16+ hour, 6+ min ago   (793+ words) Part 1 of a 5-part follow-up series. The first series asked what intelligence is; this one asks whether there’s more than one kind. In our last series we worked out an answer to the question “what is intelligence?” — a creature’s ability…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago   (131+ words) COOKSHIRE-EATON — A motorcyclist died Saturday afternoon after leaving Route 251 and striking a tree in Cookshire-Eaton, according to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). Emergency services were called at about 3:30 p.m. following the motorcycle crash, Sgt. Stéphane Tremblay of the SQ’s…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (243+ words) Nanofest 2026 will bring three days of music, performances, workshops and family activities to Lingwick from Aug. 21 to 23, with free admission offered to residents of the municipality. The event will be held at the Pont McVetty-McKenzie grounds at 151 Route 257 in Gould....

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (524+ words) Big Bill de Coaticook needed an extra inning to pick up a win Friday, Aug. 14, while baseball and soccer teams from across the Eastern Townships were also in action. Meanwhile, Hockey Sherbrooke listed Saturday as the planned start of some…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (814+ words) Audrey Rodrigue’s real estate work has brought her back to familiar ground in Bromont, Orford and the Eastern Townships — a region she has known since childhood through family ties and, especially, years spent at Quebec Lodge. Now a residential real…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (519+ words) BOLTON-EST — Conservation des vallons de la Serpentine is marking its 20th anniversary with nearly 700 hectares of natural areas protected in perpetuity across Bolton-Est, Austin and Eastman. The conservation organization will celebrate the milestone Aug. 29 with a public gathering at Parc Terrio…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (587+ words) Eastern Townships livestock producers can receive financial assistance covering up to 100 per cent of eligible veterinary costs for rabies vaccination as Quebec responds to a continuing spread of raccoon rabies in southern parts of the province. The latest provincial surveillance…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (763+ words) Mayor Simon Madore said the MRC de Coaticook faces a go/no-go decision in February 2027 on whether to submit the project to Hydro-Québec. Hydro-Québec’s deadline for first-round submissions is February 26. Madore said the city still wants exact turbine locations, clearer…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (683+ words) Cowansville has opened a temporary encampment for people experiencing homelessness as the city and regional organizations respond to growing homelessness and limited local shelter services in Brome-Missisquoi. The site is in the city’s industrial park on Albany Street, according to…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1183+ words) The celebration centres on the 150th anniversary of the granite industry that developed around Graniteville beginning in 1876. “It just turns out that 2026 is the 150th anniversary of the starting of the first quarry here in Graniteville,” Heritage Ogden organizer Jeff Packard told…...