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June 11, 2026

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Scholarship fund to assist 23 students

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC July 8, 2020 Post-secondary students can once again benefit from local bursary support, as the Pontiac Scholarship Fund has accumulated . .

Graduation tour loops through Pontiac

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC June 25, 2020 Grade six students from Dr. S.E. McDowell School got to experience a unique graduation ceremony on June 25, with

Dentists re-open with new restrictions

EMILY HSUEH PONTIAC June 28, 2020 Quebec residents have reason to smile, as some dentists’ offices have begun to open their doors as COVID-19 restrictions

COVID update

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC July 1, 2020 The economy continues to inch closer to being fully re-opened, as the Quebec government allowed . . .

MLB draftee with a Shawville connection

Raised in the dugout, much of Jackson Coutts’s life has had something to do with baseball. Jackson, a 22-year-old from Maine with close family ties to Shawville, went through his childhood as a phenomenal athlete in football, basketball, and baseball.

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Dentists re-open with new restrictions

EMILY HSUEH PONTIAC June 28, 2020 Quebec residents have reason to smile, as some dentists’ offices have begun to open their doors as COVID-19 restrictions are eased. On June 1, dental offices, along with other bodycare services like hairdressers and

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COVID update

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC July 1, 2020 The economy continues to inch closer to being fully re-opened, as the Quebec government allowed . . .

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Churches vary in their COVID-19 response

STEPHEN RICCIO PONTIAC July 1, 2020 Churches across the Pontiac are ranging in their approach to the return to in-person services, as the Quebec government allowed places of worship to re-open by extending the indoor gathering limit up to 50

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