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January 7, 2026

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Women’s and men’s hockey teams from across the Ottawa Valley flooded the Fort-Coulonge arena over the weekend for a two-day fundraiser tournament for the facility

Pontiac Meteors goalie Meagan McGuire slides across the net to block one of many shots on net in the team’s game against Petawawa.

Women’s and men’s hockey teams from across the Ottawa Valley flooded the Fort-Coulonge arena over the weekend for a two-day fundraiser tournament for the facility

Women’s and men’s hockey teams from across the Ottawa Valley flooded the Fort-Coulonge arena over the weekend for a two-day fundraiser tournament for the facility

Pontiac Meteors goalie Meagan McGuire slides across the net to block one of many shots on net in the team’s game against Petawawa.

Women’s and men’s hockey teams from across the Ottawa Valley flooded the Fort-Coulonge arena over the weekend for a two-day fundraiser tournament for the facility

Chartrand tourney donates $55K

On Jan. 1 the Robert Chartrand Memorial tournament announced a donation of over $55,000 to sports organizations on both sides

CAP Foundation draws TV winner

The Pontiac Reception Centre (CAP) Foundation’s raffle for a new smart TV has finally come to a close, with Bernie

Chartrand tourney donates $55K

On Jan. 1 the Robert Chartrand Memorial tournament announced a donation of over $55,000 to sports organizations on both sides

CAP Foundation draws TV winner

The Pontiac Reception Centre (CAP) Foundation’s raffle for a new smart TV has finally come to a close, with Bernie

2025 Year in Review

Feeling nostalgic for 2025? You’ll enjoyTHE EQUITY’s 2025 Year in Review. Over the next four weeks, we’ll take some time to look back on some of last year’s most memorable stories.  Jan. 8 Pontiac’s first baby, maybe? Davidson residents Cara-Lynne

2025 Year in Review

Feeling nostalgic for 2025? You’ll enjoyTHE EQUITY’s 2025 Year in Review. Over the next four weeks, we’ll take some time to look back on some of last year’s most memorable stories.  Jan. 8 Pontiac’s first baby, maybe? Davidson residents Cara-Lynne

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.

Warden candidates reflect on election results, acknowledge vote split

Pontiac votes in seven new mayors, five incumbents

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

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

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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Resisting the slop

The Merriam-Webster dictionary’s word of the year for 2025 was ‘slop’. No, not the food scraps thrown to a pig. But not far off. The modern-day slop is defined as “digital content of low quality that is produced usually in quantity by means of artificial intelligence.”  In other words, it’s

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

Oakam

Christmas gifts were different this year. But the animals still came first. Seventy-five or 80 years ago, when I got

Time for a chat with Grandpa

When I started ag college almost 60 years ago, the extensive use of chemicals on the farm was just becoming

AI on the farm

At a recent AGM of the Quebec Farmers’ Association, the subject of AI (artificial intelligence) came up. As I looked

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50 YEARS AGO

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75 YEARS AGO

December 21, 1950

Nearly 500 Crowd into High School For Second Annual Talent Revue: The walls of Shawville Theatre were bulging last Wednesday

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Nearly 500 Crowd into High School For Second Annual Talent Revue: The walls of Shawville Theatre were bulging last Wednesday

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