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V-~ a 35 Fort Coulonge residents charged Heather Dickson.THE EQUITY Residents of 5A Neville Street in Fort Coulonge were charged following a police raid Thursday.See story on page two.125th Year, Issue No.15 Wednesday, April 9, 2008 88 tents County\u2019s residents also becoming less educated over time, according to Census results WILBUR MCLEAN Equity Editor PONTIAC \u2022 The unemployment rate of Pontiac is almost twice as high as the rest of Canada, the most recent set of Canadian Census results revealed.The 2006 Census showed 11.3 per cent of people in the labour force were unemployed in Pontiac, compared with a 6.1 per cent unemployment rate in Canada.Mill closures and lack of new development have crippled the local economy and while the rest of Canada experienced steady growth in employment rates between 2001 and 2006, Pontiac\u2019s rate increased only slightly: 11.8 per cent of Pontiac workers were unemployed in 2001.\u201cIt\u2019s not surprising,\u201d said MRC Pontiac Warden Mike McCrank, the highest ranking municipal politician in the county.\u201cWe did our own research to show the province how bad things are here, because they didn\u2019t believe us.\u201d Those figures seem to support what many Pontiacers already suspect: job prospects in the area are poor.Stats Canada regularly produces fig- ures on unemployment rates for Canada, provinces and major centres but only once every five years do those figures become known for each municipality and county across the country.That produced a problem for McCrank and his fellow mayors, as Pontiac is grouped with the rest of the Outaouais for job and economic statistics.He said Outaouais is considered the fourth most affluent region in all of Québec.\u201cThey kept telling us, \u2019No, you\u2019re doing alright', but we knew that wasn\u2019t the case,\u201d said McCrank.While a lack of available jobs may be the reason many would cite for the high unemployment rate in the area, Clement Hoeck thinks differently.\u201cI would disagree that there are no jobs,\u201d he said.Hoeck is the coordinator of the publicly-funded Place for Youth program, which encourages young people with post-secondary educations to return to Pontiac for employment.\u201cThere\u2019s a huge demand for qualified applicants at the Shawville hospital and it\u2019s the same everytime someone tries to start a business here,\u201d he said.\u201cA lot of people are waiting for forestry to come back and it\u2019s not going to.\u201d McCrank also suggested the Census figures may be artificially inflated because of workers employed \u201coff the books\u201d.\u201cThere are huge amounts of unlicensed trade workers in Pontiac,\u201d said McCrank.\u201cThere are a lot of things going on under the table but people feel like they have to do it that way because the government rules and regulations are so overwhelming.\u201d The latest Census results also pro- Suced a disturbing trend for Pontiac, in examining possible future growth Local residents have become less educated between the 2001 and 2006 Censuses, an unusual situation in a developed country like Canada.Forty per cent of Pontiacers between the ages of 15 and 65 have not completed high school, according to 2006 Canadian Census results released last week.That number is an increase from 38 per cent having less than a high school education in 2001.Please see CENSUS on page two THE EQUITY nominated for four awards No Loblaws for Shawville Québec\u2019s best WILBUR MCLEAN Equity Editor SHAWVILLE \u2022 The recent community rumours speculating on a Loblaws coming to Shawville are not true.\u201cThere\u2019s nothing planned for Shawville whatsoever,\u201d said a representative from the head office of Loblaw Companies Limited, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.The representative said unlike some Loblaw banners that can be franchised, such as Valu-Mart, FreshMart and Independent Grocer, the Loblaws name is used only on a corporate-run store.Therefore, the Loblaw corporation would have to initiate any store in the Shawville area and currently has no plans to do so.John Drouin, franchisor of Shawville\u2019s Valu-Mart location, said he had heard of the Loblaws rumours, but had nothing to do with them.Loblaw Companies Limited is Canada\u2019s largest food distributor with its title store, Loblaws, having 68 locations throughout Ontario and Québec primarily in urban areas.Loblaw Companies is Canada\u2019s largest retailer with over 2,000 corporate, franchised and independent stores across Canada.Its head office is based in Brampton, Ont.The closest Loblaws stores to Pontiac are located in Aylmer and Hull.PONTIAC \u2022 Pontiac\u2019s favourite newspaper has received four nominations for Quebec Community Newspaper Awards.The Equity\u2019s sports coverage has been recognized as one of the province\u2019s best and has been nominated in the Best Sports Page category.The Equity is the best destination for full sports coverage including news, results and highlights of all Pontiac athletic endeavours including high school sports, fastpitch, minor hockey and the Pontiac Junior 13\u2019 hockey team.The 2006 addition of \u201cOvertime\u201d columnist, Luke Murphy, has increased the depth and breadth of The Equity\u2019s sports page.Editor Wilbur McLean was nominated in the Best Business Story category for his coverage of the cutbacks at Pontiac\u2019s largest mill, Smurfit-Stone, last summer.Former reporter Amanda Dupuis received a pair of nominations.She was recognized in the Best Community Health Story for her two-part series entitled, \u201cBattle of the Bulge\u201d, tackling obesity in the Pontiac.She was also nominated in the Best News Story category for her coverage of the police standoff in Shawville last summer that resulted in a local man being shot by police.The award winners will be named at a gala in Montreal on May 23.Submitted by Jaime Christie The Atom \u2018A\u2019 Pontiac Lions won all four of their games in Montreal at the provincial championships on the weekend and are the best team in Québec.Atom \u2018A\u2019 wins provincial championship WILBUR MCLEAN Equity Editor PONTIAC \u2022 Atom \u2018A\u2019 Pontiac Lions Head Coach Matt MacDougall isn\u2019t too sure about his new mohawk.\u201cIt\u2019s interesting, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d remarks MacDougall, who had his hair styled in the \u201chawk Sunday night in Montreal.Chances are, MacDougall doesn\u2019t mind his new look too much, since it means his team did the improbable in winning the Atom \u2018A\u2019 provincial championship in Montreal over the weekend.The Lions won all four of their games at the provincial championship, defeating the very best Atom \u2018A\u2019 hockey teams in Québec.MacDougall made a deal with his players earlier in the season that if they won the provincial tournament he would style his hair in a mohawk and the youngsters could choose the colour Blue dye is apparently on its way.The championships in Québec pro- vided riveting hockey all weekend long, however, Pontiac\u2019s Nicholas Graveline scored in the finals with 1:11 remaining to vault the Lions to a 4-3 victory over the St.Marc Prédateurs of the Mauricie region and give the Lions the championship banner.The final on Sunday was an up-and-down contest with either team proving their deserved spot in the championship.The two teams were tied on four different occasions of the game.The Prédateurs scored in the first period to take a 1-0 lead into intermission but Pontiac responded early in the second period on a goal by Graveline, the first of his hattrick.Carter Pirie assisted.Midway through the second frame, the Mauricie representatives took the lead once more but only a minute and a half later, the Lions\u2019 Camile Dagenais responded, proving the team\u2019s mettle.Brayden Romain and Pirie assisted.Early in the third frame, Graveline gave Pontiac their first lead of the contest, shorthanded, nonetheless.However, the Prédateurs responded within two minutes.With the teams appearing headed for overtime, Graveline completed his hat-trick and vaulted the Lions to a provincial championship.\u201cIt\u2019s such a feeling,\u201d exclaimed MacDougall, once he\u2019d returned home to Pontiac.The coach said he always felt his team would have a good chance at winning the provincial tournament \u2014 \u201cWe weren\u2019t going all the way to Montreal just to show up\u201d \u2014 but still expressed great pnde in his team\u2019s accomplishment.The road to the championship final was not easy for the Lions, however, who were strongly tested for one of the first times all season.The semi-final was a come from behind 2-1 victory over the St.Francois Stars.St.Francois took the lead early in the first period but Bradley Pearson responded later that period, with assists by Pirie and Graveline.The Lions broke the deadlock in the third period when Graveline scored, assisted by Dagenais and Pirie to take the team to the win over the Laval representative.The team\u2019s second game against the squad from Bourassa provided the Lions\u2019 largest margin of victory at the provincials, as they won 4-0.Graveline scored twice, while Clancey Keon and Alexis Gauthier notched one apiece.Graveline, Pirie and Pearson all had an assist.Dean Horner provided the team\u2019s final shutout of the season in goal.In the Lions\u2019 opening game Friday, the team overcame a two goal deficit to win 5-2 against the Candiac Lions, the Richelieu representative.Please see CHAMPION on page two E\t\tbEI\t ;\u2014 Shawville: Exceptional (amity home! 3 large bdrms with h/w throughout Many upgrades Attached garage, large private lot.finished basement.A must visit.$179,900 Otter Lake: Approx 2 acres, water front and back New const Bungalow with 2+1 bdrms, walk-out basement on Hughes Lake Open concept, deck and amazing views $275.C Thome: 3 bedroom bungalow on 5+ acres only 15 minutes from Shawville 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Thorne flips some pancakes at the Zion Lutheran Church in Schwartz recently.The church basement was filled with people hoping to get their taste buds on the delicious meal.Drugs seized, Coulonge residents charged WILBUR MCLEAN Equity Editor FORT COULONGE \u2022 Three local residents have been charged in connection with a drug seizure that took place in Fort Coulonge Thursday One hundred seventy five marijuana plants, 12 grams of cocaine, some ecstasy pills and a little more than $1,000 in cash were taken by police in the search that was carried out at 5a Neville St Forty-three year-old Serge Francoeur of Fort Coulonge appeared in Campbell\u2019s Bay court and released on $5,000 bail.Two others, a 19-year-old and 34-year-old, have yet to appear in court and their names have not been released by police.This is the fourth search regarding narcotics successfully conducted by the Sûreté du Québec in the MRC Pontiac within the past two months.Monique Donnelly (née Lavoie) Happy 65th Birthday MOM! April 10th, 2008.With love, your children Gail, Sherly, Helen, Brian, Mona and your grandchildren Brandon, Aidan, Jordan, Emily, Philippe, and Anissa.Tom Bowie Affiliated Real Estate Agent Country Homes, Cottages, Property Res.819-648-5051 Cell 613-290-1978 tom @ tombo wie.com www.tombowie.com The Beautiful Bountiful Pontiac Gntu^l Century 21 Macintyre Inc.Charter Real Estate Broker www.c21macintyre.com Annual General Meeting Monday, April 14, 2008 Armstrong Heritage Farm Dr.S.E.McDowell School Cafeteria 7:00 p.m.W\tStay & V*e in bottom Steve Word & TKaxie - Çodée Aaxode Gavan's Hotel, Quyon.Quebec Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 9:00 p.m.$2.00 per person Continued from page one Richelieu scored the first two goals in the second period, but the Lions worked hard to tie the game on goals by Graveline and Zachary Elliott.Pirie, Keon and Gauthier had an assist apiece.The Lions devoured the competition in the third period, scoring three times, twice by Pearson and once by Keon.Pirie assisted on the Keon goal.The 2007/2008 Atom A\u2019 Pontiac Lions 1 Darron Bruce (G) 30 Dean Horner (G) 3\tTravis Yach 4\tNick Greenshields 5\tClancey Keon (A) 6\tBradley Pearson (A) 7\tAlexis Gauthier 9 Ayden Hodgins 10\tKyle Misener 11\tNicholas Graveline 14 Camile Dagenais 16\tBryce Atkinson 17\tJordan Horner 18\tZack Elliott (A) 19\tCarter Pirie (C) 66 Brayden Romain Coach: Matt MacDougall Assistant Coach: Gary Pearson Assistant Coach: Rick Atkinson Manager: Jaime Christie \u201cI never played on a team as good as this one,\u201d remarked MacDougall, who had an extensive minor hockey career and played through junior.Following the championship win Sunday evening, the team was prepared with the clippers and MacDougall\u2019s hair was immediately styled to his players\u2019 liking.The offer from their head coach stemmed from earlier in the season when all the players got mohawks but MacDougall was unable to.\u201cI had a funeral to attend so I couldn\u2019t,\u201d he said.However, at that time, MacDougall agreed if the team won the provincial championship, he would follow suit.MacDougall said he plans to move up to Peewee to coach the older group of Atom \u2018A\u2019 Lions\u2019 players next season, who will be advancing.He said he wanted to coach the same group of players all the way up through the minor hockey system and keep instilling the \u201cdiscipline and hard work\u201d he emphasized all season.\u201cPeople should be proud of the kids, they did all the work, I just barked the orders,\u201d said MacDougall, slyly.\u201cA few times I even bit.\u201d Novice A\u2019 reach provincial semifinals The Novice \u2018A\u2019 Pontiac Lions were in Montreal on the weekend for the Novice provincial championships and the team had an excellent showing, reaching the semi-finals and proving the next generation of minor hockey players in Pontiac are in excellent hands.After the long drive Friday, the Lions lost to the host team, the St.Constant Cougars of Richelieu, 3-1.The lone Pontiac goal was scored by Xavier Plouffe on a pass by Austin Duggan.That put the Lions in a precarious position as they had to win their next game or return home.The team came through, defeating Les Aigles de Trois Rivieres,\trepresenting Mauricie, 4-2.Plouffe was in top form, scoring four times with two assists from Tyler Marion and one each from Michael O\u2019Reilly and Duggan.The semi-finals provided a difficult ending for the Lions, who lost to the team from Abitibi.Plouffe was the goalscorer for Pontiac, assisted by Connor Romain.\u201cThese kids played in a league where there is no double letter and were up against the best kids at their age level,\u201d wrote Head Coach Dan Duggan in an e-mail.\u201cThey finished the year as either the third or fourth best Novice \u2018A\u2019 team in the province.\u201d During the season, the Lions were infinitely successful, winning the LaPeche tournament, finalists in the Richelieu tournament, division winners of the Metro league, champions of the Outaouais regional play-downs and semi-finalists at the provincials.The 2007/2008 Novice \u2018A\u2019 Pontiac Lions Michael O'Reilly Jonathan Arthurs Dany Lamoureux Patrick St-Cyr Maxime Coté Nicholas Lemaire Jeremy Poulin Cedrik Durocher Chevy Laroque Tyler Marion Connor Romain Xavier Plouffe Ryan Nugent Austin Duggan 4 Head coaches: Tim Romain and Dan Duggan Assistant Coaches: Gerry Nugent and Eric Plouffe Team Manager: Natalie Chenier.CENSUS: Youth exodus, forestry industry causing problems, say experts Continued from page one Those figures are significantly higher than the standard province-wide, as only one in four Québecers did not complete high school, according to the same data.Generally, Canadians have become more educated over time as older generations that did not require high school completion for suitable employment die and younger generations that need to finish high school for employment gains replace them.It is rare in a developed country for residents to become less educated over time.Those figures, however, are not a reflection of the success of local high schools to graduate students.Publicly-kept Québec Ministry of Education figures show Chapeau\u2019s Dr.Wilbert Keon graduation at 66.6 per cent in 2006, while École Secondaire Sieur de Coulonge in Mansfield was at 70 per cent that same year and the county\u2019s largest school, Pontiac High School, graduated students at a 70.4 per cent clip.All three numbers were in line with averages from across the province.Pontiac High School Principal Mike Dubeau, a Pontiac native who has turned his institution from one of the worst in the province to one of the best in terms of exam results over the last few years, said there were probably a few other explanations.\u201cWe live in an egrarian area and a forestry industry area and a lot of the people in those fields are older and in their youth they might not have needed a high school diploma to find gainful employment,\u201d surmised Dubeau.To explain the increase in uneducated people living in Pontiac, Dubeau looked at the trend of successful young people leaving the area.u Unfortunately, the ones who leave are the ones who are better educated.Often, they have to leave in order to find work in their field \u2014Mike Dubeau Pontiac High School principal _______________________55 \u201cI also think with the shortage of industry and high-tech jobs, a lot of our educated are leaving the area to find work,\u201d he said.\u201cUnfortunately, the ones who leave are the ones who are better educated.Often, they have to leave in order to find work in their field.\u201d With no postsecondary institutions in Pontiac, upon finishing high school at 16 or 17 years of age, young people must head to urban areas like Gatineau, Ottawa or Montreal to further their educations.The Census results sup- port the anecdotal evidence witnessed by many Pontiacers: that the educated young people are leaving and staying in the urban areas, rather than returning to find employment in Pontiac.Dubeau also provided one additional possibility for the increase in high school dropouts in Pontiac.\u201cI also think with the reasonably low cost of living in the region, some people have migrated to the area because of that.\u201d An economic expert, however, was not so sure that Pontiac\u2019s exceptionally low housing and rental costs would cause an increase in uneducated people moving to the area.\u201cI don\u2019t know if many poor people would decide to move to be poor somewhere else to make much of a difference,\u201d said Ali Zamani, economist.Zamani instead suggested the rapid increase in the price of lumber in the early 2000s may have led to an increase in uneducated workers from other areas coming to Pontiac for employment.The average price of lumber in Canada peaked in 2004 with growth in the U.S.housing market spurring demand for Canadian lumber.Lumber mills thrived across Canada but have since fallen considerably in terms of profitability, including many of Pontiac\u2019s mills, some of which have since closed.Mills generally don\u2019t require a high school education for employment.\u201cWhen the economy is prosperous, people tend to forego education because they can be paid more to work,\u201d explained Zamani.\u201cIf less educated people could move to the area and be paid véry well, they\u2019d probably do that, especially if the cost of living is low.\u201d Other interesting statistics from the recent Census release: \u2022\tAbout eight per cent of Pontiac residents hold a university degree, compared with the rest of Canada, which is 23 per cent.\u2022\tForty-four per cent of Pontiac residents are not in the labour force, compared with 35 per cent of Québecers (this includes students, retirees, homemakers, seasonal workers who were not looking for work and persons who could not work because of illness or disability).\u2022\tThe top three largest employment sectors for Pontiacers are sales and service occupations, trades transport and equipment operators and business, finance and administration occupations.\u2022\tSixty-four per cent of Pontiacers use English only at work, 28 per cent used French only and seven per cent used both.\u2022\tOne out of every 200 Pontiacers identifies as a visible minority.m ro m m i ON ro ON oo 00 00 >* _ro QJ tv VJ \u2022 t\u2014 (V U C (O 5 5 5 '( RELAIS RELAY POUR LA VIE FOR LIFE Société Canadian canadienne Cancer du tamer Society Otter Lake May 31* St-André-Avellin June 6th celebrate Gatineau June 20th fight back There is strength in numbers Canadian Cancer Society Relay For Life is more than just a fundraiser.It's an opportunity to get together with family and friends and celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost to cancer, and fight back against this terrible disease.Walk with us in this inspirational 12-hour overnight event as we come together and raise funds to make cancer history.Join the biggest cancer event to make the biggest difference 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THE EQUITY Performing a CPR demonstration are Adult Education RNA students Darlene Pepin, Mandy Ladouceur and Caroline Potvin.The demonstration was part of the Open House held at the Adult Education Campus in Campbell's Bay Thursday.The Equity\tPage 3 JWWWCWW PRODUCTEURS AGRICOLES Atelier Table Ronde Inscription et renseignement* Registration and information 30 Amy Taylor \u201cT 819-648 5689 Poste/Ext.1Î0 amy taylor cld(®mrcpontiac qc ca CZ c 30 > Vous songe/ à iransfonncrct /ou ajouter de la valeur à \\ os produits primaires ?\tr_ Ne manque/ pas cet «atelier et table ronde\t\"O 7.008 zn Inscrivez-vous GRATUITEMENT dés aujourd'hui ! 18 avril 2008 Workshop and Round Table Discussion Thinking about transfonning and/or adding value to \\ our primary products?O U c n m 30 IS) You can t miss this FREE w orkshop and round table discussion.Register today ! future Pour dévelopPe_l GIVE US A \u2018HOLLER1 \u2022\tQUAITIY BRAND SEED \u2022\tFROST SEED MIXES \u2022\tHAY MIXES \u2022\tPASTURE 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excellent,\u201d said student Darlene Pepin.\u201cAs RNAs we are able to perform many of the tasks that nurses do, such as blood drawing, drug injections, changing dressings, and removing an IV,\u201d said Pepin.The students will be graduating on May 3 and are now completing their clinical stage by shadowing nurses in pre- and post-op environments at the Pontiac Community Hospital.During their clinical stage they are required to be part of the team at the hospital and gain a great deal of hands-on experience.Academic coordinator and registered nurse Suzanne Poirier oversees the three health-related vocational programs \u2014- RNA, Ward Aid and Home Care.\u201cAll programs are available in English through the Western Quebec Adult Education Centre in Campbell\u2019s Bay and are offered free to Quebec resi- dents,\u201d said Poirier.The RNA program requires approximately 1,800 hours to complete and is offered over a two-year time period.The Ward Aid program is approximately\tseven months in duration and once certified allows students to find employment in institutional settings while the Home Care program certification allows a graduate to find work in a homecare setting with the CLSC or in private care.RNA student Caroline Potvin is happy with the program \u201cThis program was tough, but I am pretty much guaranteed a job after graduation.It will provide me with job stability, plus I won\u2019t be stuck with a huge debt load after completion,\u201d said Potvin.The Open House was also an opportunity to demonstrate the many other programs that are available at the Adult Learning Centre.66 This program was tough but I am pretty much guaranteed a job after graduation.It will provide me with job stability plus I won\u2019t be stuck with a huge debt load.\u2014Caroline Potvin Registered Nursing Aid student _________________________55 The facility on Leslie Street contains an operations lab for health-care studies, a state-of the art computer lab as well as classes for academic courses.Clinical placements are managed through a number of hospitals and health care facilities in the region.\u201cWe have approximately 100 students in the academic program and 100 students in vocational education,\u201d said principal Peter Ruppell.\u201cOn the academic side we have students studying for their high school diploma or trying to upgrade specific prerequisites for college or university,\u201d said Ruppell.\u201cWe also offer school busing to and from school, help with babysitting services as well as information on financial and social assistance as well as guidance and direction for further educational opportunities,\u201d said Ruppell.Calumet talent part of Aylmer art show tt: 1\t B\t\u2014as-