Donald Teuma-Castelletti SHAWVILLE Nov. 5, 2017 There’s a new home for health in Shawville, offering treatments for everything from backaches and physical pain to stress and anxiety. With a grand opening taking place on Sunday, the Pontiac Wellness Centre (PWC)

Donald Teuma-Castelletti QUYON Nov. 5, 2017 Remembrance Day ceremonies continued the tradition of honouring their service members early in Quyon, with over 100 people gathered at the town’s cenotaph to lay wreaths and pay their respect. Despite unforgiving, heavy rain,

When it comes to Remembrance Day, most of us tend to reflect upon the service of Canadian troops in the First and Second World Wars. It seems only natural, considering the amount of troops involved and the sweeping, global scale,

Caleb Nickerson PONTIAC Nov. 5, 2017 On Nov. 5, as citizens of the Pontiac exercised their right to vote for municipal leaders, a local organization worked to ensure even those with mobility issues could make it to the ballot box.

Chris Lowrey PONTIAC Nov. 5, 2017 The MRC Pontiac’s first warden elected by universal suffrage is Jane Toller. For the first time, Pontiac residents were able to vote for their preferred choice for the MRC warden position. In the past,

Compiled by Caleb Nickerson (* = incumbent, + = outgoing from another position) Warden of MRC Pontiac 103 ballots rejected Jane Toller (3,597 votes), Raymond Durocher*+ (1,366 votes), Linda Davis (1,045 votes), Charlotte L’Écuyer (828 votes), Pierre Fréchette (817 votes)

Chris Lowrey BRISTOL Nov. 5 , 2017 A Bristol man came within an hour of being caught in a blaze that ended up destroying his home in the early morning of Nov. 5. The Bristol fire department received a call

GILLES DIONNE Chris Lowrey MANFIELD ET PONTEFRACT Nov. 5, 2017 Mansfield et Pontefract has elected a new mayor – Gilles Dionne. Dionne won the mayoral election with more than 800 votes – accounting for more than 60 per cent of

Caleb Nickerson FORT COULONGE Nov. 1, 2017 With the province in the midst of municipal elections, students at a local high school got a chance to get in on the excitement. On Nov. 1, four of the five candidates for