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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 […]

An association representing Quebec’s independent truckers (including some from the Pontiac region) took part in a province-wide protest last Wednesday (May 14), calling on the government to change the way they regulate public infrastructure projects. In a statement, the Association nationale des camionneurs artisans inc. (ANCAI), an association representing independent bulk hauling truckers, request that […]

Around 10 people gathered at St. Paul’s Anglican church hall in Shawville Thursday morning (May 15) to hear a presentation on the rights of patients in the health and social services sectors. The speaker was Colette Paré, a councillor with the Centre d’assistance & d’accompagnement aux plaintes (CAAP) Outaouais, an organization that informs patients of […]

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 […]

There’s a new place to eat in Mansfield-et-Pontefract, right across from the municipality’s iconic red covered bridge, the Terrasse du Pont Rouge, which opened Mother’s Day weekend. The owners are two couples, Jean-Guy Duval and Laurette Vaillancourt, as well as Fidele Karangura and Micheline Tabaro, who also own the motel in behind the restaurant. Rich Pleau, […]

Hydro-Québec recently announced plans to improve the Pontiac’s electrical infrastructure by building a new substation in the Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield region, along with a 30 km transmission line to the Cadieux substation near Bryson. The project will also include the rebuilding of the Cadieux substation. A PDF of the area being studied is available here. HQ will […]

At around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday (May 7), police intercepted a vehicle for a highway safety code check on Hwy. 148 in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. According to a statement from the SQ, after some checks the officer arrested the driver, a 29-year-old man from Mansfield, and took him to the station in Campbell’s Bay for tests from a […]

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 […]

At around 10:30 p.m. on Tuesday night (May 6), officers from the local Sûreté du Québec detachment were called to chemin de la Chute in Mansfield-et-Pontefract for a vehicle that had gone off the road. After an investigation, officers arrested the driver, a 72-year-old man from Mansfield, and took him to the station for tests […]