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October 15, 2025

Over the past few weeks, THE EQUITY sat down for video interviews with each of the four candidates hoping to secure your vote for MRC Pontiac warden. Get to know what they hope to bring to the position.
Over the past few weeks, THE EQUITY sat down for video interviews with each of the four candidates hoping to secure your vote for MRC Pontiac warden. Get to know what they hope to bring to the position.
Over the past few weeks, THE EQUITY sat down for video interviews with each of the four candidates hoping to secure your vote for MRC Pontiac warden. Get to know what they hope to bring to the position.
Over the past few weeks, THE EQUITY sat down for video interviews with each of the four candidates hoping to secure your vote for MRC Pontiac warden. Get to know what they hope to bring to the position.

Mansfield residents ruffled by recent chicken bylaw decision 

Some residents of Mansfield-et-Pontefract may soon find it more difficult to keep chickens if Mansfield council passes a bylaw to restrict the possession of these animals on certain properties.   On Oct. 2, council moved a draft bylaw to restrict

Mansfield residents ruffled by recent chicken bylaw decision 

Some residents of Mansfield-et-Pontefract may soon find it more difficult to keep chickens if Mansfield council passes a bylaw to restrict the possession of these animals on certain properties.   On Oct. 2, council moved a draft bylaw to restrict

Municipal Elections 2025

Election Coverage

Quebec’s next municipal elections will take place on Sunday, November 2, 2025, when voters across the province will choose their mayors, councillors, and wardens.

Ranger acclaimed for third term in Sheen after opponent drops out

Who’s running to be your next mayor? Alleyn-et-Cawood

Who’s running to be your next mayor?  Otter Lake

Meet the candidates for MRC Pontiac warden

Election Events

Conversation with the Wardens
On Oct. 22, we are hosting a Conversation with the Candidates for Warden of the MRC Pontiac event for MRC Pontiac warden candidates at ESSC in Mansfield. It will be open to the public and livestreamed on YouTube.
Meet the Candidates 2025
Join us for a series of four casual, after-work gatherings to meet the candidates running in your municipality. 

Community Calendar

Crowds gather at the Shawville fairgrounds for the annual demolition derby on Monday.

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Pulling in the same direction

Last week, members of the public got to hear a presentation regarding the potential for integrating fire services throughout the Pontiac region. Put on by staff from the MRC, the evenings were granular in their detail about how the costs of these services have ballooned dramatically over the past 20

Chris Judd
Chris Judd is a farmer in Clarendon on land that has been in his family for generations.

Do your part

More than a decade ago, I wrote a series of articles for an agricultural paper. The series was called The

The backroom battle

Dad used to say, “Any day that you don’t learn something, is a lost day!” I’ve had many of those

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25 YEARS AGO

October 11, 2000

Mild stroke hospitalizes warden: Litchfield Mayor and Pontiac MRC Warden Michael McCrank is recovering after suffering a mild stroke last

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50 YEARS AGO

October 15, 1975

Strike victims strike back: A Quebec court has ordered the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to pay $1,000 to Santana

October 15, 1975

Strike victims strike back: A Quebec court has ordered the Canadian Union of Postal Workers to pay $1,000 to Santana

75 YEARS AGO

October 19, 1950

Lions And Rotary Give $1,000: Through the joint efforts of the Lions Club of Shawville and the Rotary Club of

October 19, 1950

Lions And Rotary Give $1,000: Through the joint efforts of the Lions Club of Shawville and the Rotary Club of

100 YEARS AGO

October 15, 1925

Local news: The elevator known as the “Dowd Elevator,” (which for some time past has been the property of Mr.

125 YEARS AGO

October 11, 1900

Local news: Messrs. E. Hodgins & Son have recently made a change in the post office equipment, whereby the delivery

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