
Mansfield snowmobile crash kills two Pontiac men
The head-on collision occurred near Jim’s Lake Road late Thursday night. A police investigation is underway to determine the cause
A garage fire on Queen Street in Shawville got a quick response from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department on Monday, as it was just down the
A garage fire on Queen Street in Shawville got a quick response from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department on Monday, as it was just down the
A garage fire on Queen Street in Shawville got a quick response from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department on Monday, as it was just down the
A garage fire on Queen Street in Shawville got a quick response from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department on Monday, as it was just down the

The head-on collision occurred near Jim’s Lake Road late Thursday night. A police investigation is underway to determine the cause

Waltham council approved a 40 per cent increase in fire department spending at its Jan. 28 special budget meeting, despite

The head-on collision occurred near Jim’s Lake Road late Thursday night. A police investigation is underway to determine the cause

Waltham council approved a 40 per cent increase in fire department spending at its Jan. 28 special budget meeting, despite

Prior to being elected, the current mayor of Portage-du-Fort Kevin Murphy was ordered to pay the municipality $62,893 plus interest and costs after he improperly terminated his garbage collection and snow removal contracts with the municipality in 2022. The final

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors public meeting on Jan. 29, there were two big grants awarded through the FRR component four funding envelope, which is distributed by the provincial ministry of municipal affairs and administered by MRC Pontiac.

Saturday was a full day for the organizing committee of Alleyn-et-Cawood’s annual winter carnival, this year used as a launch of the municipality’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Starting at 9 a.m., volunteers were hard at work at Bethany Hall serving up

Prior to being elected, the current mayor of Portage-du-Fort Kevin Murphy was ordered to pay the municipality $62,893 plus interest and costs after he improperly terminated his garbage collection and snow removal contracts with the municipality in 2022. The final

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors public meeting on Jan. 29, there were two big grants awarded through the FRR component four funding envelope, which is distributed by the provincial ministry of municipal affairs and administered by MRC Pontiac.

Saturday was a full day for the organizing committee of Alleyn-et-Cawood’s annual winter carnival, this year used as a launch of the municipality’s 150th anniversary celebrations. Starting at 9 a.m., volunteers were hard at work at Bethany Hall serving up
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Best not put money on it, but there seems to have been a change in how Hydro-Québec is managing the consequences of its decision to ignore its aging infrastructure in the upper Pontiac. For years, when extreme heat, cold or a violent storm would throw residents in Sheenboro, Chichester, L’Isle-aux-Allumettes,
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Local woman performs good deed: It’s not often you hear about the good deeds of people, but they do happen.

Local woman performs good deed: It’s not often you hear about the good deeds of people, but they do happen.

PC leadership candidate visits Pontiac: Joe Clark candidate for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party came to Pontiac last week.

PC leadership candidate visits Pontiac: Joe Clark candidate for leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party came to Pontiac last week.

A little of this and that: Mammoth on the job . . . A huge rotary plow, purchased by farmers

A little of this and that: Mammoth on the job . . . A huge rotary plow, purchased by farmers

Local news: Last week Judge Monet, of Montreal, sentenced a man to five years in the penitentiary for stealing twenty-seven

Local news: Last week Judge Monet, of Montreal, sentenced a man to five years in the penitentiary for stealing twenty-seven

Local news: Sickness is rife in the district in various forms of lagrippe and pneumonia, and local physicians and clergymen

Local news: Sickness is rife in the district in various forms of lagrippe and pneumonia, and local physicians and clergymen
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