Indigenous Peoples Day event packs Chapeau gallery
June 18, 2025
Chapeau cottager Patsea Griffin hosted a poetry reading at the town’s gallery, sharing readings from a book in which she and 93 other artists offer
Chapeau cottager Patsea Griffin hosted a poetry reading at the town’s gallery, sharing readings from a book in which she and 93 other artists offer
The drainage and tiling planned for the soccer field will eventually return it to community use.
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers in the MRC Pontiac arrested four people in the first week of April on suspicion of driving under the influence,
Fort Coulonge’s new women’s hockey team, the Pontiac Meteors, hosted its first all-women hockey tournament on Saturday, less than four months after Lisa Soucie first
Four Pontiac municipalities are taking a new approach to community project development this year, one that will see greater participation and input from the municipalities’
The MRC Pontiac’s youth council voted on its new president last week, unanimously naming Allumette Island’s Aidan McCann to the top position. McCann, a Grade
One year out from the next municipal election, THE EQUITY checked in with the 20 people who have been voted in to lead the communities
Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived in Chapeau atop a fire truck for the town’s annual parade organized in Santa’s name. The event, put on by
The holiday season is officially in full swing, they will be hard pressed to ignore the Christmas cheer for much longer. Santa Claus and his
On a nippy November afternoon, longtime Calumet Island resident Mike Lamothe pulled a small package out of a freshly dug hole in the garden behind
Chapeau cottager Patsea Griffin hosted a poetry reading at the town’s gallery, sharing readings from a book in which she and 93 other artists offer their reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s 94 calls to action.
The drainage and tiling planned for the soccer field will eventually return it to community use.
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers in the MRC Pontiac arrested four people in the first week of April on suspicion of driving under the influence, according to a press release published last week. In each incident, the driver was stopped,
Fort Coulonge’s new women’s hockey team, the Pontiac Meteors, hosted its first all-women hockey tournament on Saturday, less than four months after Lisa Soucie first began inviting Pontiac women to join her on the ice. Players from Gatineau to Chapeau
Four Pontiac municipalities are taking a new approach to community project development this year, one that will see greater participation and input from the municipalities’ residents. The initiative, called “participatory budgeting,” will invite community members in Otter Lake, Allumette Island,
The MRC Pontiac’s youth council voted on its new president last week, unanimously naming Allumette Island’s Aidan McCann to the top position. McCann, a Grade 10 student at Dr. Wilbert Keon High School in Chapeau, was the Allumette Island representative
One year out from the next municipal election, THE EQUITY checked in with the 20 people who have been voted in to lead the communities across the Pontiac.
Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived in Chapeau atop a fire truck for the town’s annual parade organized in Santa’s name. The event, put on by the Chapeau Recreation Association and the Chapeau Lions Club, had over 15 floats, including from
The holiday season is officially in full swing, they will be hard pressed to ignore the Christmas cheer for much longer. Santa Claus and his entourage have already touched down in several places across the Pontiac, and over the weekend,
On a nippy November afternoon, longtime Calumet Island resident Mike Lamothe pulled a small package out of a freshly dug hole in the garden behind his home. He unfurled the newspaper wrapping, revealing dozens of tiny potatoes inside. The 82-year-old
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