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News

Gas up in Mansfield

Gas up in Mansfield

ANDREA CRANFIELD MANSFIELD Sept. 19, 2016 A new gas station opened up on Rue Principale…

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Lac Dumont gets new boat ramp and access road repaired

ANDREA CRANFIELD OTTER LAKE Sept. 28, 2016 A new boat ramp was installed and an…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Lac Dumont gets new boat ramp and access road repairedRead More

$5,000 donated to Villa James Shaw

$5,000 donated to Villa James Shaw

CALEB NICKERSON BRISTOL Sept. 26, 2016 Twenty nine people braved the chilly, damp weather on…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on $5,000 donated to Villa James ShawRead More

Public consultations on sports and leisure

Public consultations on sports and leisure

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY Sept. 22, 2016 The Elsie Gibbons room at MRC Pontiac’s office…

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Church rededication

Church rededication

On Sept. 18 the Shawville community gathered for the rededication of the Anglican Church, performed…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Church rededicationRead More

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Features

Featureon5 Trish Murphy: Gardening the all-natural way by David Tulloch

Featureon5 Trish Murphy: Gardening the all-natural way by David Tulloch

Trish Murphy takes a very hands-off approach to her garden. She doesn’t fertilize her plants; she rarely waters them. And yet, her garden thrives. Her secret? The plants…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Featureon5 Trish Murphy: Gardening the all-natural way by David TullochRead More

Featureon5 “Everywhere I looked, people were helpful”: New McDowell principal praises community for ongoing support by David Tulloch

Featureon5 “Everywhere I looked, people were helpful”: New McDowell principal praises community for ongoing support by David Tulloch

Anne Valcov made herself very clear—as the new principal of Dr. S. E. McDowell Elementary School, nothing is more important to her than doing what is best for…

September 20, 2016Comments Off on Featureon5 “Everywhere I looked, people were helpful”: New McDowell principal praises community for ongoing support by David TullochRead More

Winterize your home before it’s too late

Winterize your home before it’s too late

DAVID TULLOCH Sept. 14, 2016 Winter is coming. Don’t get stranded in the cold—start winter-proofing your home today. Long gone are the days of woodstoves heating entire homes;…

September 13, 2016Comments Off on Winterize your home before it’s too lateRead More

Seal the deal this fall so it doesn’t slip through the cracks come spring

Seal the deal this fall so it doesn’t slip through the cracks come spring

ANDREA CRANFIELD PONTIAC Sept. 7, 2016 With fall just around the corner, the colder weather will soon hit. Many people use this time to take care of odds…

September 6, 2016Comments Off on Seal the deal this fall so it doesn’t slip through the cracks come springRead More

Editorials

Freedom of the press

Last Wednesday, Michael Nguyen, a reporter with the Journal de Montreal had his computer seized by Sûreté du Quebec. The seizure…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Freedom of the pressRead More

We keep fighting

Lots of people talk. But few people take action. Terry Fox was one of the few. He dedicated his life to…

September 20, 2016Comments Off on We keep fightingRead More

Under the Pines
Falling in love with the apple orchard

Falling in love with the apple orchard

ALINA SÉGUIN-HOLMES BRISTOL Sept. 25, 2016 Nothing says fall…

Snowsuit fund receives donations

Snowsuit fund receives donations

CALEB NICKERSON SHAWVILLE Sept. 23, 2016 Every year the…

What’s cooking? CFP Pontiac culinary students show off what they have learned

What’s cooking? CFP Pontiac culinary students show off what they have learned

DAVID TULLOCH FORT COULONGE Sept. 14, 2016 Culinary students…

Never too old

Never too old

Submitted by Mélanie Riendeaul Mélanie Riendeau and her husband…

The Parents’ Voice By Shelley Heaphy for The Parents’ Voice

Chores Responsibility is something all children need to learn,…

The Parents’ Voice By Shelley Heaphy for The Parents’ Voice

Fall crafts The crisp air is here, the cool…

SPIRITUAL GROWTH | ESTHER COLPITTS

Birds of all things When I had work done…

SPIRITUAL GROWTH | ESTHER COLPITTS

Fresh fruit Every year at this time I get…

$272,000 available through Territorial Development Fund

ANDREA CRANFIELD MRC PONTIAC Sept. 28, 2016 For the…

Discussions continue over election of warden

ANDREA CRANFIELD PONTIAC Sept. 21, 2016 Since 2009 discussions…

Finance minister presents economic outlook

Finance minister presents economic outlook

CALEB NICKERSON CAMPBELL’S BAY Aug. 23, 2016 Community members,…

Calumet DG resigns

CALEB NICKERSON ÎLE DU GRAND CALUMET Aug. 17, 2016…

Vinton DIANE BOISVERT 819-921-5296

Attention all seniors in the Vinton and Campbell’s Bay…

Quyon JILL YOUNG 819-918-0623 jillianyoung6@gmail.com

Deepest sympathy is extended to the family of Blair…

Caldwell CONNIE HUNTER 819-957-4011 news@theequity.ca

Well, it has been a very eventful week. I…

Ladysmith Lillian Pasch 819-647-5304news@theequity.ca

Our sympathy to the family and friends of Arnot…

Ball is life

Ball is life

David Tulloch, The Equity Baseball lovers took to the…

Norway Bay Golf Club celebrate with awards dinner

Norway Bay Golf Club celebrate with awards dinner

NORWAY BAY Aug. 23, 2016 The Norway Bay Ladies’…

Batters up for the SCFD

Batters up for the SCFD

ALINA SÉGUIN-HOLMES SHAWVILLE Aug. 21, 2016 The Shawville/Clarendon Fire…

Quyon wins final game in Pontiac softball league

Quyon wins final game in Pontiac softball league

Photo submitted by Diana Desabrais The 13+ Pontiac Minor…

Chris Judd

Some moved west

Many of us have friends or relatives that moved west to northern Alberta when the tar sands opened up but some of our fathers or grandfathers can…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Some moved west

The Way We Were

The Way We Were Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier

Sept. 25, 1991, 25 Years Ago Quyon’s Gail Gavan in top 10 in talent search in Hamilton: When Gail Gavan’s name was announced as one of the…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on The Way We Were Compiled by Bonnie Chevrier

Letters to the Editor

Wondering

Dear Editor Regarding the letter of Sept. 21, “Setting the record straight” it makes me wonder about the facts. There is no article 916 in the Municipal…

September 27, 2016Comments Off on Wondering

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

Campbells Bay Ciment