Society

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]

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 […]

A group discussion on women in municipal politics was hosted by the Assemblée des Groupes de femmes d’Interventions Régionales (AGIR) Outaouais at the MRC Pontiac office in Campbell’s Bay Wednesday (April 30). The non-profit group advocates for the rights of women in Western Quebec. The discussion was part of a broader campaign that they are […]

MRC Pontiac recently launched a new online rental hub designed to centralize apartment and housing listings throughout the region. According to Rachel Soar Flandé, the MRC’s economic development officer for housing, this tool aims to compile the region’s rental offerings, providing better visibility for landlords and a simplified search for tenants. Soar Flandé urged local […]

With the federal election campaign in full swing, three French-language radio groups have joined forces to denounce what they describe as hypocrisy on the part of Canada’s main political parties. The Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ), the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (ARCC) and the Association des radios régionales francophones (ARRF) are […]

Residents who will be alone or feeling lonely over the Easter long weekend are invited to a buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Monday, April 21st. Organizer Jane Toller held a similar event at Christmas, which was attended by around 60 people. She has decided to repeat the event. A live band will be on […]

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation hosted a fundraiser evening featuring the vocal stylings of crooner Sylvain Beauchamp this past Saturday, April 5, at the Pontiac Conference Centre in Fort-Coulonge to benefit the Manoir Sacré-Cœur. More than 160 tickets were sold for the event. In addition to ticket sales, the generosity of donors helped raise over $20,000. […]