Sign up for News Alerts Service

If you are a current subscriber to THE EQUITY, either hardcopy delivered to your home or to the digital online, simply click any news article and complete the registration form. Once your registration is confirmed you will be able to login and read the full article. In fact, you will be able to read all the articles that appear in THE EQUITY.

Sign in or subscribe to
The Equity Digital Edition

Check out our brand new issue online now. Read the digital edition for only $20 for the whole year.

YOU CAN READ THE EQUITY ON ALL YOUR DEVICES - iPAD, iPHONE, ETC.

Follow us on facebook.com/EquityNewspaper and on Twitter @EquityNewspaper

News

West Nile virus in Outaouais

Chris Lowrey PONTIAC Aug. 16, 2017 The first positive mosquito pools for West Nile virus…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on West Nile virus in OutaouaisRead More

Tender for Community Centre

Chris Lowrey QUYON Aug. 16, 2017 The Municipality of Pontiac is requesting tenders for the…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Tender for Community CentreRead More

Litchfield splash pad open in mere months

Litchfield splash pad open in mere months

Caleb Nickerson LITCHFIELD Aug. 13, 2017 Young families in the Pontiac will have a new…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Litchfield splash pad open in mere monthsRead More

Bloc leader speaks against NSDF

Bloc leader speaks against NSDF

Donald Teuma-Castelletti FORT WILLIAM Aug. 10, 2017 The leader of the Bloc Québécois met with…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Bloc leader speaks against NSDFRead More

Boil water advisory

CALEB NICKERSON PORTAGE DU FORT Aug. 9, 2017 Residents of Portage du Fort may soon…

August 8, 2017Comments Off on Boil water advisoryRead More

The Equity Petro Pontiac
Features

Chef Chantal’s chips by Donald Teuma-Castelletti

Chef Chantal’s chips by Donald Teuma-Castelletti

Ripples and chit chat followed every Norway Bay event covered: “Have you tried the food at the chip stand?” “You haven’t checked out the chip stand yet?” Lots…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Chef Chantal’s chips by Donald Teuma-CastellettiRead More

Prancing from Pontiac to Mumbai by Caleb Nickerson

Prancing from Pontiac to Mumbai by Caleb Nickerson

The great Chinese philosopher Confucius said that if you choose a job you love you’ll never have to work a day in your life. For Marie-Josée Corriveau, a…

August 8, 2017Comments Off on Prancing from Pontiac to Mumbai by Caleb NickersonRead More

Born under the stars by Caleb Nickerson

Born under the stars by Caleb Nickerson

No matter what kind of crop or livestock they harvest, farmers have to wear many hats. Whether it’s being able to fix an old tractor that’s acting up…

July 25, 2017Comments Off on Born under the stars by Caleb NickersonRead More

Big city blues, small town roots by Donald Teuma-Castelletti

Big city blues, small town roots by Donald Teuma-Castelletti

Getting ready to step on stage, she knew performing was nothing new for her. The size of the crowd may be one of her bigger recent shows. The…

July 18, 2017Comments Off on Big city blues, small town roots by Donald Teuma-CastellettiRead More

Editorials

Murray embodied Shawville

Shawville has lost one of its most famous residents, and a legend in the Pontiac. Former Ottawa Senators General Manager Bryan…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Murray embodied ShawvilleRead More

Good to see engaged citizens

On Sunday over 150 people piled aboard boats and formed a flotilla on the Ottawa River to protest a proposed disposal…

August 8, 2017Comments Off on Good to see engaged citizensRead More

A ringing endorsement

A ringing endorsement

Members of the Quyon Lions Club visited the home…

Chats Falls finds friends at meeting

Chats Falls finds friends at meeting

Donald Teuma-Castelletti QUYON Aug. 9, 2017 The Friends of…

Quyon gets jazzy at Domaine de Pontiac Village

Quyon gets jazzy at Domaine de Pontiac Village

Caleb Nickerson QUYON Aug. 12, 2017 Around 30 people…

Dinner under the tent in Norway Bay

Dinner under the tent in Norway Bay

Caleb Nickerson NORWAY BAY Aug. 12, 2017 Close to…

The Parents’ Voice By Shelley Heaphy Crunching boredom all year long

I feel like my kids are too young to…

The battle is on SPIRITUAL GROWTH by Esther Colpitts

Last year, the bugs won and this year I…

The Parents’ Voice

By Shelley Heaphy for The Parents’ Voice Toilet training…

The Parents’ Voice By Shelley Heaphy

It’s not easy for them either I spend a…

Resolution for warden election passed

Caleb Nickerson MRC PONTIAC March 21, 2017 At the…

Rules for lobbying officials

TERRY BIJOJOTE MRC PONTIAC March 22, 2017 Elected officials…

Chamber of Commerce hosts annual general meeting

Chamber of Commerce hosts annual general meeting

Chris Lowrey SHAWVILLE Feb. 20, 2017 The Pontiac Chamber…

Calumet Island mayor consults residents

CALEB NICKERSON CALUMET ISLAND Feb. 9, 2017 The Municipality…

Caldwell CONNIE HUNTER819-506-4011

So sorry to hear of the passing of Bryan…

Waltham HELEN PERRY 819-689-2652

Happy birthday wishes to to little Ryker Pilon, son…

Campbell’s Bay LIZANNE KLUKE lwkluke@tlb.sympatico.ca

We have grass and a fountain and everything is…

Sheenboro DORIS RANGER 819-689-2132 dranger50@hotmail.com

Get well wishes go out to Bob Meehan who…

Swinging harder

Swinging harder

Donald Teuma-Castelletti, THE EQUITY Held at the Shawville Recreation…

Pitching hard

Pitching hard

Donald Teuma-Castelletti, THE EQUITY Minor league playoff games kicked…

Take me out to the ball game

Take me out to the ball game

Chris Lowrey, THE EQUITY The Quyon Flyers of the…

Soccer Day

Soccer Day

 …

Chris Judd

It’s fall fair time

From small valley towns to Canada’s largest city Toronto, the fair is still the best event of the year even in a year when floods destroyed thousands…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on It’s fall fair time

The Way We Were

Shawville LYSE LACOURSE 819-647-5932 lyse380@gmail.com

Our thoughts and prayers to the Ayearst family on the loss of David on Aug. 7 at Green Lake, Shawville, Que. Our deepest sympathies to the Schwartz…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Shawville LYSE LACOURSE 819-647-5932 lyse380@gmail.com

Letters to the Editor

Unfinished Constitutional business or time to read your Canadian Constitution

Dear Editor, As Canada celebrates the 150th anniversary of Confederation, now is an appropriate time to read what is included in Canada’s constitution. Could it be that…

August 15, 2017Comments Off on Unfinished Constitutional business or time to read your Canadian Constitution

Opinions

Pontiac still the bellwether riding By Brian Middlemiss

Pontiac is a federal electoral riding as beautiful and enduring as the Ottawa and Gatineau Rivers it borders. Bilingual and ruralist history was written by the farmers,…

October 13, 2015Comments Off on Pontiac still the bellwether riding By Brian Middlemiss

Under the Pines