
Fair board honours volunteers with service awards at opening ceremony
The 2024 Shawville Fair officially kicked off on Thursday night with the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting under the big circus tent. Fair president Ralph Lang

The 2024 Shawville Fair officially kicked off on Thursday night with the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting under the big circus tent. Fair president Ralph Lang

An ecotourism business based in Thorne has received $99,325 from the federal government to expand their offerings. Chalets Prunella, which currently operates four a-frame luxury

The MRC Pontiac is looking into what would be involved in hosting a solar energy farm in the region, and at the Council of Mayors

“We came together with a common goal to preserve a much needed local service,” producers say.

The Municipality of Waltham held a by-election over the weekend, electing Brendan Adam as the new councillor for Seat 4. The polls, which were open

At last week’s MRC Pontiac monthly Council of Mayors meeting, back in session after a one-month summer break, it was announced that Otter Lake mayor

The Pontiac Community Players wrapped up the fourth performance of their summer show, David S. Craig’s Having Hope at Home, on Saturday night in front

Hunter Beauregard of Campbell’s Bay and Cade Kuehl of Shawville played for Team Quebec at the U20 national fast-pitch softball championships in Carp, Ont. over

This month, Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel spent the day in a canoe on the Noire River with partners from two Outaouais environmental organizations to celebrate

The Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac hosted a community BBQ to celebrate its 35th anniversary on Friday night at its gardens just outside Campbell’s Bay. The

The 2024 Shawville Fair officially kicked off on Thursday night with the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting under the big circus tent. Fair president Ralph Lang thanked the around 30 volunteers with the Pontiac Agricultural Society who helped to organize this

An ecotourism business based in Thorne has received $99,325 from the federal government to expand their offerings. Chalets Prunella, which currently operates four a-frame luxury chalets on a secluded 75-acre property, received the funds through a new program announced at

The MRC Pontiac is looking into what would be involved in hosting a solar energy farm in the region, and at the Council of Mayors meeting on Aug. 21, the mayors approved for the MRC to sign a confidentiality agreement

“We came together with a common goal to preserve a much needed local service,” producers say.

The Municipality of Waltham held a by-election over the weekend, electing Brendan Adam as the new councillor for Seat 4. The polls, which were open on Sunday with advance polling on Thursday, saw 111 voters, representing 39 per cent of

At last week’s MRC Pontiac monthly Council of Mayors meeting, back in session after a one-month summer break, it was announced that Otter Lake mayor Terry Lafleur has been hired as the MRC’s new assistant director general. This is a

The Pontiac Community Players wrapped up the fourth performance of their summer show, David S. Craig’s Having Hope at Home, on Saturday night in front of a sold-out crowd. For the four nights of the show’s run, Bristol’s Coronation Hall

Hunter Beauregard of Campbell’s Bay and Cade Kuehl of Shawville played for Team Quebec at the U20 national fast-pitch softball championships in Carp, Ont. over the weekend, finishing the tournament with a bronze medal. This was the teens’ second consecutive

This month, Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel spent the day in a canoe on the Noire River with partners from two Outaouais environmental organizations to celebrate the progress they have made designating the Noire and Coulonge river watersheds as protected areas.

The Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac hosted a community BBQ to celebrate its 35th anniversary on Friday night at its gardens just outside Campbell’s Bay. The community organization, which helps youth in need by giving them a summer job on a
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