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November 26, 2025

Healthcare

Residents launch fundraiser for techs

Local activism group Citizens of the Pontiac is hoping to raise $30,000 to pay Pontiac’s imaging technicians what the province isn’t and keep them from

Bone-headed bonus

Why are radiation technologists working in the Shawville and Wakefield hospitals being offered a smaller bonus for staying put than has been offered to their

The geography of healthcare

It’s very good news that Pontiac Hospital’s medical imaging technicians will receive an $18,000 pay bonus. Congratulations to everyone who made a big noise about

Death by a thousand cuts

There is opportunity here in the Pontiac. Beautiful landscapes. Natural resources. Wide open spaces. Welcoming communities. Smart people with great ideas. All within easy access

Standing up to stiff person syndrome

Three years ago Jessica Forgues as diagnosed with stiff person syndrome, a rare neurological condition she shares with Quebec singer Céline Dion.

Band-aids

A last-minute band-aid attempt to staunch the long-standing flow of staff from west Quebec hospitals to better-paying jobs in Ontario appears to be backfiring. It

Residents launch fundraiser for techs

Local activism group Citizens of the Pontiac is hoping to raise $30,000 to pay Pontiac’s imaging technicians what the province isn’t and keep them from leaving for higher paying jobs in early September.

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Bone-headed bonus

Why are radiation technologists working in the Shawville and Wakefield hospitals being offered a smaller bonus for staying put than has been offered to their counterparts in other hospitals in the region? What is the basis of this discrimination? It

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The geography of healthcare

It’s very good news that Pontiac Hospital’s medical imaging technicians will receive an $18,000 pay bonus. Congratulations to everyone who made a big noise about the problem – hospital staff and administrators, doctors, citizen activists, mayors, the warden, and the

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Bonuses extended to Pontiac imaging technicians

At least three techs still pursuing positions elsewhere The union representing medical imaging technicians in the Outaouais has confirmed three of the technicians currently working in the Pontiac who had recently applied to higher paying positions in Gatineau and Ontario

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Death by a thousand cuts

There is opportunity here in the Pontiac. Beautiful landscapes. Natural resources. Wide open spaces. Welcoming communities. Smart people with great ideas. All within easy access to major urban markets. What a great place to live, work and operate a business!

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Band-aids

A last-minute band-aid attempt to staunch the long-standing flow of staff from west Quebec hospitals to better-paying jobs in Ontario appears to be backfiring. It started with a pay bonus offered to imaging technicians in Hull and Gatineau hospitals as

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