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November 19, 2025

The Equity

Mom and dad time

SHELLEY HEAPHY I certainly never thought I was taking date nights for granted pre-pandemic, but I guess a pandemic sure can change a perspective. My

Shawville: Lyse Lacourse

Our thoughts and prayers for the Brown family on the loss of David on Monday, June 29 at the age of 60 years. David was

Waltham: Helen Perry

I sure hope that everyone enjoyed some Canada Day festivities. We joined Rhonda, Mary, Bella, Mike, Jodi, Alex, Mikaela and Ben at Riverside Park for

Quyon: Jill Young

I hope everyone had a great Canada Day. It was a different celebration this year because of the COVID-19 restrictions we are still under, but

Sheenboro: Doris Ranger

Our condolences to the Spence and Fox family on the passing of Teresa Spence nee Fox on June 25 at the age of 82. She

Vinton: Diane Boisvert

It has been a while since I last wrote an article and I’m sorry for the absence. My sister, Norma, was in a severe accident

Graduation tour loops through Pontiac

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC June 25, 2020 Grade six students from Dr. S.E. McDowell School got to experience a unique graduation ceremony on June 25, with

Letter Response to article and editorial

Dear Editor, I am writing in response to both the article and editorial where the editor is criticizing the MRC Pontiac for the time it has taken to publish the names of committee members who sit on official MRC committees.

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Mom and dad time

SHELLEY HEAPHY I certainly never thought I was taking date nights for granted pre-pandemic, but I guess a pandemic sure can change a perspective. My husband and I were lucky enough to be able to get . . .

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Waltham: Helen Perry

I sure hope that everyone enjoyed some Canada Day festivities. We joined Rhonda, Mary, Bella, Mike, Jodi, Alex, Mikaela and Ben at Riverside Park for supper and we managed to see a few fireworks. On Saturday morning . . .

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Quyon: Jill Young

I hope everyone had a great Canada Day. It was a different celebration this year because of the COVID-19 restrictions we are still under, but I was proud of . . .

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Sheenboro: Doris Ranger

Our condolences to the Spence and Fox family on the passing of Teresa Spence nee Fox on June 25 at the age of 82. She was born on Oct. 8, 1937 in Sheenboro, Que. Beloved wife of . . .

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Vinton: Diane Boisvert

It has been a while since I last wrote an article and I’m sorry for the absence. My sister, Norma, was in a severe accident in B.C. The lady who was driving was . . .

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MLB draftee with a Shawville connection

Raised in the dugout, much of Jackson Coutts’s life has had something to do with baseball. Jackson, a 22-year-old from Maine with close family ties to Shawville, went through his childhood as a phenomenal athlete in football, basketball, and baseball.

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