Oct. 16, 1996  25 Years Ago Producers fight new marketing system: The presence of two security guards at last week’s wood producers information meeting in Shawville was evidence of the tension among woodlot owners. But compared to other meetings in

Oct. 9, 1996  25 Years Ago Oktoberfest attendance up: For a population of about 100, Ladysmith sure knows how to put on an Oktoberfest party. An estimated crowd of 8,000 – 80 times the village’s population, walked through the gates

Oct. 2, 1996  25 Years Ago Pontiac loses annexation case: The municipality of Pontiac has lost its four-year-old appeal case against the Ministry of Municipal Affairs. A unanimous decision by three judges of the Quebec Court of Appeal was handed

Sept. 25,1996  25 Years Ago Antique boats travel Ottawa River bypass:  You’d be forgiven if you thought you had stepped back in time at Fort William last Sunday. The beach was packed with about 25 antique boats, the oldest one

Sept. 18,1996  25 Years Ago Carrolls called ‘role models’ at community roast in Chapeau: There were a lot of laughs and a few lumps in people’s throats at Saturday night’s roast of Frank and Mardie Carroll in Chapeau. Two hundred

Sept. 11, 1996  25 Years Ago Radioactive isotope plan to be explained at MRC: Officials from Atomic Energy of Canada Ltd will be at the next MRC meeting to explain the company’s planned expansion with regard to the manufacture of

Sept. 4,1996  25 Years Ago Fair bigger than ever: Can you remember the last time you didn’t need to dig out your winter coat to withstand the cold nights during Shawville Fair? The unusually mild tempertures which reached as high

Aug. 28,1996  25 Years Ago Kayak rodeo a warm-up for worlds: The Ottawa River was like the Queensway at rush hour last weekend, as the regular fleet of whitewater rafts shared the Calumet channel with 175 competitors in the fourth

Aug. 21,1996  25 Years Ago Eight horse hitch at Chapeau Fair: An eight-horse hitch, a rare feature at any fair, was a real crowd pleaser Saturday at the Chapeau Fair.  The hitch was made up of Clydesdales owned by David

Aug. 14,1996  25 Years Ago St. Alphonsus 150th draws 1,000: Well over 1,000 people attended Sunday’s activities celebrating the 150th anniversary of St. Alphonsus parish. From high on a hill overlooking the Ottawa River, the tolling of the church bells