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August 13, 2026

Infrastructure

Chapeau hosts annual island party 

This weekend, Allumette Island turned into a party island during its annual community celebration – Island Fest.  The three-day event hosted sports tournaments of all

Rink posts stolen from Coulonge arena

Volunteers at Fort Coulonge’s arena are facing a setback after discovering last week that a set of posts they planned on installing had gone missing

Campbell’s Bay to build new ballfield canteen

Campbell’s Bay council voted on Sept. 2 to award $20,000 to community group The Parent Hive for its project to upgrade the town’s ballfield canteen.  The project was the winning submission in the municipality’s participatory budget initiative started this spring,

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Chapeau hosts annual island party 

This weekend, Allumette Island turned into a party island during its annual community celebration – Island Fest.  The three-day event hosted sports tournaments of all kinds, including washers, volleyball, pickleball and this year, the community classic family ball tournament, all

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Vote opens for Campbell’s Bay community projects

Residents of Campbell’s Bay will have the opportunity this month to vote on projects they wish to see implemented in their town, as the municipality’s call for projects is now open.  Campbell’s Bay, in tandem with Quebec’s municipal affairs ministry

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Rink posts stolen from Coulonge arena

Volunteers at Fort Coulonge’s arena are facing a setback after discovering last week that a set of posts they planned on installing had gone missing overnight. Earlier this year the committee of volunteers at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs

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Portage secret supper keeps guests guessing

A small group of diners gathered at the Portage du Fort municipal hall for a “spaghetti supper with a twist” on Saturday evening, organized by the town’s mayor Lynne Cameron as well as Portage resident Lise McCorriston as a fundraiser

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Arena Fund hosts first AGM, bingo fundraiser

Cars lined the parking lot of the Shawville arena and the surrounding fairgrounds on Friday evening to participate in the drive-in bingo fundraiser event hosted by the Pontiac Arena Fund (PAF), organized to help finance much-needed upgrades to the Shawville

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