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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 Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac broke ground on Monday (June 12) on the grounds of its new offices, which will be located on rue Hérault in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. On site, the president of the board of directors of the Caisse, Madeleine Vallières and the director of the financial institution, Stéphane Labine, expressed their great […]

UPDATED 10:35 a.m.: Jasmine Heise was found safe this morning (June 14) in Shawville.   The Sûreté du Québec is asking for the public’s help in locating 14-year-old Jasmine Heise of Clarendon. She was last seen on June 11 in the evening in the Heath Road area of ​​Clarendon. Her family has reason to fear […]

One person was taken to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries following a head-on collision in Bristol last night (June 12). At around 9:50 p.m., emergency crews were called to a scene on Hwy. 148 near the intersection with 5th Line, where two vehicles had collided along a curve in the road, ending up in the ditch. […]

As of this afternoon (June 12), residents are once again allowed to travel into the region’s Crown forests, as the Ministère des Ressources naturelles et des Forêts  has lifted its ban on travel for this section of the province. On June 4, the ministry closed the roads north of latitude 46° 15′ in the Pontiac […]

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 […]