Posted by Municipalité de Pontiac / Municipality of Pontiac on Thursday, May 7, 2015

 

THE MRC DES COLLINES-DE-L’OUTAOUAIS’ CULTURAL COMMITTEEThe municipality is in search of a citizen who is interested in...

Posted by Municipalité de Pontiac / Municipality of Pontiac on Thursday, May 7, 2015

OFFRE D’EMPLOI POLICIERS-ÈRES TEMPORAIRES

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Dans le cadre de votre travail, vous aurez rapidement la possibilité de collaborer activement avec différentes sections du service notamment dans le cadre de démarches préliminaires d’enquêtes, en approfondissant des suivis auprès de citoyens, de plaignants, de témoins ou de victimes, en participant à des opérations planifiées en sécurité routière ou en effectuant des analyses préliminaires de scènes de crime.

Dès le début de votre carrière, vous bénéficierez d’un programme d’induction complet d'environ trois semaines. Vous serez encadré par un personnel d’expérience et de véritables mentors afin de faciliter votre intégration et votre développement au sein du service.

Pour travailler en tant que policiers à la MRC des Collines-de-l'Outaouais vous devez démontrer de l’autonomie et de l’initiative, avoir une approche communautaire, détenir un bon jugement, et ce, même en situation de crise, travailler en équipe et avoir un sens du service à la clientèle développé.

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Walmart Store Holding Thanksgiving Food Drive For Its Own Workers

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One Ohio Walmart is asking employees to donate food for other workers who are struggling so much they can't afford to buy a Thanksgiving meal for their families.

The Canton, Ohio, store is holding a food drive for employees, according to a pair of photos circulated by OUR Walmart, an advocacy organization with ties to the United Food and Commercial Workers Union. Signs attached to bins located in employee backrooms ask workers to “donate food items here so associates in need can enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.”

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An Act of Compassion

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Jennifer Kingsbury Larose

Thursday Sept 18, 2014 — I witnessed an act of compassion that has, and will stay, within my heart for a long time.  Every Thursday, I have a clsc driver; they take you to doctor appointment, groceries, etc.

This very Thursday of the 18th I will not forget, as we were leaving a store, two very elderly ladies, walking so slowly in-front of us,  One of them,dragging, a rack full of items, I did not notice at that moment — but my worker did — that one of the elderly ladies was in her bare feet,  But that particular day had been one of the coldest, everyone was wearing heavy sweaters or coats.  My worker said to the elderly lady, "Madame please wait, wait right here."

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