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December 17, 2025

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Sophie Kuijper Dickson

What are we to you?

We’ve recently discovered a massive collection of old film negatives from decades of reporting we’ve done here. We’re slowly working to digitize them. You’ll see

Remembering Christmases Past

Great Grandpa’s Christmas  Eve surprise  Jen Mielke – Ladysmith It was Christmas in the late 1920s, when my great-grandfather, William Mielke, set his heart on

Santa slides through ‘Swisha

With just over a week left before Christmas, Santa Claus visited one last Pontiac community over the weekend to collect the Christmas wishes from children

PHS students take the plunge

A brave group of students from Pontiac High School (PHS) spent two days last week voluntarily lowering themselves into ice cold waters to then be

Pontiac Cup wraps at ESSC 

Senior volleyball players from across the Pontiac and beyond made the journey to Mansfield on Dec. 10 to compete in the final day of Pontiac

A step in the right direction

At the November public meeting of Pontiac mayors, council announced a decision that could turn out to be a significant step towards greater transparency from

What are we to you?

We’ve recently discovered a massive collection of old film negatives from decades of reporting we’ve done here. We’re slowly working to digitize them. You’ll see some Christmas moments pulled from this archive shared across the bottom of this newspaper.  Sprinkled

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Remembering Christmases Past

Great Grandpa’s Christmas  Eve surprise  Jen Mielke – Ladysmith It was Christmas in the late 1920s, when my great-grandfather, William Mielke, set his heart on giving my great-grandmother, Mathilda, a special gift – a brand-new gramophone. They didn’t have much

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Santa slides through ‘Swisha

With just over a week left before Christmas, Santa Claus visited one last Pontiac community over the weekend to collect the Christmas wishes from children living there before setting to work making their wishes come true.  On his visit to

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Christmas elves spotted volunteering for Bouffe

Christmas elves Scott and Susanne Gardiner take a two-week leave from Santa’s workshop every December to help local food bank Bouffe Pontiac get food to those in need.  They drive all over the Pontiac gathering donated food items from various

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PHS students take the plunge

A brave group of students from Pontiac High School (PHS) spent two days last week voluntarily lowering themselves into ice cold waters to then be rescued by their peers, who themselves had just learned the needed techniques.  The students were

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Pontiac Cup wraps at ESSC 

Senior volleyball players from across the Pontiac and beyond made the journey to Mansfield on Dec. 10 to compete in the final day of Pontiac Cup games that would see only two teams crowned champions.  The annual volleyball tournament, a

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A step in the right direction

At the November public meeting of Pontiac mayors, council announced a decision that could turn out to be a significant step towards greater transparency from the MRC table.  Mayors passed a new schedule that will see the monthly council meetings

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