At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on Thursday (May 21), council recognized a local police officer with the county’s highest honour, the Pontiac
The ballpark in Sand Bay was alive on Saturday as the community kicked off its summer season with a party and BBQ in the park.
The McDowell Home and School Committee hosted its annual spring fair on Thursday evening with a significant turnout despite the damp weather. “It was crazy
If your vegetable garden doesn’t pan out quite as planned, you need a last-minute bouquet of flowers or you’re sick of paying too much for
A pair of fires on Monday night and Tuesday morning destroyed a home in Shawville and a tractor in Clarendon.
It was raining men – and donations for the Shawville Arena – at the second annual men’s night on Friday hosted by the Pontiac Arena
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since
On Saturday evening, the Lions Hall in Shawville was packed for the annual Shawville-Clarendon Fireman’s ball. Chief Lee Laframboise said that the department currently has
Pontiac MNA André Fortin was joined by Quebec Liberal Party leader Charles Milliard at Onslow Elementary School in Quyon on Saturday for Fortin’s official nomination
After waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance, a Thorne resident says first responders are needed more than ever.
At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on Thursday (May 21), council recognized a local police officer with the county’s highest honour, the Pontiac Paddle of Accomplishment. Yves Martineau first started policing in the area in June 1992 and
The ballpark in Sand Bay was alive on Saturday as the community kicked off its summer season with a party and BBQ in the park. The event, hosted by the Sand Bay Association, featured a BBQ, temporary tattoos, and plenty
The McDowell Home and School Committee hosted its annual spring fair on Thursday evening with a significant turnout despite the damp weather. “It was crazy busy. We were surprised by how busy it was,” said committee vice-president Chelsea Laframboise, one
If your vegetable garden doesn’t pan out quite as planned, you need a last-minute bouquet of flowers or you’re sick of paying too much for eggs at the grocery store, Pontiac farmers have you covered. Stop by any of the
A pair of fires on Monday night and Tuesday morning destroyed a home in Shawville and a tractor in Clarendon.
It was raining men – and donations for the Shawville Arena – at the second annual men’s night on Friday hosted by the Pontiac Arena Fund (PAF). President Mike Rusenstrom estimates an attendance of over 600 for Friday’s event, the
The Outaouais is off to an unusually active start to wildfire season, just months after SOPFEU recorded its busiest fall fire season on record. Since the beginning of April, as of May 8 SOPFEU had responded to 24 fires in
On Saturday evening, the Lions Hall in Shawville was packed for the annual Shawville-Clarendon Fireman’s ball. Chief Lee Laframboise said that the department currently has 31 firefighters, more than it has ever had. “We’ve never had higher than 28. And
Pontiac MNA André Fortin was joined by Quebec Liberal Party leader Charles Milliard at Onslow Elementary School in Quyon on Saturday for Fortin’s official nomination as the party’s candidate in the upcoming provincial election.
After waiting 45 minutes for an ambulance, a Thorne resident says first responders are needed more than ever.
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