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October 29, 2025

Preliminary results indicate Toller leads the race by over 600 votes. Also, voters in seven municipalities have elected new mayors to lead their councils.
Jane Toller stands in front of the Spruceholme Inn in Fort-Coulonge after announcing her original decision not to run in the 2025 municipal elections, which she later reversed. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
Preliminary results indicate Toller leads the race by over 600 votes. Also, voters in seven municipalities have elected new mayors to lead their councils.
Preliminary results indicate Toller leads the race by over 600 votes. Also, voters in seven municipalities have elected new mayors to lead their councils.
Jane Toller stands in front of the Spruceholme Inn in Fort-Coulonge after announcing her original decision not to run in the 2025 municipal elections, which she later reversed. Photo: Sophie Kuijper Dickson
Preliminary results indicate Toller leads the race by over 600 votes. Also, voters in seven municipalities have elected new mayors to lead their councils.

Sole occupant safe after house fire in Campbell’s Bay 

The sole occupant of a Campbell’s Bay home is safe after a house fire early Tuesday morning.  Campbell’s Bay-Litchfield fire chief Kevin Kluke said the department responded to the call on Front St. at 12:55 a.m.. “We arrived on the

Chapeau hosts third annual Chartrand tourney

The annual Robert Chartrand Memorial Tournament went ahead over the weekend in Chapeau, raising money for the third consecutive year for local sports in honour of a Chapeau man who tragically passed away in a snowmobile accident.  The two-day hockey

Sole occupant safe after house fire in Campbell’s Bay 

The sole occupant of a Campbell’s Bay home is safe after a house fire early Tuesday morning.  Campbell’s Bay-Litchfield fire chief Kevin Kluke said the department responded to the call on Front St. at 12:55 a.m.. “We arrived on the

Chapeau hosts third annual Chartrand tourney

The annual Robert Chartrand Memorial Tournament went ahead over the weekend in Chapeau, raising money for the third consecutive year for local sports in honour of a Chapeau man who tragically passed away in a snowmobile accident.  The two-day hockey

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.

Toller set to win third term as warden

Who’s running to be your next mayor? Fort-Coulonge

Who’s running to be your next mayor? L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet

Who’s running to be your next mayor? Waltham

Watch our Conversation with the Candidates for Warden of MRC Pontiac Livestream!

Community Calendar

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

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On Sunday, the surgical ward at the Pontiac Hospital was named in honour of Dr. Earle Potvin, a surgeon family physician who’s healed generations of people in this community. Dr. Potvin retired from practicing medicine a few years ago after 57 years of service, at the age of 85. What

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

Mistakes are slow to correct

We are in election season. Most candidates are preaching that they can do better, but without very many or no

Do your part

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

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25 YEARS AGO

October 25, 2000

Return Pontiac Municipality to Pontiac MRC: For the second time this year, Pontiac mayors unanimously adopted a resolution asking Municipal

October 25, 2000

Return Pontiac Municipality to Pontiac MRC: For the second time this year, Pontiac mayors unanimously adopted a resolution asking Municipal

50 YEARS AGO

October 29, 1975

Why teach in Quebec?: We asked one young man this question and his answer was that he was born here

October 29, 1975

Why teach in Quebec?: We asked one young man this question and his answer was that he was born here

75 YEARS AGO

November 2, 1950

Hunter Mistakes Cow For A Deer: Either hunters in the Charteris area are near-sighted or they don’t know a cow

November 2, 1950

Hunter Mistakes Cow For A Deer: Either hunters in the Charteris area are near-sighted or they don’t know a cow

100 YEARS AGO

October 29, 1925

Local news: This section experienced the first real snow storm of the season on Sunday. The day was easily the

125 YEARS AGO

October 25, 1900

Local news: Mr. Jas. Wilson who has been confined in jail at Bryson for some time for violating the Game

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