Mental health advocacy groups are mobilizing to raise awareness around Law P-38 - Act respecting the protection of persons whose mental state presents a danger to themselves or to others - as the Institut québécois de réforme du droit et de la justice (IQRDJ) reviews the application of the law.

L’Association forestière du sud du Québec held its annual colloquium in Mont-Saint-Grégoire bringing together stakeholders from the administrative regions of the Estrie, Montérégie, Centre-du-Québec and the southern part of Chaudière-Appalaches to exchange on the work they do to develop forests in southern Quebec. 

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Pleins Rayons is one of the twelve finalists in the pan-Canadian philanthropic competition organized by iA Financial Group and the organization is looking for the community to vote in their favour to benefit from a $100,000 financial prize. 

The Townships Sun, the Eastern Townships Resource Centre (ETRC), and Shoreline Press are bringing Townshippers back in time after collaborating to publish a two-volume set of The Eastern TownshipsAdventure by celebrated writer and historian Bernard Epps.

The Conseil de la culture de l’Estrie has launched its first financing campaign for its pilot project “Impact Culture,” which will support four organizations in the Eastern Townships that want to create opportunities for arts and culture in their communities. 

Tourism Eastern Townships (TCE) is officially marking the start of the 2024-2025 winter season with a focus on innovating the tourism industry in the Eastern Townships with the integration of artificial intelligence and the development of 60 new attractions for tourists to discover.  

The Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital Foundation (BMP Hospital Foundation), in collaboration with the CIUSSSE de l’Estrie-CHUS, has announced a new project to enhance and upgrade the Medical Imaging Department at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital (BMP Hospital). 

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is raising awareness in Brome-Missisquoi around the different types of telephone fraud and they are asking the population to remain alert as these scams become more common. 

The Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital Foundation (BMP Foundation) has launched a new collaboration in support of cancer patients at the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins Hospital (BMP Hospital) through the Oncology Patient Fund. 

Business Service Estrie (SAE) is launching a new bilingual agricultural skills training program in Cowansville this fall with the goal of addressing the labor shortage in the agricultural sector in Brome-Missisquoi. 

Local author Susan Grundy is marking the launch of her new memoir entitled Mad Sisters.

Conservation organization Appalachian Corridor and Veritech have teamed up to launch a new interactive book series entitled Curieux de nature to raise awareness amongst youth around the importance of protecting the environment. 

A regional policy has been developed in the Eastern Townships to ensure the sustainability and viability of hiking trails in the region. 

The Town of Sutton officially inaugurated its new basketball court at Goyette-Hill Park on Sunday after completing construction on the project this summer to meet the need for a more diverse offering of sports infrastructures in Sutton, particularly for young adolescents. 

To mark the Nuit des sans-abri - a province-wide event that takes place on the third Friday in October to raise awareness around homelessness, poverty and social exclusion in Quebec - Cellule Jeunes et Famille de Brome-Missisquoi welcomed MP for Brome-Missisquoi and Minister of Canadian Heritage Pascale St-Onge to the organization for a discussion around the social issues that are affecting people financially on the territory and what needs to be done at the government level to address the higher costs of living. 

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 assistance reform. 

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.

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 re-opening of services at the establishment starting Oct. 15. 

Bolton-Est is celebrating the inauguration of its new permanent structure at Terrio Park, one of the many projects that are a part of the future development of the municipal park. 

Sunday marked the start of Fire Prevention Week in Quebec (Oct. 6 to Oct. 12) and the Brome Lake Fire Department is raising awareness in the local community around how to stay safe, particularly when it comes to the use of technological devices that have lithium batteries.