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Two firefighters were recognized for longtime service to the Thorne Fire Department at the firefighters’ ball held on Saturday night at the TCRA Hall in
Two firefighters were recognized for longtime service to the Thorne Fire Department at the firefighters’ ball held on Saturday night at the TCRA Hall in
Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan made the podium at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland on July 30, taking a bronze
An underground women’s roller derby team. A burnt out Montreal advertising exec-turned-shepherd in Provence, France. A widow who fights to
MRC Pontiac announced July 30 that the construction of a bridge near kilometre 54 on chemin du Bois Franc (Jim’s
The seat has been vacant since Gerry Bimm submitted his resignation on Apr. 29.
A section of Route 301 will see closures in alternating directions this week to allow for the grading and paving
A Pontiac native is among the teams of firefighters fighting the raging wildfires in British Columbia this summer. When THE
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August 4, 2026
Submitted by: Steph Ringrose
It was a jarring first day on the job. Over two years ago, freshly arrived in the Pontiac from Nova Scotia, my first assignment was to attend the McDowell Spring Fair. I remember the quizzical look on one volunteer’s face after hearing I had just travelled a third of the way across Canada to work at her local newspaper. “You
What are our children, grandchildren, and the next generation going to inherit? The “me, me, me” people don’t worry about the future, because they say,
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