Caleb Nickerson SHAWVILLE Oct. 27, 2017 On Friday night members of the Shawville Curling Club held a party to celebrate the season that will soon be underway. Club President Jeff Russell explained that there were several changes from last year.

Chris Lowrey PONTIAC Nov. 1, 2017 With the municipal elections just around the corner, and Pontiac residents getting their first chance to elect a warden, some people have been asking a pretty important question: What does a warden do? It’s

Donald Teuma-Castelletti LUSKVILLE Oct. 14, 2017 The opportunity to help pluck grapes at Lavender Ridge Farm on Saturday for the annual harvest was one drawing many a helpful picker, but none more so than ambitious grape growers themselves. With the

Caleb Nickerson CAMPBELL’S BAY Oct. 23, 2017 On Oct. 23, the five candidates for warden of MRC Pontiac gathered at St. John’s Elementary School in Campbell’s Bay for a discussion about the social services and organizations in the region, hosted

Caleb Nickerson FORT COULONGE Oct. 26, 2017 On Thursday evening, candidates from the municipalities of Fort Coulonge and Mansfield came together with residents for a panel discussion on amalgamating the two communities at the Pontiac Conference Centre in Fort Coulonge.

Chris Lowrey MUNICIPALITY OF PONTIAC Oct. 30, 2017 The Municipality of Pontiac has been hit by flooding yet again after being severely impacted this past spring. With more than 100 mm of rain falling between Saturday afternoon and Monday afternoon,

Chris Lowrey PONTIAC Oct. 19, 2017 Yet again, the communications infrastructure in the Pontiac went down after a work crew cut a fibre optic cable on Oct. 19 in the Quyon area. The outage left vast swaths of the Pontiac

There were lots of opportunities for children in the Pontiac to get into costume and solicit candy from their neighbours. On Oct. 27, over 90 children from several day cares in the area toured downtown Fort Coulonge in search of

Chris Lowrey CHALK RIVER, ONT. Oct. 27 , 2017 The controversial Near Surface Disposal Site (NSDF) proposed for Chalk River Nuclear Plant will be amended following several complaints by local residents. The facility was originally slated to house intermediate and

Caleb Nickerson BRISTOL Oct. 28-29, 2017 The soggy weather did little to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of competitors that arrived in Bristol over the weekend for a spectacle of humans and dogs hurtling around a dirt racetrack. The