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August 13, 2026

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Gym gets AED

Chris Lowrey QUYON May 9, 2019 Thanks to a recent fundraiser, the Quyon Community Gym has acquired an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) that can potentially

Play fastball

J.D. Potié SHAWVILLE May 11, 2019 On May 11, around 40 people convened at Elwood Dale Park in Shawville to watch some locals take on

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Dear Editor, With the recent flooding in different parts of the Pontiac, I want to thank all the people who are volunteering their time

The Way We Were

May 11, 1994 25 Years Ago John Langford and friends put on stepping show: It’s a show that never grows old. About 200 people, mostly

Volunteering

I can honestly proclaim that these past weeks have made me so happy to be part of small town living. The flooding facing almost all

The episode

My pup and I went to the park to play ball. Everything was going fine until he decided to get a drink. As he ran

Local retires from city police force

After 36 years with the Gloucester and Ottawa Police Services, on April 30, Shawville resident Margaret MacDonald said goodbye to the working life and joined

Local children create watercolours

Shawville April 28, 2019 Katharine Fletcher’s Get Art Watercolour Wonder Workshop with Parents’ Voice children and parents took place at the community lodge in Shawville

Gym gets AED

Chris Lowrey QUYON May 9, 2019 Thanks to a recent fundraiser, the Quyon Community Gym has acquired an Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) that can potentially save the life of someone suffering from cardiac arrest. The acquisition was helped along with

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Play fastball

J.D. Potié SHAWVILLE May 11, 2019 On May 11, around 40 people convened at Elwood Dale Park in Shawville to watch some locals take on a team of young prodigies in some high-level fastball action. For the second year in

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Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments Dear Editor, With the recent flooding in different parts of the Pontiac, I want to thank all the people who are volunteering their time to help those affected. I also want to thank members of the Canadian Armed Forces

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The Way We Were

May 11, 1994 25 Years Ago John Langford and friends put on stepping show: It’s a show that never grows old. About 200 people, mostly parents and grandparents, turned out at McDowell School on May 6 for the show that

Read More »

Volunteering

I can honestly proclaim that these past weeks have made me so happy to be part of small town living. The flooding facing almost all Pontiac towns has not been easy for our neighbors to live through. My heart goes

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The episode

My pup and I went to the park to play ball. Everything was going fine until he decided to get a drink. As he ran closer I started to cry out “don’t!” Too late! He dropped his ball and began

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Local retires from city police force

After 36 years with the Gloucester and Ottawa Police Services, on April 30, Shawville resident Margaret MacDonald said goodbye to the working life and joined the rank of retiree. Margaret and her mother Harriet moved to Shawville in 1974, joining

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Local children create watercolours

Shawville April 28, 2019 Katharine Fletcher’s Get Art Watercolour Wonder Workshop with Parents’ Voice children and parents took place at the community lodge in Shawville on April 28. “I taught perspective, framing and masking (with tape),” Fletcher said. “Then we

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