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The Municipality of Portage-du-Fort held its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 2, where council announced it would issue another job posting for its vacant permanent
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The Municipality of Portage-du-Fort held its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 2, where council announced it would issue another job posting for its vacant permanent


As the festivities at the 170th Shawville Fair got underway Thursday night, the circus tent was packed with volunteers and representatives of various levels 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


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


The Municipality of Portage-du-Fort held its regular monthly meeting on Sept. 2, where council announced it would issue another job posting for its vacant permanent director general (DG) position. While council had voted at a special meeting in August to


As the festivities at the 170th Shawville Fair got underway Thursday night, the circus tent was packed with volunteers and representatives of various levels of government, as well as neighbouring fair boards from across the Ottawa Valley. Fair board president


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
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