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March 26, 2026

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Comets capture 13th annual Pontiac Cup

Fifteen hockey teams duked it out three-on-three style at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs arena in Fort-Coulonge over the weekend in the 13th annual

Bryson Lions host old-school dance

Couples were slow-dancing and grooving to the music at the Bryson Lions Hall on Saturday night for an old-time dance put on by the club. 

Girls give hockey a go in Shawville 

Around 10 girls tried out hockey for the first time in Shawville on Saturday afternoon in an event organized by the Shawville District Minor Hockey

Calumet man conquers Mount Kilimanjaro

L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet resident Martin Bertrand is now one of an estimated few hundred thousand people who can claim to have summited Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro. Located in

Comets capture 13th annual Pontiac Cup

Fifteen hockey teams duked it out three-on-three style at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs arena in Fort-Coulonge over the weekend in the 13th annual Pontiac Cup, with three teams emerging as champions.  Joel Boisvert, long-time organizer, said the tournament

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Bryson Lions host old-school dance

Couples were slow-dancing and grooving to the music at the Bryson Lions Hall on Saturday night for an old-time dance put on by the club.  The band Greenwood entertained several dozen guests all night long with slow and fast numbers

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Girls give hockey a go in Shawville 

Around 10 girls tried out hockey for the first time in Shawville on Saturday afternoon in an event organized by the Shawville District Minor Hockey Association (SDMHA) to encourage more female participation.  The ESSO fun day program is organized through

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PHS theatre program puts one on for the ages

The Pontiac High School (PHS) auditorium was rockin’ and rollin’ last week for the  school’s production of Rock of Ages, which sold out four times over five shows.  The plot of the classic Broadway musical follows small-town Kansas girl Sherrie

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Vadneau takes over as Otter Lake fire chief

Otter Lake council voted at its Feb. 10 council meeting to appoint longtime firefighter Ronnie Vadneau to the position of fire chief, replacing Denis Chaussé.   Vadneau has served on the Otter Lake Fire Department for 34 years. He spent

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Waltham council opens working sessions to public

Waltham council tried something new on Monday evening (Mar. 16), opening its monthly working sessions so that interested members of the public can witness the deliberations. The decision to lift the veil on these working sessions, also sometimes called plenary

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Calumet man conquers Mount Kilimanjaro

L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet resident Martin Bertrand is now one of an estimated few hundred thousand people who can claim to have summited Africa’s Mount Kilimanjaro. Located in Tanzania, Uhuru Peak in Kilimanjaro National Park is the tallest peak in Africa and one

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