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November 19, 2025

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Celebrating in isolation

New words in our lives and our children lives are “isolation,” “social distancing” and “quarantine” not to mention “Covid-19” and “Coronavirus.” Not the words I’ve

Shawville: Lyse Lacourse

Our deepest condolences to the Elliott and Lang families on the loss of Margaret Iva on April 2, in her 97 year. Margaret was the

Local company sews up masks

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI Vinton April 8, 2020 Splash of Colour, a handmade clothing supplier based in Vinton, has begun sewing its own personalized cotton face masks

Cross-continent COVID roadtrip

CHRIS LOWREY Pontiac March 28, 2020 Local adventure tourism entrepreneur Jim Coffey just got back from a gruelling four-day road trip across North America in

Fillin’ the time

THE EQUITY requested that readers submit stories about how their dealing with COVID-19 isoaltion measures. If you’ve got a story that you’d like to share,

Accès contrôlé à la municipalité

Dear éditeur, À la suite des commentaires donnés par de la préfère Jane Toller concernant son appui de la fermeture des frontières de l’Outaouais, y

Celebrating in isolation

New words in our lives and our children lives are “isolation,” “social distancing” and “quarantine” not to mention “Covid-19” and “Coronavirus.” Not the words I’ve been wanting to explain or teach my children about but this is what life is

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Shawville: Lyse Lacourse

Our deepest condolences to the Elliott and Lang families on the loss of Margaret Iva on April 2, in her 97 year. Margaret was the wife of the late Lawrence Elwin Lang. She was the mother of Elaine (late Jack),

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Local company sews up masks

DARIUS SHAHHEYDARI Vinton April 8, 2020 Splash of Colour, a handmade clothing supplier based in Vinton, has begun sewing its own personalized cotton face masks in an attempt to prevent the spread of COVID 19. The clothing supplier has recently

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Cross-continent COVID roadtrip

CHRIS LOWREY Pontiac March 28, 2020 Local adventure tourism entrepreneur Jim Coffey just got back from a gruelling four-day road trip across North America in order to get back home to the Pontiac after travel advisories issued by the federal

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Fillin’ the time

THE EQUITY requested that readers submit stories about how their dealing with COVID-19 isoaltion measures. If you’ve got a story that you’d like to share, send it to editor@theequity.ca. My daughter, Alexa Barre, is 10-years-old and has been painting rocks

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Accès contrôlé à la municipalité

Dear éditeur, À la suite des commentaires donnés par de la préfère Jane Toller concernant son appui de la fermeture des frontières de l’Outaouais, y compris au sein de la MRC Pontiac; le Conseil municipal de L’Isle-aux-Allumettes a tenu une

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