This small group is preserving the oral history of Calumet Island
February 26, 2025
Mike Lamothe doesn’t want the history of Calumet Island to get lost to time. The 83-year-old, who has lived on the island for roughly a
Mike Lamothe doesn’t want the history of Calumet Island to get lost to time. The 83-year-old, who has lived on the island for roughly a
The Pontiac Museum has restored and digitized a box of old glass plate negatives captured by Shawville photographer Harry
Imison about one hundred years
The MRC Pontiac’s youth council voted on its new president last week, unanimously naming Allumette Island’s Aidan McCann to the top position. McCann, a Grade
The Pontiac Senior Comets’ season came to an end on Thursday as the team lost the deciding game of its three-game playoff series in Arnprior
As part of an ongoing series, we are publishing one recipe every week from Pontiac County Recipes, a small book that is home to a
The MRC Pontiac has plans to purchase kitchen equipment, and rent a space where the public can use it.
The Clarendon and Starks Corners chapters of the Pontiac Women’s Institute held their annual information session on Wednesday morning at the Shawville United Church, bringing
The Pontiac Senior Comets split the first two games of the team’s first playoff series in over five years, forcing a third and final game
Showcase Minerals Inc. has indicated it may move to phase two of exploration on land that spans three Pontiac municipalities, but an independent auditor says
Mike Lamothe doesn’t want the history of Calumet Island to get lost to time. The 83-year-old, who has lived on the island for roughly a half-century of his life, remembers a time when everybody on the island farmed, and everyone
The Pontiac Museum has restored and digitized a box of old glass plate negatives captured by Shawville photographer Harry
Imison about one hundred years ago. Now, the museum wants your help identifying the faces which, until recently, had been
The MRC Pontiac’s youth council voted on its new president last week, unanimously naming Allumette Island’s Aidan McCann to the top position. McCann, a Grade 10 student at Dr. Wilbert Keon High School in Chapeau, was the Allumette Island representative
The Pontiac Senior Comets’ season came to an end on Thursday as the team lost the deciding game of its three-game playoff series in Arnprior against the Rivermen, 5-1.
As part of an ongoing series, we are publishing one recipe every week from Pontiac County Recipes, a small book that is home to a collection of kitchen secrets from across the region, published by Pontiac Printshop in 1968. Our
The MRC Pontiac has plans to purchase kitchen equipment, and rent a space where the public can use it.
The Clarendon and Starks Corners chapters of the Pontiac Women’s Institute held their annual information session on Wednesday morning at the Shawville United Church, bringing together community leaders in agriculture, healthcare and education to share updates on past projects and
The Pontiac Senior Comets split the first two games of the team’s first playoff series in over five years, forcing a third and final game on Friday night. The Comets team, which kicked off its 3-game first-round series Saturday at
Showcase Minerals Inc. has indicated it may move to phase two of exploration on land that spans three Pontiac municipalities, but an independent auditor says the company doesn’t “have the financial resources to sustain operations in the long-term.”
The Equity is a division of Calumet Media, along with the Pontiac Printshop and Cygraphics.
This project was made possible with the support of the Government of Canada through the Canada Periodical Fund.
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