

Shawville byelection set for Oct. 25, Armitage resigns council seat to run for mayor
Voters will be asked to choose two new councillors as well as a new mayor in this byelection. The nomination period for candidates is Sept.
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Voters will be asked to choose two new councillors as well as a new mayor in this byelection. The nomination period for candidates is Sept.


On Saturday afternoon, Main Street in Shawville was blocked off near town hall for the presentation of the first James Hodgins Community award. Hodgins, known


Shawville councillor Katie Sharpe submitted her resignation from the position on Sept. 2. “I am looking to pursue other different career opportunities that can help


As my byline states, my name is Conor Tomalty, and I am the newest addition to THE EQUITY’s masthead. I was born and raised in


The walls of Shawville’s Café 349 are hosting an unusual kind of exhibit over the next month, intended to give pieces of art a second


A group of square dancers took to the dance floor at the St. Paul the Hermit church hall in Sheenboro on Sunday to enjoy a


A look back at nearly a century of Shawville Fair coverage, from THE EQUITY’s first year of publication in 1883 through 1977, when our extensive


A new addition to this year’s fair will be a tent dedicated to informing the public about beef cattle. Pontiac Agricultural Society director Mavis Hanna


For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair. The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually


Though Bria Pieschke grew up in farm country, she didn’t grow up in a farming family. It wasn’t until her best friend’s family named a


Voters will be asked to choose two new councillors as well as a new mayor in this byelection. The nomination period for candidates is Sept. 11 – 25.


On Saturday afternoon, Main Street in Shawville was blocked off near town hall for the presentation of the first James Hodgins Community award. Hodgins, known to many as Jim, was a community-minded man who was heavily involved in numerous clubs


Shawville councillor Katie Sharpe submitted her resignation from the position on Sept. 2. “I am looking to pursue other different career opportunities that can help me continue to give back to the community,” she said when reached by THE EQUITY


As my byline states, my name is Conor Tomalty, and I am the newest addition to THE EQUITY’s masthead. I was born and raised in Montreal, where I grew up rooting for the city’s sports teams. It is there that


The walls of Shawville’s Café 349 are hosting an unusual kind of exhibit over the next month, intended to give pieces of art a second life after they’ve fallen out of favour at their current homes. Organizer Cheryl Ann Beillard


A group of square dancers took to the dance floor at the St. Paul the Hermit church hall in Sheenboro on Sunday to enjoy a full afternoon of live music and test out some steps that many among them have


A look back at nearly a century of Shawville Fair coverage, from THE EQUITY’s first year of publication in 1883 through 1977, when our extensive photo archives begin. 1883 The annual exhibition of Agricultural Society No. 1 was held in


A new addition to this year’s fair will be a tent dedicated to informing the public about beef cattle. Pontiac Agricultural Society director Mavis Hanna explained that this is the first year that she could recall they put something like


For Curtis Driscoll, the goal is more than simply putting on a sheep show at the Shawville Fair. The Calumet Island resident hopes to eventually turn the annual competition into a qualifier for the Royal Agricultural Fair in Toronto, one


Though Bria Pieschke grew up in farm country, she didn’t grow up in a farming family. It wasn’t until her best friend’s family named a newborn calf after her that the Calumet Island native, then 10 years old, decided she
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