With Saint-Jean-Baptiste celebrations just barely in the rear view mirror, Pontiacers are turning to the next holiday that every year serves as the unofficial launch of the summer – Canada Day. This year, patriotic residents have an array of options

Members of the Shawville and District Minor Hockey Association (SDMHA) community spent Saturday afternoon in the Giant Tiger parking lot serving up hot dogs, hamburgers and selling homemade baked goods donated by families of the association. The BBQ and bake

Members of the Shawville Lions Club dished up an East Coast-inspired community feast on Saturday night at the club’s annual lobster supper. Residents of Shawville and Clarendon, cottagers from Norway Bay, and Pontiac residents from further afield gathered at Shawville’s

The new farmer’s market building in Chapeau is up and running ahead of schedule. On Saturday morning, the second weekend the building was open, it hosted a collection of six or so vendors selling everything from pies to produce. The

For a long time, Patsea Griffin was a poet. But when her mom passed away about 10 years ago, she decided to try her hand at the visual arts. Her mom was an expert beader – an Indigenous art form

The new Caisse Desjardins in Mansfield and Pontefract officially welcomed clients into its new building on Wednesday with an open house featuring food, drink and tours of the facility. The new building, at 243 Rue Hérault in Mansfield, has been

Picard’s U-Pick closes after 26 years Michael Picard loves farming because he gets to witness life blossoming right in front of his eyes. “It’s really something to watch stuff grow,” he told THE EQUITY over the phone last week, only

English-language school boards in the province are celebrating a temporary victory after the provincial appeals court ruled it will continue to allow communication in English inside of school boards and with other English-speaking bodies. Earlier this month, a provincial appeals