

Shop owner warned over English Facebook posts
Brett Thoms Shawville Feb. 24, 2023 The owner of Boutique Shawville Shooz, Jill McBane, received a warning letter last week from Quebec’s French language authority,


Brett Thoms Shawville Feb. 24, 2023 The owner of Boutique Shawville Shooz, Jill McBane, received a warning letter last week from Quebec’s French language authority,


Brett Thoms Shawville Feb. 23, 2023 The McDowell Home and School Committee organized a community spaghetti supper to support the family of Jennifer Rivet-Butler, a


Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quyon February 27, 2023 A new era has begun for Quyon’s infamous watering hole and live music venue, and under new ownership.


Connor Lalande Pontiac February 22, 2022 Business owners, politicians, artists and other community members joined in a celebration of Pontiac’s business community at a gala


Brett Thoms Campbell’s Bay February 15, 2023 The MRC Pontiac held its monthly meeting last Wednesday. The meeting kicked off with the announcement that Kim


Connor Lalande Pontiac February 13, 2022 The MRC Pontiac Youth Council met for its first official sitting and swearing in ceremony on February 13 at


Brett Thoms Quyon February 12, 2023 MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais police say they are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred Sunday morning at Camp B’nai Brith


Pierre Cyr Fort-Coulonge February 12, 2023 The Government of Quebec requires that each MRC develop a plan de gestion des matières résiduelles (PGMR); a waste


Pierre Cyr Fort-Coulonge February 13, 2023 Two candidates have announced they are running for the municipal council seat in the by-election scheduled for Feb. 26.


Zainab Al-Mehdar Campbell’s Bay February 1, 2022 Inspired by the late Maurice Beauregard’s love of serving and continuously advocating for the community, his family has


Brett Thoms Shawville Feb. 24, 2023 The owner of Boutique Shawville Shooz, Jill McBane, received a warning letter last week from Quebec’s French language authority, the Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF), after publishing posts in English-only on her


Brett Thoms Shawville Feb. 23, 2023 The McDowell Home and School Committee organized a community spaghetti supper to support the family of Jennifer Rivet-Butler, a Shawville mother who passed away recently, leaving behind seven children. The supper ended up fundraising


Sophie Kuijper Dickson Quyon February 27, 2023 A new era has begun for Quyon’s infamous watering hole and live music venue, and under new ownership. Jim Cain, of Quyon’s Cain family, bought Gavan’s Hotel in December, and has a vision


Connor Lalande Pontiac February 22, 2022 Business owners, politicians, artists and other community members joined in a celebration of Pontiac’s business community at a gala hosted by the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce in Fort Coulonge on Saturday evening. The event


Brett Thoms Campbell’s Bay February 15, 2023 The MRC Pontiac held its monthly meeting last Wednesday. The meeting kicked off with the announcement that Kim Lesage has been hired as the director general (DG) for the MRC Pontiac on a


Connor Lalande Pontiac February 13, 2022 The MRC Pontiac Youth Council met for its first official sitting and swearing in ceremony on February 13 at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay. Several mayors attended the event as well as MRC


Brett Thoms Quyon February 12, 2023 MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais police say they are investigating a suspicious fire that occurred Sunday morning at Camp B’nai Brith of Ottawa in Quyon. B’nai Brith Canada is a Jewish service organization and advocacy group


Pierre Cyr Fort-Coulonge February 12, 2023 The Government of Quebec requires that each MRC develop a plan de gestion des matières résiduelles (PGMR); a waste management plan, containing objectives to ultimately reduce environmental impacts from residual waste management, increase recycling


Pierre Cyr Fort-Coulonge February 13, 2023 Two candidates have announced they are running for the municipal council seat in the by-election scheduled for Feb. 26. The seat became vacant last November after the passing of Lucie Bertrand. THE EQUITY spoke


Zainab Al-Mehdar Campbell’s Bay February 1, 2022 Inspired by the late Maurice Beauregard’s love of serving and continuously advocating for the community, his family has created an annual graduation award for students in the Pontiac. The memorial award is called
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