Culture, Leisure and Sports

The third annual Maurice Beauregard Memorial 3 pitch Tournament took place this past weekend, filling downtown Campbell’s Bay. The tournament honours the town’s former mayor, who passed away from cancer in October 2022, and is played in the municipal park that bears his name. The funds raised by the event go towards three bursaries for […]

The third annual ball tournament in memory of former Campbell’s Bay Mayor Maurice Beauregard, who passed away from cancer in October 2022, will take place this coming weekend at the park named in his honour. Beauregard’s widow, Kelly McMahon-Beauregard, said that she and Maurice had met playing ball and when she and her sons had […]

A movie featuring scenes shot on the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge in Mansfield-et-Pontefract will be shown at the O’Brien Theatre in Renfrew this Friday (May 16). “Not a Love Story” is directed by Brian Lutes and tells the tale of two best friends torn apart by tragedy as children in the 1970s and reunited 10 years later. […]

Roughly 600 people showed up to the Shawville arena this past Friday night (May 9) to take part in a sizable fundraiser for the future of the institution. Organized by a group called the Pontiac Arena Fund, the night featured a large auction and guest speakers. Committee member Mike Rusenstrom said that he was very […]

Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Naomie Lusignan just returned from Lima Peru where she was competing at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships, placing sixth. She explained that this competition was made more challenging than usual due to dropping from the 71 kg weight class to 64 kg over the first few months of this year. She explained that […]

The Bristol Market, is launching their season with a day of fun and activity on Saturday May 17 at Norway Bay beach from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Organizer Jennifer Gauthier: There will be a BBQ on site and several local vendors selling their wares. The new Bristol Market season runs until September 27. Those […]

If you’re taking a trip up chemin du Bois Franc in Mansfield-et-Pontefract this summer, you may notice a growing crop of purple bushes dotting the landscape, part of a new lavender farm set to ramp up production this summer. Vicki Benoit and her husband Ben Graveline, the owners of the new business Les Belles Lavandes, […]

Tourism Pontiac held their annual general meeting at Café Downtown in Fort-Coulonge on April 31, discussing the non-profit’s past year and their plans for promoting and stimulating tourism in the region. After conducting their AGM and discussing the past year’s activities and their goals, attendees listened to André Groulx of Tourisme Outaouais, who gave a […]

There’s a new committee raising funds for the refurbishment of the Shawville arena. The building, which is a part of the Shawville Fairgrounds is owned by the Pontiac Agricultural Society, but operated by the municipality most of the year. The two organizations signed a new lease agreement earlier this year that stipulates that each will […]

The Pontiac Cup 3v3 hockey tournament will return for the 12th year to the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs this weekend, with plenty of on- and off-ice activities from April 11-13. The tournament is one of the biggest fundraisers for the arena every year, having brought in more than $100,000 over the last decade or […]