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 offeredonce again after the CIUSSS de l’Estrie CHUS decided to move aheadwith a partial return to services at the establishment starting Oct. 15. According to Audrey Perron, assistant director of vaccination, screeningand sampling operations for the CIUSSS de l’Estrie CHUS, the bloodsampling service will…

Zone-Éco is looking to enhance its composting site for Brome-Missisquoi after receiving $2.2 million in financial support through theprovincial government’s Programme de traitement des matièresorganiques par biométhanisation et compostage (PTMOBC) as a part ofthe 2030 Plan for a Green Economy. With this financial support, Zone-Éco will enlarge its compostingplatform and it plans to install aeration…

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