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The Journal

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When the assistant director of The Full Monty says the play is going to shake up the small town where it’s having its North American debut, you   /

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NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned to all citizens of the municipalities of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges, that the regular session of the council meeting scheduled Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020, 7:30 p.m. has been advanced to Wednesday, April 15th, 2020 at 7:30 p.m. and that the regular session of the council meeting scheduled Wednesday, May 27th, 2020, 7:30 p.m. has been advanced to Wednesday, May 6th, 2020 at 7:30 p.m.

NOTICE is hereby given by the undersigned to all citizens of the municipalities of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges that, at the regular council meeting of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges held on February 26, 2020, By-Law number 95-4 entitled “Règlement modifiant le règlement numéro 95 concernant les modalités de versement de la somme d’argent exigible lors du dépôt d’une demande de révision administrative relative à l’évaluation foncière” was adopted. You may consult it at the offices of the MRC de Vaudreuil-Soulanges located at 280 Harwood Boulevard in Vaudreuil-Dorion, as well as on the MRC website. GIVEN AT VAUDREUIL-DORION, this 28h day of February in the year two thousand twenty (2020).

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The Farmer’s Almanac is very ven- !       ; gleam of spring will occur this year at exactly 11.49 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 (Eastern Standard Time), we believe them. We want to believe ! „ !     < on the snowstorm front, we’re almost there. Spring feels early this year, doesn’t it? Even the birds were chirp-  <  warmth in the sun, so the farmers of the Almanac tea leaves seem to really be onto something.

The root of the word ‘equinox’ ( equus, meaning equal, and nox for night, because during an equinox, night and day are approximately the same length.

An equinox happens twice each year when the centre of the visible sun is situated directly above the equator, which generally occurs around March 20 in spring, and then September 22 or so when the autumn equinox signals the big change in nature to har-   /4L 7-   ;7 !7 0

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But let’s not forget that the equator is on our side now, and nothing can stop the inexorable advance of spring.

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