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September 3, 2026

MRC Pontiac

New beef tent to showcase local breeds

A new addition to this year’s fair will be a tent dedicated to informing the public about beef cattle.  Pontiac Agricultural Society director Mavis Hanna

Sheep show showing signs of growth

For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair.  The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually

Mansfield Fire Dept. purchases rescue boat

The greater Mansfield area and the Pontiac as a whole can now rely on a new rescue boat that the Mansfield Fire Department has purchased.  Mansfield fire chief Patrick Bertrand said that the new 21-foot rescue boat cost $140,000 and

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Second motocross event comes to the Pontiac

The same crowd of motorsport enthusiasts that descended on the St-Aubin farm in Otter Lake in June returned to the Pontiac region over the weekend, this time in Litchfield, for another three days of races on e-bikes, dirt bikes and

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Shawville Fair highlights from over the years

A look back at nearly a century of Shawville Fair coverage, from THE EQUITY’s first year of publication in 1883 through 1977, when our extensive photo archives begin. 1883 The annual exhibition of Agricultural Society No. 1 was held in

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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 with Ken Kilgour and Joyce McCagg, presented the J. Arthur Kilgour memorial trophy for best

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New beef tent to showcase local breeds

A new addition to this year’s fair will be a tent dedicated to informing the public about beef cattle.  Pontiac Agricultural Society director Mavis Hanna explained that this is the first year that she could recall they put something like

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Sheep show showing signs of growth

For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair.  The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually turn the annual competition into a qualifier for the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto, one

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LOCAL EVENTS

170th Expo Shawville Fair

September 3, 2026 - September 7, 2026

Sportsman Show

September 5, 2026

171st Renfrew Fair

September 10, 2026 - September 13, 2026

Quyon Community Day

September 12, 2026

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