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August 27, 2026

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Luskville campers create land art

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.

Art Pontiac studio tour returns

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

Vacation Bible School explores the rainforest

The annual week-long day camp hosted by three Shawville churches welcomed parents to its closing ceremony on Friday, where participants showed all they had learned.  For 15 years, the Grace Community Bible Church, Bethel Pentecostal Church and New Hope Christian

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New Clarendon ball field welcomes first pitch 

The dugouts were but cement slabs with plastic chairs, the grass was still patchy in places, not yet grown in, and the field was still without overhead lights, but on Friday evening, the Shawville RecreationAssociation’s brand new ball field saw

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Luskville campers create land art

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

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Beach wheelchair to make swimming more accessible

People with mobility limitations will now be able to enjoy the Pontiac region’s many bodies of water thanks to a new floating beach wheelchair made available by a new partnership between two local organizations.  The chair, which features a frame,

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Nomination period open for Chichester byelection

Residents intending to run in the upcoming byelection for seat 4 on Chichester’s municipal council have until Aug. 21 to submit their nomination papers.  The seat was left vacant when councillor Chrissy Payne resigned from the position in July to

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Art Pontiac studio tour returns

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

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