Culture, Leisure and Sports
Kathleen Kelly named 2023 Shawville Fair Ambassador
On Tuesday evening (August 15), the Pontiac Agricultural Society held their annual Shawville Fair Ambassador competition. Youth from the local agricultural community compete for the title with short speeches about a chosen subject relating to the fair. There were four competitors this year: Felix Vereyken (Ag Awareness Division, Kathleen Kelly (Sheep Division), Ben Judd (4-H […]
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Papa walks 4 Kids coming to the Pontiac later this month
A sequel to a successful charity walk will be held in the Pontiac at the end of August. Russell Mackay, 85, will be walking 50 km throughout the Pontiac region to raise money for the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO). While that might be an ambitious feat for anyone his age, Mackay is also […]
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Shawville author Luke Murphy set to publish 7th novel
Fans of Shawville author Luke Murphy won’t have much longer to wait, as his seventh novel “The Cradle Will Fall” is set to be published later this year. As the nursery rhyme title suggests, the novel is a continuation of Murphy’s earlier novel “Rock-a-bye Baby”, and he said he’s been working on the plot since […]
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Pontiac Community Players put a female twist on Robin Hood
The Pontiac Community Players are gearing up for this season’s summer farce, with an interesting twist on a classic tale. The troupe will be performing the play “Marian” which is a female-led remix of the classic tale of Robin Hood. Tanya Leigh Maguire, a long-time member of the Community Players, will be directing and starring […]
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Senior Comets withdraw from EOSHL due to dispute over travel
The head of the Pontiac Senior Comets team, who talked about the team playing in an Ontario hockey league in the spring, just announced that they had to withdrawal from league. Team owner Sébastien Bonnerot confided in CHIP 101.9 after breaking the news, “it broke our hearts to have had to give up on the […]
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Ball tournament raises $11,000 for Fort-Coulonge Minor Hockey
This past weekend, the fundraiser ball tournament for the Fort-Coulonge Minor Hockey Association raised $11,000, money that the association will need after the Comets teams were denied approval to play in Ontario next year. “This year we had a record in the number of teams which was 13 teams in the family division and 4 […]
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Quad Club signage vandalized
The Club Quad Pontiac reacted with outrage to the graffiti and vandalism found on their trails’ signage. The vandalism was found on July 30 in the evening, near Lac Bell towards the Picanoc Road. “This kind of gesture can jeopardize the safety and lives of the users of our trails,” the Club wrote. “What a […]
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Allumettes to celebrate 25th anniversary at this year’s Islandfest
Up on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, the municipality is in preparations for their annual Islandfest celebrations, which will take place on August 11 and 12. The weekend celebrations will take place at the grounds near Harrington Community Hall, located at 64 chemin Pembroke. Community Development coordinator Chantal Lair explained that this year’s party would be a special occasion, […]
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RM Lang Farms opening up sunflower patch to the public
Motorists may have noticed some bright colours on the side of Hwy. 148 in Clarendon recently, with a patch of sunflowers starting to show their blooms near the intersection with Hanna Road. Kendal Lang of RM Lang Farms explained that the plot of sunflowers would be host to a variety of activities over the course […]
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Fort-Coulonge Minor Comets denied approval to play in Ontario
The Fort-Coulonge Minor Hockey association has had their request to play in the Upper Ottawa Valley Minor Hockey League (UOVMH) rejected by the league’s other members. Paul Boisvert, the president of the Fort-Coulonge association, explained that every year they send a letter asking the Ontario league for approval to play on the other side of […]
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