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September 3, 2026

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Meet THE EQUITY’s new reporter

As my byline states, my name is Conor Tomalty, and I am the newest addition to THE EQUITY’s masthead. I was born and raised in

Thrift art sale

The walls of Shawville’s Café 349 are hosting an unusual kind of exhibit over the next month, intended to give pieces of art a second

Meet THE EQUITY’s new reporter

As my byline states, my name is Conor Tomalty, and I am the newest addition to THE EQUITY’s masthead. I was born and raised in Montreal, where I grew up rooting for the city’s sports teams. It is there that

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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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Thrift art sale

The walls of Shawville’s Café 349 are hosting an unusual kind of exhibit over the next month, intended to give pieces of art a second life after they’ve fallen out of favour at their current homes.  Organizer Cheryl Ann Beillard

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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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