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April 9, 2026

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Summer festival on Calumet Island

Connor Lalande Calumet Island June 24, 2023 The Grand Calumet Island Recreational Committee rang in Fête nationale (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) Day in style with a summer festival

Community fundraiser at Healing Garden

Connor Lalande Mansfield-et-Pontefract June 24, 2023 In a celebration of culture and heritage, the Pontiac Native Community held a fundraising event at the Pontiac Healing

Mansfield’s roadside restroom

Rest area will encourage tourism and improve road safety Pierre Cyr Mansfield June 26, 2023 Work is underway to set up a new, state-of-the-art restroom

Fairground Horsepower extravaganza

Connor Lalande Shawville June 24, 2023 With the late June humidity hanging in the air, competitors, spectators and a wide selection of horses gathered at

Caps off to our Graduates!

Chapeau Graduation: Introducing Dr. Wilbert Keon School’s 2023 Grads Fort Coulonge Graduation: Introducing École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge’s 2023 Grads Shawville Graduation: Introducing Pontiac High School’s 2023

Lobbying for a safe pedestrian crosswalk

While scooter provides new-found freedom, mobility now limited by unsafe crossing Charles Dickson Shawville June 23, 2023 Sydney Sharpe drives her new mobility scooter west

Summer festival on Calumet Island

Connor Lalande Calumet Island June 24, 2023 The Grand Calumet Island Recreational Committee rang in Fête nationale (Saint-Jean-Baptiste) Day in style with a summer festival this past Saturday. A free-of-charge event held annually over the last few years, the summer

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Community fundraiser at Healing Garden

Connor Lalande Mansfield-et-Pontefract June 24, 2023 In a celebration of culture and heritage, the Pontiac Native Community held a fundraising event at the Pontiac Healing Garden this past Saturday. A community gathering point meant to reflect on the lasting legacy

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Mansfield’s roadside restroom

Rest area will encourage tourism and improve road safety Pierre Cyr Mansfield June 26, 2023 Work is underway to set up a new, state-of-the-art restroom facility beside Route 148 near the Marchand covered bridge, across from the George Bryson Cultural

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Fairground Horsepower extravaganza

Connor Lalande Shawville June 24, 2023 With the late June humidity hanging in the air, competitors, spectators and a wide selection of horses gathered at the Shawville Fairgrounds this past Saturday for a draft horse pull. Draft horse pulling is

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Caps off to our Graduates!

Chapeau Graduation: Introducing Dr. Wilbert Keon School’s 2023 Grads Fort Coulonge Graduation: Introducing École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge’s 2023 Grads Shawville Graduation: Introducing Pontiac High School’s 2023 Grads

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Lobbying for a safe pedestrian crosswalk

While scooter provides new-found freedom, mobility now limited by unsafe crossing Charles Dickson Shawville June 23, 2023 Sydney Sharpe drives her new mobility scooter west along the paved PPJ trail that follows the ridge overlooking Shawville, and stops at the

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Campbell’s Bay Legion celebrates 75 years

Connor Lalande Campbell’s Bay June 17, 2023 The RA hall in Campbell’s Bay was packed Saturday evening for the 75th anniversary celebration of Royal Canadian Legion Branch 162. In a commemoration of the Legion’s enduring legacy of supporting veterans and

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