Fires destroy Shawville home, Clarendon tractor
May 12, 2026
A pair of fires on Monday night and Tuesday morning destroyed a home in Shawville and a tractor in Clarendon.
A pair of fires on Monday night and Tuesday morning destroyed a home in Shawville and a tractor in Clarendon.
About once a week, anyone walking down Shawville’s Main Street might pick up on something peculiar in the air. A nutty, somewhat chocolatty, somewhat acidic
THE EQUITY sat down with two MRC Pontiac employees who spend a great deal of time thinking about and caring for the vast territory, known
Every summer, I get the same reminder. The Pontiac is not just where I work. It is where I belong. Through my role as the
It was raining men – and donations for the Shawville Arena – at the second annual men’s night on Friday hosted by the Pontiac Arena
Bristol resident Deb Powell is the latest resident of that municipality to be honoured for volunteerism, receiving the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for excellent volunteer service.
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
Otter Lake has received provincial approval to lay canvas tarps at the Farm Lake boat launch in hopes of choking out the invasive Eurasian milfoil
A Winnebago trailer in Fort-Coulonge was destroyed by fire on Friday night. At around 11:30 p.m. the Fort-Coulonge Fire Department was called out to a
A pair of fires on Monday night and Tuesday morning destroyed a home in Shawville and a tractor in Clarendon.
About once a week, anyone walking down Shawville’s Main Street might pick up on something peculiar in the air. A nutty, somewhat chocolatty, somewhat acidic smell rides the breeze for a few hours, and if you’re positioned just downwind of
THE EQUITY sat down with two MRC Pontiac employees who spend a great deal of time thinking about and caring for the vast territory, known as the TNO Lac-Nilgaut, that stretches hundreds of kilometers north of this county’s main population
Every summer, I get the same reminder. The Pontiac is not just where I work. It is where I belong. Through my role as the MRC’s tourism developer, I spend a lot of time telling people outside of this region
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
Bristol resident Deb Powell is the latest resident of that municipality to be honoured for volunteerism, receiving the Lieutenant Governor’s Medal for excellent volunteer service. Powell has volunteered with different organizations since moving to Bristol about 15 years ago. She
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
Otter Lake has received provincial approval to lay canvas tarps at the Farm Lake boat launch in hopes of choking out the invasive Eurasian milfoil plant growing there. A few weeks ago, the province’s Ministry of Environment approved the municipality’s
A Winnebago trailer in Fort-Coulonge was destroyed by fire on Friday night. At around 11:30 p.m. the Fort-Coulonge Fire Department was called out to a property on rue Francoeur. Chief Gaetan Fortin said that when firefighters arrived, the trailer, situated
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