Julien St-Jean Shawville July 23, 2021 The Pontiac Historical Society is looking to make the Pontiac Museum more accessible to French speakers through the development of a bilingual museum guidebook. Glen Ansell, the museum curator and member of the Pontiac

Eva Baldi Quyon July 22, 2021  During the past year’s lockdowns, the residents of Quyon were not able to visit the library.  To combat this problem, the Quyon library in partnership with the TD summer club created an outdoor story

Julien St-Jean Campbell’s Bay July 22, 2021 Music, games and prizes filled Campbell’s Bay Municipal Park last Thursday while the Maison des Jeunes youth co-op held their first animation on wheels event of the year. The event featured games such

Julien St-Jean Marie Chapet always wanted to be free. She knew it when she worked as an actress in France. She knew it when she studied jewellery making at CEGEP in Quebec City. Now, as she works from her workshop

Julien St-Jean Shawville July 21, 2021 As part of the MRC’s Regional Tourism Information Station (RTIS) project, youth gathered last Wednesday at the Pontiac museum to learn about the history of the Pontiac. The project, a joint partnership between the

Jorge Maria Shawville July 28, 2021 Calvin Watters was once a bad guy. A towering figure at six-foot-five, muscled and tattooed, a man like him was made for football or intimidation. After a knee injury killed his football career Watters

Jorge Maria Shawville July 28, 2021 The 40th annual “Pontiac Try Like Terry” run comes back to the Pontiac as COVID restrictions that hindered last year’s run ease. Less than one month out, organizers of the run expected a repeat

Julien St-Jean Sheenboro July 25, 2021 Patrons of the Hotel Pontiac enjoyed a view of the river and live music from TheSandBand alongside their meals on Sunday night.

Firefighters from L’Île du Grand Calumet, Campbell’s Bay, Portage du Fort and Shawville-Clarendon arrived to the scene of a house fire in L’Île du Grand Calumet on Friday. The fire took much of the afternoon to extinguish.

Nine firefighters from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department arrived at the scene of a car fire in Shawville to extinguish the blaze early Thursday morning. Fire Chief Lee Laframboise notified the SQ that the fire seemed to have suspicious origins. “Usually