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January 21, 2026

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With their winter play set to hit the stage at Pontiac High School at the end of January, the Pontiac Community Players invited THE EQUITY

The cast of the Pontiac Community Players’ upcoming production Boeing Boeing rehearse their bows at a Jan. 18 rehearsal, the last of three THE EQUITY sat in on before the play takes the stage at Pontiac High School on Jan. 29.

With their winter play set to hit the stage at Pontiac High School at the end of January, the Pontiac Community Players invited THE EQUITY

With their winter play set to hit the stage at Pontiac High School at the end of January, the Pontiac Community Players invited THE EQUITY

The cast of the Pontiac Community Players’ upcoming production Boeing Boeing rehearse their bows at a Jan. 18 rehearsal, the last of three THE EQUITY sat in on before the play takes the stage at Pontiac High School on Jan. 29.

With their winter play set to hit the stage at Pontiac High School at the end of January, the Pontiac Community Players invited THE EQUITY

U18s take stage at Pontiac Winter Classic

It was the U18s’ turn to take centre stage at the Shawville arena this weekend in the second weekend of the inaugural Pontiac Winter Classic hockey tournament. Twelve teams at the U18 level, including two Pontiac Lions teams, descended on

Quyon Lions host community breakfast

The Quyon Lions Club hosted its third monthly community breakfast on Sunday morning in the town’s community centre, a new tradition it started in November to raise money for the club. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a steady stream

U18s take stage at Pontiac Winter Classic

It was the U18s’ turn to take centre stage at the Shawville arena this weekend in the second weekend of the inaugural Pontiac Winter Classic hockey tournament. Twelve teams at the U18 level, including two Pontiac Lions teams, descended on

Quyon Lions host community breakfast

The Quyon Lions Club hosted its third monthly community breakfast on Sunday morning in the town’s community centre, a new tradition it started in November to raise money for the club. From 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., a steady stream

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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Eighty-six kitchen tables

That’s how many Pontiac kitchen tables hosted dairy farmers as they told their spouses, children, and aging parents that they were closing the doors on their generations-old family farm. That’s how many Pontiac farmers were suffocated by Canada’s supply management system, no longer able to grow their businesses without taking

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

Why are we dealing with China?

Winston Churchill once said democracy was the absolute worst way to run a country, but any other way was unthinkable.

A.I. hits close to home 

Only a week ago, I received some phone calls from some longtime dairy producers about an article that arrived in

Oakam

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

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25 YEARS AGO

January 17, 2001

Doctor delivers Pontiac’s first baby of year Jan. 3: After practising medicine for eight years, Dr. Lucie Mutchmore assumed there

January 17, 2001

Doctor delivers Pontiac’s first baby of year Jan. 3: After practising medicine for eight years, Dr. Lucie Mutchmore assumed there

50 YEARS AGO

January 21, 1976

Foster parents of Pontiac name 1976 executive: Laurent Lamadeleine was re-elected president of the organization of foster parents in Pontiac

January 21, 1976

Foster parents of Pontiac name 1976 executive: Laurent Lamadeleine was re-elected president of the organization of foster parents in Pontiac

75 YEARS AGO

January 18, 1951

A little of this and that: Accident of the week . . . At the hockey game the other night

January 18, 1951

A little of this and that: Accident of the week . . . At the hockey game the other night

100 YEARS AGO

January 21, 1926

Hockey: Hockey, in a local or county sense, is far from evoking the interest it did in years gone by,

125 YEARS AGO

January 17, 1901

Local news: Friday and Saturday gave this region more snow than we have had for several years at this early

January 17, 1901

Local news: Friday and Saturday gave this region more snow than we have had for several years at this early

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