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Small-town boy, big hockey dreams

A small-town kid living big hockey dreams, that’s what embodies Bristol Que. native Darcy Findlay. Growing up, Findlay remembers hanging out at the Shawville Arena

More delays for Centre

CHRIS LOWREY QUYON March 6, 2019 Engineers have performed the final mechanical inspection of the newly built Quyon Community Centre, but Municipality of Pontiac Mayor

Skiing on down the river

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT COULONGE Feb. 24-27, 2019 A group of students from École secondaire Sieur de Coulonge (ESSC) travelled through high winds and freezing rain

Comets swept out of playoff hunt

CHRIS LOWREY FORT COULONGE Feb. 23, 2019 After a hard fought inaugural season, the Pontiac Senior Comets saw their playoff hopes come to an unceremonious

Pontiac Lions Midget A profile

CONNOR GILPIN – AGE: 15 Number: 91 Gilpin enjoys a lot of things that accompany hockey, including the chance to travel to tournaments, the competitive

Lean times in the MoP or not

Dear Editor, The new budget in the Municipality of Pontiac was tabled with approximately a 50 per cent increase on business taxes. The mayor’s explanation

Response

Dear Editor, Please accept this letter as an open response to Mr. Robbie Beck’s letter to your paper last week under the leader of ‘Surprise

The Way We Were

Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier Mar. 2, 1994 25 Years Ago Dry flood zones block development: Munici-palities along the Ottawa River are finding that some of

Raising siblings

By Shelley Heaphy For as long as I can remember, my parents’ motto in our home was, “Someday your sisters will be your best friends.”

Small-town boy, big hockey dreams

A small-town kid living big hockey dreams, that’s what embodies Bristol Que. native Darcy Findlay. Growing up, Findlay remembers hanging out at the Shawville Arena with the local Junior B team. Looking back on it, he was essentially an extension

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More delays for Centre

CHRIS LOWREY QUYON March 6, 2019 Engineers have performed the final mechanical inspection of the newly built Quyon Community Centre, but Municipality of Pontiac Mayor Joanne Labadie still has concerns. The $1.5 million project has been plagued with delays and

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Skiing on down the river

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT COULONGE Feb. 24-27, 2019 A group of students from École secondaire Sieur de Coulonge (ESSC) travelled through high winds and freezing rain in a four-day trek to the nation’s capital, solely by cross-country skis. After weeks of

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Grain on the brain: new marketing strategies

J.D. Potié CLARENDON Feb. 20, 2019 On Wednesday, around 10 people gathered, at the Little Red Wagon Winery in Clarendon for an agricultural seminar and training session on how to assess marketing strategies in the grain industry. The presentation, spearheaded

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Comets swept out of playoff hunt

CHRIS LOWREY FORT COULONGE Feb. 23, 2019 After a hard fought inaugural season, the Pontiac Senior Comets saw their playoff hopes come to an unceremonious end in Cornwall on the weekend. The Comets took on the Cornwall Prowlers in a

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Pontiac Lions Midget A profile

CONNOR GILPIN – AGE: 15 Number: 91 Gilpin enjoys a lot of things that accompany hockey, including the chance to travel to tournaments, the competitive nature, and the adrenaline rush that fuels him. He’s proud to boast of friendships he’s

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Lean times in the MoP or not

Dear Editor, The new budget in the Municipality of Pontiac was tabled with approximately a 50 per cent increase on business taxes. The mayor’s explanation for the additional taxes on businesses is that she felt that it was unfair to

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Response

Dear Editor, Please accept this letter as an open response to Mr. Robbie Beck’s letter to your paper last week under the leader of ‘Surprise and disappointment.’ Since Mr. Beck has chosen to convey his disappointment in regards to my

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The Way We Were

Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier Mar. 2, 1994 25 Years Ago Dry flood zones block development: Munici-palities along the Ottawa River are finding that some of their choice development land is off-limits. This problem resurfaced at the Feb. 28 MRC meeting.

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Raising siblings

By Shelley Heaphy For as long as I can remember, my parents’ motto in our home was, “Someday your sisters will be your best friends.” Not that we believed it. Our family sure saw it’s fair share of fights, I

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Pines in the Sand - Lemke Family Roots and Branches

Pines in the Sand - Lemke Family Roots and Branches

August 17, 2025
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The Bromley Historical Society welcomes Renfrew County historian Dave Lemkay to speak on Pines in the Sand – Lemke Family Roots and Branches. This free public presentation takes place on Sunday, August 17, 2pm, at the Old Town Hall, 498 Micksburg Road, Osceola. His talk draws on his extensive family research from Germany to Petawawa Township, across North America and the world. Refreshments will be served.

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