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August 20, 2026

Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Bois-Franc bridge complete, road now open

The construction of the new bridge at kilometre 54 of chemin Bois-Franc (Jim’s Lake Road) in the region’s non-organized territories (TNO) is now complete, according

Sunken Nazi warships

It was 8:30 a.m. last Tuesday. I was scrambling to get an editorial done before we went to print when my phone buzzed in my

Pontiac producers pummeled in storm

Mike St-Pierre was in the barn at his farm, Double-G Farms in Clarendon, when the first of two storms hit on Aug. 10.  Environment Canada

Bois-Franc bridge complete, road now open

The construction of the new bridge at kilometre 54 of chemin Bois-Franc (Jim’s Lake Road) in the region’s non-organized territories (TNO) is now complete, according to the MRC Pontiac.  In an Aug. 17 post to social media, the MRC said

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Sunken Nazi warships

It was 8:30 a.m. last Tuesday. I was scrambling to get an editorial done before we went to print when my phone buzzed in my pocket with a CBC news alert.  “Sunken Nazi warships are resurfacing as Europe’s drought deepens,”

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Pontiac producers pummeled in storm

Mike St-Pierre was in the barn at his farm, Double-G Farms in Clarendon, when the first of two storms hit on Aug. 10.  Environment Canada had warned of a possible tornado event in the Pembroke and Cobden area, but downgraded

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Vacation Bible School explores the rainforest

The annual week-long day camp hosted by three Shawville churches welcomed parents to its closing ceremony on Friday, where participants showed all they had learned.  For 15 years, the Grace Community Bible Church, Bethel Pentecostal Church and New Hope Christian

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New Clarendon ball field welcomes first pitch 

The dugouts were but cement slabs with plastic chairs, the grass was still patchy in places, not yet grown in, and the field was still without overhead lights, but on Friday evening, the Shawville RecreationAssociation’s brand new ball field saw

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Celebrating those who help us imagine

The earliest example of art, as we are aware, is at least 67,800 years old, and lives on a cave wall on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. The image, created by blowing a red pigment over a hand pressed against

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Nomination period open for Chichester byelection

Residents intending to run in the upcoming byelection for seat 4 on Chichester’s municipal council have until Aug. 21 to submit their nomination papers.  The seat was left vacant when councillor Chrissy Payne resigned from the position in July to

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