Police news: Portage bridge safety issue: At Portage du Fort, a routine inspection of the substructure of the bridge across the Ottawa River revealed cracks which were deemed to be sufficiently serious to close the bridge pending further investigation. Monday

Shawville Lionettes host 14th annual District Rally: The 14th Annual District A-4 Lionettes Rally was held on Sunday in the Shawville Community Hall which was decorated in purple and gold. One hundred and fifteen Lionettes arrived around 11 a.m. in

Ken Kelly speaks at Pontiac Historical meeting: The guest speaker at the April meeting of the Pontiac Historical Society was Mr. Ken Kelly of Ottawa. Mr. Kelly is Secretary to the Board of Governors of Heritage Canada. He showed slides

Open House at McDowell Elementary School: On Monday evening, Open House was held at Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School. Following their visits to the classrooms, parents had been invited to attend a meeting in the auditorium concerning the building of

Davidson Mill expansion expected to create 148 new jobs in 1976: Tom Lefebvre, MP for Pontiac, announced on Friday before a gathering of reporters, that the E.B. Eddy Company was about to expand their program at their J.E. Boyle Division

CLSC of Fort Coulonge opens to the public: There is a nurse and social worker at the Health Unit in Fort Coulonge with time on their hands. In a county where all information would lead one to think the services

All-Canadian Jr. Judging competition winner: Charles Pirie, thirteen-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Pirie, Elmside View Farms, Bristol, has won the All-Canadian Judging Competition held in conjunction with the All-Canadian Holstein Competition sponsored by the Holstein-Friesian Journal. Charles had

Shawville Jersey Club news: Some of the activities of Shawville Jersey Club during the year were as follows: in June we had a barn meeting at the farm of Art and Opal Carson where Art and the boys had two

Rabies epidemic sweeps Pontiac County: Dr. Grant Rogers considers the rabies outbreak in Pontiac County to be quite bad, which, coming from this usually calm and unruffled veterinarian, could be interpreted as alarming. The are affected, to his sure knowledge,

Fire at Mickey Leach’s: A fire destroyed the home of the family of Mickey Leach near Quyon last week and might easily have caused the death of his wife and children, but for the fortunate arrival on the scene of