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Mansfield opens new highway rest stop

by Guillaume Laflamme Mansfield and Pontefract May 3, 2024 Mansfield and Pontefract celebrated the official opening of the municipality’s outdoor stopover along Highway 148 across

Pinkies out for high tea

by Guillaume Laflamme Fort Coulonge May 4, 2024 Women clad in fashionable dresses and dainty hats – think Audrey Hepburn circa My Fair Lady –

Social Notes – May 8, 2024

Quyon – Jillian Young Deepest sympathies are extended to the family and friends of Randy Dagenais, as he passed away on Apr. 26 at the

The Way We Were – May 8, 2024

25 Years Ago – May 5, 1999 Spence edges out Sallafranque: By a mere 15 votes, Denzil Spence edged Jerome Sallafranque for the right to

Community engagement

There’s been a problem brewing in some of Pontiac’s lakes in recent years. Invasive species from purple loosestrife to zebra mussels, and now Eurasian water

Mansfield opens new highway rest stop

by Guillaume Laflamme Mansfield and Pontefract May 3, 2024 Mansfield and Pontefract celebrated the official opening of the municipality’s outdoor stopover along Highway 148 across from the George Bryson House on Friday. The new stopover features covered picnic tables, an

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Pinkies out for high tea

by Guillaume Laflamme Fort Coulonge May 4, 2024 Women clad in fashionable dresses and dainty hats – think Audrey Hepburn circa My Fair Lady – spent Saturday afternoon at a high tea event put on by Shawville’s Bethel Pentecostal Church

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Social Notes – May 8, 2024

Quyon – Jillian Young Deepest sympathies are extended to the family and friends of Randy Dagenais, as he passed away on Apr. 26 at the age of 54. Thoughts and prayers are with his loved ones as they grieve this

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Sending your heart out into the world

“When you send your child out in the world it’s like your wearing your heart on your sleeve”, a friend once said this to me about her child and it has always resonated heavily with me. It’s so true. Once

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The Way We Were – May 8, 2024

25 Years Ago – May 5, 1999 Spence edges out Sallafranque: By a mere 15 votes, Denzil Spence edged Jerome Sallafranque for the right to lead the newly amalgamated Municipality of Allumettes Island. About 50 people gathered at the Demers

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Letters to the Editor – May 8, 2024

Outside the box Dear Editor, The common sense approach to development as reflected in your editorial is, in my view, right on the mark (What does Pontiac need? THE EQUITY, Apr. 17, 2024). For starters, the search for practical ideas

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Community engagement

There’s been a problem brewing in some of Pontiac’s lakes in recent years. Invasive species from purple loosestrife to zebra mussels, and now Eurasian water milfoil, have slowly but surely been making their presence known. They may originate elsewhere in

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