
Local actor shines in Ottawa Little Theatre’s Shawshank Redemption
Ottawa Little Theatre opened its 2025 season with The Shawshank Redemption, a play based upon Stephen King’s 1982 novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Shawville

Ottawa Little Theatre opened its 2025 season with The Shawshank Redemption, a play based upon Stephen King’s 1982 novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Shawville

A sea of green descended on Gavan’s Hotel Sunday afternoon in Quyon for the first of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the Pontiac.

They are among 30,000 people across Canada recognized for their community service.


The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is asking the public’s assistance in two seperate cases, according to press releases published at the beginning of March. In

Mansfield councillor Sébastien Denault says he’s been pushing for a formalized ‘buy local’ policy for years. Last week, the municipality finally got on board.

More than 100 people stopped by the Legion in Quyon for the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper laid on last week by the Quyon Lions

Jessica Jewell of Mansfield and Annie Claude Durocher of Fort Coulonge are the latest recipients of the Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation’s MacLachlan bursary for nursing

In what was the Pontiac High School rugby program’s first international trip, players traveled to Charleston, South Carolina last week to face off against some

Two representatives of the Sheenboro Archives spoke on a panel Mar. 2 highlighting Irish heritage preservation efforts across the province, explaining the new ways they

Ottawa Little Theatre opened its 2025 season with The Shawshank Redemption, a play based upon Stephen King’s 1982 novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption. Shawville actor Grant Moore, a recent recipient of the Toronto Film School’s Best Actor award, played

A sea of green descended on Gavan’s Hotel Sunday afternoon in Quyon for the first of this year’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in the Pontiac. Music, beer and Irish cheer were on full display in the packed dining room for

They are among 30,000 people across Canada recognized for their community service.


The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is asking the public’s assistance in two seperate cases, according to press releases published at the beginning of March. In a Mar. 6 release, the SQ requested assistance identifying two individuals linked to an instance

Mansfield councillor Sébastien Denault says he’s been pushing for a formalized ‘buy local’ policy for years. Last week, the municipality finally got on board.

More than 100 people stopped by the Legion in Quyon for the annual Shrove Tuesday pancake supper laid on last week by the Quyon Lions Club. Heath Kelly, Julia Bernier and Caryl McCann served up pancakes, sausages, ham, beans, and,

Jessica Jewell of Mansfield and Annie Claude Durocher of Fort Coulonge are the latest recipients of the Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation’s MacLachlan bursary for nursing students who commit to working in the Pontiac upon their graduation.

In what was the Pontiac High School rugby program’s first international trip, players traveled to Charleston, South Carolina last week to face off against some of the state’s top high school talent.

Two representatives of the Sheenboro Archives spoke on a panel Mar. 2 highlighting Irish heritage preservation efforts across the province, explaining the new ways they are trying to document local history in their archives. Archive volunteers Joann McCann and Lorna
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