Zimmerling still zipping along at 100 years old
September 4, 2025
If you ask Elden Zimmerling the secret to a long life, he’s not sure he’s got the answer. The Otter Lake native wonders if his
If you ask Elden Zimmerling the secret to a long life, he’s not sure he’s got the answer. The Otter Lake native wonders if his
A small team spent Wednesday evening rolling 150 lbs. of meatballs for the event’s 40th anniversary.
Two Pontiac Lions alumni are preparing for important seasons in their hockey careers this fall at two high-level prep schools. Pierce Rusenstrom, a 16-year-old defenceman
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
Campbell’s Bay council voted on Sept. 2 to award $20,000 to community group The Parent Hive for its project to upgrade the town’s ballfield canteen.
When Ayumi Yoshikata came to the Pontiac from Itoshima, Japan, 25 years ago, she came to learn English – but left with a lifetime of
Allumette Island is celebrating a win after new money was released for an affordable housing complex in Chapeau’s lower town, which the municipality hopes can
The MRC Pontiac has put the finishing touches on a plan it will use to attract newcomers to the region and connect them with the
Pontiac softballers Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard are celebrating a silver medal after competing with Quebec’s Canada Games team in Newfoundland last week, falling to
The MRC Pontiac’s council of mayors returned from a month-long summer break on Aug. 20, voting to accept the hiring of Andrea Lafleur as the
If you ask Elden Zimmerling the secret to a long life, he’s not sure he’s got the answer. The Otter Lake native wonders if his faith may have something to do with it. “My mother was really the one that
A small team spent Wednesday evening rolling 150 lbs. of meatballs for the event’s 40th anniversary.
Two Pontiac Lions alumni are preparing for important seasons in their hockey careers this fall at two high-level prep schools. Pierce Rusenstrom, a 16-year-old defenceman from Bristol, is entering his first year with Okanagan Hockey Ontario (OHO), a prep school
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
Campbell’s Bay council voted on Sept. 2 to award $20,000 to community group The Parent Hive for its project to upgrade the town’s ballfield canteen. The project was the winning submission in the municipality’s participatory budget initiative started this spring,
When Ayumi Yoshikata came to the Pontiac from Itoshima, Japan, 25 years ago, she came to learn English – but left with a lifetime of reading to do. Her exchange program in Canada led her one Sunday to a Shawville
Allumette Island is celebrating a win after new money was released for an affordable housing complex in Chapeau’s lower town, which the municipality hopes can start construction sometime in the next year. Federal and provincial governments announced last week that
The MRC Pontiac has put the finishing touches on a plan it will use to attract newcomers to the region and connect them with the services and resources they need. On Aug. 27 at Mansfield’s Pourvoirie Magnum, the final plan
Pontiac softballers Cade Kuehl and Hunter Beauregard are celebrating a silver medal after competing with Quebec’s Canada Games team in Newfoundland last week, falling to rival Ontario in the final. Quebec finished the preliminary round with an undefeated 8-0 record,
The MRC Pontiac’s council of mayors returned from a month-long summer break on Aug. 20, voting to accept the hiring of Andrea Lafleur as the MRC’s new finance director and to award a recycling contract. Lafleur, the current director general
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