

Shawville Fair’s firefighter face-off returns
If you’ve got a burning desire to watch the Pontiac’s firefighters test their skills in a head-to-head competition, this year’s Shawville Fair has exactly what
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If you’ve got a burning desire to watch the Pontiac’s firefighters test their skills in a head-to-head competition, this year’s Shawville Fair has exactly what


The Municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes is celebrating another successful Islandfest after expanding several of its events and even offering new events this year. The annual festival


Portage-du-Fort’s council met on Aug. 5, with several important items on the agenda. At the start of the meeting, Mayor Kevin Murphy acknowledged a conflict


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


Waltham residents of all ages gathered at the town’s Paul Ryan Park on Saturday for the town’s Summerfest – a day of community fun organized
Waltham residents were saddened to hear of the passing of long time resident Lorna Perry-Turner. She was the beloved wife of Francis Frankie Turner. Lorna


Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s
This past week, we were in a severe heat wave. Some days, the temperature was 45 with the humidex. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we experienced


Pontiac Ouest and Waltham fire departments spent Saturday fighting a raging house fire on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, which ultimately destroyed the home. Pontiac Ouest fire chief Glynn
ract celebrated Mansfield Village en Fete. There were several activities including baseball, bingo, a canteen and in the evening there was a beautiful display of


If you’ve got a burning desire to watch the Pontiac’s firefighters test their skills in a head-to-head competition, this year’s Shawville Fair has exactly what you’re looking for. Monday morning’s schedule will feature some scalding hot action this year with


The Municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes is celebrating another successful Islandfest after expanding several of its events and even offering new events this year. The annual festival featured an array of fun activities for the whole family, including various sports, live music,


Portage-du-Fort’s council met on Aug. 5, with several important items on the agenda. At the start of the meeting, Mayor Kevin Murphy acknowledged a conflict of interest with both the director general (DG) item on the agenda and the garbage


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


Waltham residents of all ages gathered at the town’s Paul Ryan Park on Saturday for the town’s Summerfest – a day of community fun organized by the local recreation association. Among the activities on offer were a heated washer’s tournament
Waltham residents were saddened to hear of the passing of long time resident Lorna Perry-Turner. She was the beloved wife of Francis Frankie Turner. Lorna was an angel that walked among us. Lorna was the epitome of what it meant


Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s initial two phases of improvements to the province’s cell coverage, only one tower had been
This past week, we were in a severe heat wave. Some days, the temperature was 45 with the humidex. On Tuesday and Wednesday, we experienced severe thunderstorms with torrential rainfall and very strong winds. We lost power on Tuesday night


Pontiac Ouest and Waltham fire departments spent Saturday fighting a raging house fire on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, which ultimately destroyed the home. Pontiac Ouest fire chief Glynn Fleury said his department was called to the residence on chemin Pembroke in the community
ract celebrated Mansfield Village en Fete. There were several activities including baseball, bingo, a canteen and in the evening there was a beautiful display of fireworks. I sure hope that everyone enjoyed Canada Day. Love and best wishes are extended
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