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April 23, 2026

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Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Who’s running to be your next mayor?

These interviews with candidates in Shawville, Bristol and Clarendon are the first in a series of mayoral candidate interviews THE EQUITY will publish over the

Oktoberfest hits the big 40

Weeks of meatball making, sauerkraut soaking and potato mashing – to name but a few of the many labours of love performed by the team

ESSC caps off Pontiac’s Terry Fox runs

Some 200 students from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge spent the afternoon of Sept. 25 walking, and some sprinting, a nine kilometre loop to raise money for

Let’s still talk about what we can become

Congratulations are in order to the five mayors and the 57 of 102 councillors across the county who on Friday at 4:30 p.m. secured their seats for another four years.  Acclamation, in many cases, could be seen as a vote

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Oktoberfest hits the big 40

Weeks of meatball making, sauerkraut soaking and potato mashing – to name but a few of the many labours of love performed by the team of volunteers behind Oktoberfest Ladysmith – all came to a head over the weekend as

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Pontiac County Recipes — Bigas, two ways

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

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ESSC caps off Pontiac’s Terry Fox runs

Some 200 students from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge spent the afternoon of Sept. 25 walking, and some sprinting, a nine kilometre loop to raise money for cancer research, joining the hundreds of students and community members across the Pontiac who took

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