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March 11, 2026

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Fire engulfs Shawville home

Zainab Al-Mehdar Shawville Jan. 8, 2022 At 5:25 am the Shawville Clarendon Fire Department rushed over to 230 Centre Street. A duplex was engulfed with

Year in Review – January 2021

Ghost town: province enacts curfew The provincial government implemented an overnight curfew to go along with its extension of lockdown conditions for four weeks, until

Year in Review – February 2021

Énergie Davidson project awaits approval The Énergie Davidson project was introduced early in 2021 and was in the hands of provincial authorities. At the time

Year in Review – March 2021

Allumettes residents experience landline outages Allumettes Island has experienced power outages over the years, and although they have slightly subsided, in the past year they

Grand reopening of red covered bridge

Zainab Al-Mehdar Mansfield Dec. 16 Recognized as the longest covered bridge in Quebec and the second-longest in Canada, the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge is now officially open

Hundreds gather over Bill 21

Zainab Al-Mehdar MRC des Collines Dec. 22 Hundreds of people gathered in Chelsea on Dec. 14 to express their outrage and show their solidarity for

A free turkey dinner for all

Nikki Buechler Campbell’s Bay Dec. 14 2021 Langfords Grocery in Campbell’s Bay handed out turkey dinners on Tuesday night. The row of cars out front

Winter leaves its mark on the Pontiac

Nikki Buechler Shawville Jan. 17, 2022 A winter storm coated the Pontiac in a thick blanket of snow on Tuesday. Although it had been expected, with storm warnings and school closures announced in . . .

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Fire engulfs Shawville home

Zainab Al-Mehdar Shawville Jan. 8, 2022 At 5:25 am the Shawville Clarendon Fire Department rushed over to 230 Centre Street. A duplex was engulfed with flames by the time the firefighters were on the scene. It was a particularly difficult

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Year in Review – January 2021

Ghost town: province enacts curfew The provincial government implemented an overnight curfew to go along with its extension of lockdown conditions for four weeks, until Feb. 8. The previous lockdown was set to run out on Jan. 11, but in

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Year in Review – February 2021

Énergie Davidson project awaits approval The Énergie Davidson project was introduced early in 2021 and was in the hands of provincial authorities. At the time MRC Warden Jane Toller provided an update on the conditions surrounding the potential reopening of

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Year in Review – March 2021

Allumettes residents experience landline outages Allumettes Island has experienced power outages over the years, and although they have slightly subsided, in the past year they have been facing issues with breaks in their telephone service. Allumette’s farmer David Gillespie has

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Grand reopening of red covered bridge

Zainab Al-Mehdar Mansfield Dec. 16 Recognized as the longest covered bridge in Quebec and the second-longest in Canada, the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge is now officially open and safe to walk or drive over once again. Community memebers gathered for the reopening

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Hundreds gather over Bill 21

Zainab Al-Mehdar MRC des Collines Dec. 22 Hundreds of people gathered in Chelsea on Dec. 14 to express their outrage and show their solidarity for the Grade 3 teacher that was not allowed to teach in her classroom, becase of

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A free turkey dinner for all

Nikki Buechler Campbell’s Bay Dec. 14 2021 Langfords Grocery in Campbell’s Bay handed out turkey dinners on Tuesday night. The row of cars out front suggested a busy giveaway, but it was even more industrious than the traffic suggested: “These

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