Canada Day brings the heat
The Equity
July 7, 2026
Last week’s hot and humid temperatures didn’t stop a sea of red and white from spreading across the Pontiac as communities from Sheenboro to Alleyn-et-Cawood
Last week’s hot and humid temperatures didn’t stop a sea of red and white from spreading across the Pontiac as communities from Sheenboro to Alleyn-et-Cawood
Last week’s hot and humid temperatures didn’t stop a sea of red and white from spreading across the Pontiac as communities from Sheenboro to Alleyn-et-Cawood
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The union representing municipal employees in Fort-Coulonge signed their first collective agreement with the municipality’s management on June 22. The
Two Pontiac healthcare facilities got major infrastructure upgrades this spring, both of which were officially unveiled last week. The CHSLD
Pontiac Ouest and Waltham fire departments spent Saturday fighting a raging house fire on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, which ultimately destroyed the home.
A new family farm has sprouted just outside of Campbell’s Bay, where its two owners are trying to bring local
Centennial Hall in Norway Bay was full with football fans on Saturday afternoon ready to cheer on team Canada in
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July 7, 2026
Submitted by: Sue McKay
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat wave. Some people didn’t know how to swim. In some places, swimming wasn’t safe. When imagining the desperation that would have led people to take these risks, the image of buffalos being run off a
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