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November 5, 2025

Two-term MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller was among the five incumbent leaders to win another four years on Sunday.
MRC Pontiac's newly elected mayors are, top row from left, Sidney Squitti (Alleyn-et-Cawood), Valerie Twolan-Graham (Bristol), Joanne Ralston (Bryson) and Edward Walsh (Clarendon), middle row from left are, Pierre Cyr (Fort-Coulonge), Jean-Louis Corriveau (l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet), Jennifer Quaile (Otter Lake) and Kevin Murphy (Portage-du-Fort), and bottom row from left, Bill McCleary (Shawville), Terrence Murdock (Thorne), Jordan Evans (Waltham) and MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller.
Two-term MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller was among the five incumbent leaders to win another four years on Sunday.
Two-term MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller was among the five incumbent leaders to win another four years on Sunday.
MRC Pontiac's newly elected mayors are, top row from left, Sidney Squitti (Alleyn-et-Cawood), Valerie Twolan-Graham (Bristol), Joanne Ralston (Bryson) and Edward Walsh (Clarendon), middle row from left are, Pierre Cyr (Fort-Coulonge), Jean-Louis Corriveau (l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet), Jennifer Quaile (Otter Lake) and Kevin Murphy (Portage-du-Fort), and bottom row from left, Bill McCleary (Shawville), Terrence Murdock (Thorne), Jordan Evans (Waltham) and MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller.
Two-term MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller was among the five incumbent leaders to win another four years on Sunday.

Shawville 4-H members prep for first trip to Royal

On a rainy Thursday night on the eve of Halloween, eight of the Shawville 4-H Club’s senior square dancers were hard at work in the Lions Hall above the arena working through the final kinks in the dances they are

Rottingwood Haunt creators win Portage house decorating contest

While people across the province were gearing up to cast their vote in Sunday’s municipal elections, Portage-du-Fort residents had another vote on their mind on Halloween – whose house was best decorated for the spooky occasion.  The town’s first official

Shawville 4-H members prep for first trip to Royal

On a rainy Thursday night on the eve of Halloween, eight of the Shawville 4-H Club’s senior square dancers were hard at work in the Lions Hall above the arena working through the final kinks in the dances they are

Rottingwood Haunt creators win Portage house decorating contest

While people across the province were gearing up to cast their vote in Sunday’s municipal elections, Portage-du-Fort residents had another vote on their mind on Halloween – whose house was best decorated for the spooky occasion.  The town’s first official

Municipal Elections 2025

Election Coverage

Quebec’s next municipal elections will take place on Sunday, November 2, 2025, when voters across the province will choose their mayors, councillors, and wardens.

Pontiac votes in seven new mayors, five incumbents

Who’s running to be your next mayor? Fort-Coulonge

Who’s running to be your next mayor? L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet

Who’s running to be your next mayor? Waltham

Watch our Conversation with the Candidates for Warden of MRC Pontiac Livestream!

Community Calendar

Crowds gather at the Shawville fairgrounds for the annual demolition derby on Monday.

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On Sunday, the surgical ward at the Pontiac Hospital was named in honour of Dr. Earle Potvin, a surgeon family physician who’s healed generations of people in this community. Dr. Potvin retired from practicing medicine a few years ago after 57 years of service, at the age of 85. What

Chris Judd
Chris Judd is a farmer in Clarendon on land that has been in his family for generations.

Mistakes are slow to correct

We are in election season. Most candidates are preaching that they can do better, but without very many or no

Do your part

More than a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles for an agricultural paper. The series was called The

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25 YEARS AGO

October 25, 2000

Return Pontiac Municipality to Pontiac MRC: For the second time this year, Pontiac mayors unanimously adopted a resolution asking Municipal

October 25, 2000

Return Pontiac Municipality to Pontiac MRC: For the second time this year, Pontiac mayors unanimously adopted a resolution asking Municipal

50 YEARS AGO

October 29, 1975

Why teach in Quebec?: We asked one young man this question and his answer was that he was born here

October 29, 1975

Why teach in Quebec?: We asked one young man this question and his answer was that he was born here

75 YEARS AGO

November 2, 1950

Hunter Mistakes Cow For A Deer: Either hunters in the Charteris area are near-sighted or they don’t know a cow

November 2, 1950

Hunter Mistakes Cow For A Deer: Either hunters in the Charteris area are near-sighted or they don’t know a cow

100 YEARS AGO

October 29, 1925

Local news: This section experienced the first real snow storm of the season on Sunday. The day was easily the

125 YEARS AGO

October 25, 1900

Local news: Mr. Jas. Wilson who has been confined in jail at Bryson for some time for violating the Game

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