Several dignitaries were on hand Friday afternoon to celebrate the opening of a new health and wellness centre in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. 

Christine Landry, owner of Harmonie Haven, said that she would be offering a host of new health and wellness services to the area, in the basement of her childhood home on Hwy. 148 up the street from the red covered bridge. 

A lab technician for many years at Montfort Hospital, Landry said that she wanted a business where she could combine her artistic interests with people-centred work. 

“I’ve always had the dream of working from home and working in the lab, there was this human aspect that was missing. I was working on machines and computers and stuff, I didn’t have any human contact other than my colleagues,” she said. “I like to do artistic things with my hands, I like drawing and painting and stuff like that. That was missing as well.”

Landry quit her lab job to take care of her aging parents, who passed away in 2023 and 2024, leaving her their home. She said they spent a lot of time cleaning out and renovating the basement to turn it into a calming oasis for clients. 

Landry said there would be nail art and pedicures available, as well as aromatouch and red light treatments. The space even features a sauna. Landry’s husband Normand Beaupré, a Reiki practitioner, will also be offering his services at the location.

“The services I offer here, we don’t have around here at all,” she said. 

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel, MNA André Fortin, MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller, as well as Mansfield-et-Pontefract mayor Sandra Armstrong and Municipality of Pontiac mayor Roger Larose were all in attendance of the opening and wished the new proprietors well in their new endeavour. 

More information can be found at harmoniehavencenter.com.