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February 11, 2026

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Sophie Kuijper Dickson

Otter Lake kicks off holiday markets

Only 12 hours after Otter Lakers closed their doors on the last of this Halloween’s trick-or-treaters, they were flooding the town’s Raymond Johnston Community Centre

Thanks Doc 

On Sunday, the surgical ward at the Pontiac Hospital was named in honour of Dr. Earle Potvin, a surgeon family physician who’s healed generations of

We forgot Suzanne!

On page two of THE EQUITY’s Oct. 8 issue, we published a list of all the candidates running for either council, mayor, or warden in

What they say, how they listen

This Wednesday evening, THE EQUITY is hosting a Conversation with the Candidates running to be MRC Pontiac’s next warden.  We’re hosting the public event at

Otter Lake kicks off holiday markets

Only 12 hours after Otter Lakers closed their doors on the last of this Halloween’s trick-or-treaters, they were flooding the town’s Raymond Johnston Community Centre for the region’s first Christmas market of the holiday season – the Otter Lake Christmas

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Thanks Doc 

On Sunday, the surgical ward at the Pontiac Hospital was named in honour of Dr. Earle Potvin, a surgeon family physician who’s healed generations of people in this community. Dr. Potvin retired from practicing medicine a few years ago after

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We forgot Suzanne!

On page two of THE EQUITY’s Oct. 8 issue, we published a list of all the candidates running for either council, mayor, or warden in the Nov. 2 municipal election. Or so we thought. Somehow, though, we omitted the name

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Bristol’s origins highlighted during history tour

A group of history enthusiasts, including a small contingent from Gatineau, gathered outside Coronation Hall in Bristol on Sunday afternoon for a guided tour of the town’s history organized by local non-profit Friends of Chats Falls.   The afternoon’s tour

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What they say, how they listen

This Wednesday evening, THE EQUITY is hosting a Conversation with the Candidates running to be MRC Pontiac’s next warden.  We’re hosting the public event at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge in Mansfield. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and our live stream, which

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