Culture, Leisure and Sports

On Tuesday evening, members of Campbell’s Bay council were presented with a cheque for $12,000 from the organizers of the first annual Maurice Beauregard Memorial 3-pitch tournament, which took place back in May. Beauregard, the former mayor of the town, passed away from cancer in October 2022 and his family organized the tournament as a […]

The region’s two newspapers, The Equity and Journal du Pontiac, won a number of awards at the Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA) Gala in Gatineau on Friday. The QCNA represents English-language community newspapers in Quebec. Among the winners, François Carrier, CHIP 101.9 director and editorial writer for the Pontiac Journal, was the only nominee in […]

The Pontiac Senior Comets will be back on the ice this fall, this year as part of the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League (EOSHL). Comets owner Sébastien Bonnerot will be taking reservations for those wishing to book their season tickets at the Village en fête celebrations in Fort-Coulonge Saturday. “I’m going to share this wonderful […]

A new rest area is about to open in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, located near the Georges-Bryson Museum and the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge. This new rest area includes a high-tech self-cleaning washroom. Louis Harvey from the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract explained how it works. “And yes, I am, as you say, completely flabbergasted by the quality of the equipment we […]

The Pontiac Maison des jeunes hosted a barbeque on Wednesday evening (June 14) at their satellite location in Campbell’s Bay. The event featured a live DJ, face-painting, a bouncy castle and plenty of activities for young children. Desiree Tremblay Giroux, a coordinator with the MDJ, explained that the event marked the end of their after-school […]

A local mother has created a bilingual children’s book  that’s almost ready to be shared with the world. Mansfield resident Bianka Guillemette-Denault explained that she came up with the idea while helping her eight-year-old son Jayce with his homework, and he challenged her to write a story with him. She liked the resulting story, entitled […]

The public was invited to the Campbell’s Bay Recreation Center on Friday (June 9) for the launch of a children’s book created by students at L’envolée school, in collaboration with illustrator Sylvain Blouin. Teacher Françoise Corriveau explained that this first-ever interdisciplinary project for École des Petits-Ponts is part of Culture à l’école, and  also aims […]

With forest fires raging throughout the province and in the upper reaches of the Pontiac territory, local outfitter Domaine du Lac Bryson is closely monitoring the situation, which has had a major impact on their business during one of their busiest months. Laurel Lebrun, who owns the outfitter with her husband Denis, said that their […]

This past weekend, the 11th annual Do It for Daron mixed 3-pitch tournament took place at Elwood Dale Park in Shawville from June 2-3. The tournament is a fundraiser for mental health research and education at The Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, in memory of Daron Richardson. Richardson, whose family has extensive connections to the […]

Two Mansfield-et-Pontefract siblings, Xavier and Naomie Lusignan, continued their tear on the weightlifting circuit, each taking gold and breaking records at the Canadian Junior Championships in Brossard Qc. this past weekend. Naomie took gold in the 71 kg class, with a Canadian record in the snatch, as she lifted 92 kg (previous record 91 kg). […]