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February 4, 2026

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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 fire claimed a garage on Queen Street in Shawville on Monday morning, prompting a hasty response from the Shawville-Clarendon fire department, whose hall is just down the street. Photo: K.C. Jordan

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 fire claimed a garage on Queen Street in Shawville on Monday morning, prompting a hasty response from the Shawville-Clarendon fire department, whose hall is just down the street. Photo: K.C. Jordan

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

Danford carnival kicks off 150th celebrations

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

Danford carnival kicks off 150th celebrations

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

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.

Warden candidates reflect on election results, acknowledge vote split

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

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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Power shift

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

An unstable country

Never in my entire life did I think that I would write about this. Each morning at school, when I

AI needs an electric fence

We no longer live in Grandma’s world. We all know thousands of great, honest, people that we would trust with

Why are we dealing with China?

Winston Churchill once said democracy was the absolute worst way to run a country, but any other way was unthinkable.

A.I. hits close to home 

Only a week ago, I received some phone calls from some longtime dairy producers about an article that arrived in

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25 YEARS AGO

January 24, 2001

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

January 24, 2001

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

50 YEARS AGO

February 4, 1976

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

February 4, 1976

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

75 YEARS AGO

February 1, 1951

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

February 1, 1951

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

100 YEARS AGO

February 4, 1926

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

125 YEARS AGO

January 31, 1901

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

January 31, 1901

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

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