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January 21, 2026

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McGrimmon under new ownership

The McGrimmon Cartage landfill outside Shawville has a new owner who is bringing big dreams for the site’s future. Martin Perras purchased the dump last

McDowell students bring home the hardware

Dr. S.E. McDowell capped off this year’s three-day track and field competition for students in grades 3 to 6 with an award ceremony on June 5 to recognize all the students’ hard work and accomplishments. The young athletes met in

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100 Mile Arts hosts networking event for Pontiac creatives

Wakefield-based arts non-profit 100 Mile Arts Network hosted its first Pontiac networking event on Thursday evening at the Spruceholme Inn in Fort Coulonge. The non-profit works to support English-speaking creative professionals across the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais, MRC Pontiac, and MRC

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PHS welders show off rat rod and semi truck

Students from Pontiac High School’s welding program showed off their handiwork on Wednesday in the form of two trucks the students welded together from parts. Nearly 100 students from grades 8 to 11 have been working since September on two

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McGrimmon under new ownership

The McGrimmon Cartage landfill outside Shawville has a new owner who is bringing big dreams for the site’s future. Martin Perras purchased the dump last month, along with the concrete forming division of Renfrew company Town and Country, and is

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Pontiac County Recipes — Swedish Pastry

As part of an ongoing series, we are publishing one recipe every week from Pontiac County Recipes, a small book that is home to a collection of kitchen secrets from across the region, published by Pontiac Printshop in 1968. It

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