Caleb Nickerson BRYSON Dec. 4, 2017 On Dec. 4, dozens of people gathered to celebrate the Bryson Golden Age Club’s 40th anniversary at the local Lions Hall, with the daughter of the group’s first president at the helm. There was

Caleb Nickerson SHAWVILLE Dec. 8, 2017 On Friday, around 40 people gathered for lunch at the former Masonic Hall in Shawville to support the work of Animal Aide Pontiac. The organization is made up of a handful of volunteers that

Donald Teuma-Castelletti QUYON Dec. 9, 2017 Kris Kringle rolled through Quyon at noon on Saturday, escorted by his parade of firefighters and local organizations, as families waited eagerly at the roadside to catch a glimpse of the big man in

For many people, the defining moments in their lives don’t come when they achieve the goals they set for themselves, but rather how they react to a seemingly insurmountable obstacle that gets put in their way. For Derian Plouffe, a

Caleb Nickerson BRISTOL Dec. 8, 2017 On Dec. 8, a group of local farmers and their companions gathered at the Pine Lodge in Bristol for an annual “office party” of sorts. Nancy Pirie was one of the organizers of the

Donald Teuma-Castelletti SHAWVILLE Dec. 9, 2017 Experienced skaters and young ones still yearning to fit best into their skates took to the ice at the Shawville Arena on Saturday morning, when an annual Christmas show was put on. Christmas on

Chris Lowrey SHAWVILLE Dec. 8, 2017 A Shawville woman was sent to the Hull hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries on Friday after she was struck by a bus. The woman was struck by an adapted TransporAction bus on

Chris Lowrey SHAWVILLE Dec. 11, 2017 The employees of the Pontiac Archives gathered at Cartrites in Shawville on Dec. 11 to pay tribute to a 30-year mainstay. Dorcas Sparling is in her 30th year at the archives and was presented

Chris Lowrey LUSKVILLE Dec. 4, 2017 On the way to an appointment in Gatineau on Dec. 4, Shirley and Charles Kucharik got a dangerous – and smelly – surprise. As their vehicle approached the four lane section of Hwy. 148

Donald Teuma-Castelletti SHAWVILLE Dec. 9, 2017 Firefighters from the Shawville-Clarendon Fire Department joined together Saturday night for their annual Christmas and awards dinner, honouring their firefighter of the year. Gathering the force, plus spouses and the mayors of both municipalities,