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2025 Year in Review – April to June

Feeling nostalgic for 2025? You’ll enjoyTHE EQUITY’s 2025 Year in Review. Over the remaining three weeks of January, we’ll take some time to look back

PHS students take the plunge

A brave group of students from Pontiac High School (PHS) spent two days last week voluntarily lowering themselves into ice cold waters to then be

PHS serves up first Pontiac Cup games

A decades-old sporting tradition is once again underway in the Pontiac.  On Nov. 20, senior boys’ and girls’ volleyball teams from all three Pontiac high

2025 Year in Review – April to June

Feeling nostalgic for 2025? You’ll enjoyTHE EQUITY’s 2025 Year in Review. Over the remaining three weeks of January, we’ll take some time to look back on some of last year’s most memorable stories.  Apr. 2 CAQ tables largest budget deficit

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Young’uns welcome the holidays with cheer

Students across the Pontiac performed in holiday concerts in the week prior to the Christmas break, after this newspaper’s last issue of the year had already been published. Here are just some moments from the performances at Onslow, St. John’s

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PHS students take the plunge

A brave group of students from Pontiac High School (PHS) spent two days last week voluntarily lowering themselves into ice cold waters to then be rescued by their peers, who themselves had just learned the needed techniques.  The students were

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Governing boards approve Onslow school shuffle

The Western Quebec School Board (WQSB) has now received three important approvals needed to move forward with relocating students and staff from Onslow Elementary School to Shawville for the 2026-2027 school year while the Quyon school is renovated.  At separate

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PHS serves up first Pontiac Cup games

A decades-old sporting tradition is once again underway in the Pontiac.  On Nov. 20, senior boys’ and girls’ volleyball teams from all three Pontiac high schools as well as Maniwaki and Gracefield spent Thursday facing off against each other in

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