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Sunday marked the start of Fire Prevention Week in Quebec (Oct. 6 toOct. 12) and the Fire Department of the Town of Brome Lake is raisingawareness in the local community around how to stay safe, particularlywhen it comes to the use of technological devices that have lithiumbatteries. Kevin Robinson, director of Fire and Public Safety…

The blood sampling service at the CLSC in Knowlton is being offered once again after the CIUSSS de l’Estrie CHUS decided to move ahead with a partial return to services at the establishment starting Oct. 15. According to Audrey Perron, assistant director of vaccination, screening and sampling operations for the CIUSSS de l’Estrie CHUS, the…

Zone-Éco is looking to enhance its composting site for Brome- Missisquoi after receiving $2.2 million in financial support through the provincial government’s Programme de traitement des matières organiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC) as a part of the 2030 Plan for a Green Economy. With this financial support, Zone-Éco will enlarge its composting platform and…

In the context of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty on Oct. 17, community organizations Action Plus Brome-Missisquoi and the Corporation de développement communautaire de Brome-Missisquoi (CDCBM) brought the community together to raise awareness around the Quebec government’s 4th action plan to combat poverty and social exclusion and Law 71, its current social…