Gymnasium project meets stiff opposition: The Notre Dame de la Joie Elementary School in Luskville is short of classroom space and may have found a novel solution to accommodate a growing number of students: build a gymnasium. The idea is

Murder mystery success no surprise: Keeper Willard Dobbs turns up dead at the Campbell’s Point lighthouse and there are eight suspects. How will the detective in charge of the case (Bert Hill) sort through the lies and alibis to nab

Ice races kick off Bristol Winter Carnival: The roar of car engines and the cheering of fans only added to the beautiful winter’s day on Saturday at Norway Bay. The annual ice races kicked off the Bristol Winter Carnival’s first

Otter Lake Carnival gets bigger and better: Large crowds turned out on the weekend for one of the most successful Otter Lake carnivals ever. “We were planning our Y2K celebrations to be bigger than anything before and they are,” says

CT scan campaign on fast track: If the current rate of donating continues, a CT scan will likely be a reality for Pontiac Community Hospital a year earlier than expected. Eighteen months into the campaign, more than $500,000 has been

Community Curling Bonspiel rocks on after 25 years: Shawville Curling Club Community Bonspiel is celebrating its 25th year and according to Harold Hall, “it’s bigger and probably better,” he says, “but certainly, there is no more enthusiasm now than there

New law expected to ban hunting from roads: Next fall, a provincial law will prohibit hunting from public roadways in zone 10, including Pontiac. That’s the recommendation Wildlife and Parks Quebec, a newly-formed association under the Ministry of Transport will

Woman suffers minor burns in Clarendon house fire: A Clarendon woman suffered minor burns to her face as she fled her burning house Jan. 19. Doris Emmerson was sitting at her kitchen table of her Wesley Road home near Charteris

Annie enters third century: After an hour talking to this reporter, Annie Nugent gets up from her chair, walks with a steady gait to the living room and returns with a photo of her 23rd great-grandchild. Nothing unusual here, except

Y2K report OK: Despite the hype and hoopla, the Y2K-this and the new millennium-that, the calendar rolled over to Jan. 1, 2000 with nary a glitch; just another day. “Since we all did our homework, it went well,” says Jacques