

In Photos: Shawville Fairs Past (1977 – 2001)
Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured
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Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured


The Western Québec School Board is temporarily moving its Shawville adult education centre to Fort-Coulonge as renovations at the school’s future building in Campbell’s Bay


The children from the Municipality of Pontiac’s day camp showed off the results of their hard work with Wakefield artist Marc Walter on Wednesday (Aug.




Artists across the Pontiac and beyond welcomed visitors into their creative spaces over the weekend to get a look “Beyond the Easel”, as the studio


Ten Catholic churches in the Pontiac will no longer hold weekly Sunday Masses starting in September due to a priest shortage in the region. Bishop


It is every teenager’s nightmare – getting stuck in high school forever. But Lorianne Bertrand made a career of it. When the Fort-Coulonge native started


Five softball teams from Aylmer to Gracefield faced off in Luskville on Saturday in a tournament that doubled as a fundraiser for Animal Aide Pontiac.


The ballfield in La Pêche was jumping over the weekend for the first annual tournament in honour of Benoit Moreau, a long-time volunteer who passed


Despite losing a significant grant, the Friends of Chats Falls (Amis du Sault-des-Chats) announced their Archéo-Pontiac public archeological digs will continue in 2026. The


Volunteers in the handicraft area at the 1977 Fair included Isabel Graham, Ruby Rusenstrom, judge Ruth Wideman, and Robena Ritchie. Mrs J. Arthur Kilgour, pictured with Ken Kilgour and Joyce McCagg, presented the J. Arthur Kilgour memorial trophy for best


The Western Québec School Board is temporarily moving its Shawville adult education centre to Fort-Coulonge as renovations at the school’s future building in Campbell’s Bay are behind schedule. The Pontiac Continuing Education Centre (PCEC) was originally scheduled to move into


The children from the Municipality of Pontiac’s day camp showed off the results of their hard work with Wakefield artist Marc Walter on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at the Luskville Community Centre. The group created a sort of a circular structure




Artists across the Pontiac and beyond welcomed visitors into their creative spaces over the weekend to get a look “Beyond the Easel”, as the studio tour was named. The three-day event marked the official return of Art Pontiac’s studio tour


Ten Catholic churches in the Pontiac will no longer hold weekly Sunday Masses starting in September due to a priest shortage in the region. Bishop Michael Brehl of the Pembroke Diocese announced in a letter on Aug. 6 that the


It is every teenager’s nightmare – getting stuck in high school forever. But Lorianne Bertrand made a career of it. When the Fort-Coulonge native started at John Paul II High School in Campbell’s Bay in September 1982, she had no


Five softball teams from Aylmer to Gracefield faced off in Luskville on Saturday in a tournament that doubled as a fundraiser for Animal Aide Pontiac. After a full day of games, Aylmer’s Flying Monkeys claimed the tournament trophy, and $1,500


The ballfield in La Pêche was jumping over the weekend for the first annual tournament in honour of Benoit Moreau, a long-time volunteer who passed away the previous year. Moreau, a community member, coach and president of the La Pêche


Despite losing a significant grant, the Friends of Chats Falls (Amis du Sault-des-Chats) announced their Archéo-Pontiac public archeological digs will continue in 2026. The organization was founded in 2017 with the mission of promoting the heritage, historical and natural
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