Guillaume Laflamme

Sep 4, 2024 | theequity.ca | Guillaume Laflamme

Campbell’s Bay is set to enhance its community park with a new ballpark fence, funded by a $72,378 grant from the province’s education ministry. The grant is part of the Programme d’aide financière aux infrastructures récréatives, sportives et de plein air (PAFIRSPA), which supports projects to improve sports and recreational facilities across Quebec​.

Aug 20, 2024 | theequity.ca | Guillaume Laflamme

Shawville’s annual Vacation Bible School summer camp was scuba-themed this year, titled “Scuba: Diving into friendship with God.”Over 100 children attended the morning program which ran from Monday to Friday last week, this year hosted at the Bethel Pentecostal Church with the help of volunteers from the New Hope Church and the Grace Community Church.

Aug 14, 2024 | theequity.ca | Guillaume Laflamme

The Otter Lake Recreation Association (RA) hosted its annual 3-pitch baseball tournament over the weekend, with eight teams from across the Pontiac and as far as Aylmer competing for the first place prize. This year’s final was between the Buccaneers and the Bombers, both teams from Bryson, who played a close game, finishing with a final score of 14-10 for the Bombers.

Aug 14, 2024 | theequity.ca | Guillaume Laflamme

Following the conclusion of an investigation by Quebec’s police watchdog (BEI), the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions (DPCP) announced at the end of last month that no charges would be filed against two Sûreté du Québec (SQ) officers involved in the fatal shooting of a man in Clarendon on June 5, 2023.

Aug 14, 2024 | theequity.ca | Guillaume Laflamme

Members of the Portage du Fort community were treated to a concert at the Lakeside Bar and Hotel on Saturday evening from the local duo Small Town Rootz. The event was organized by Angie Beausoleil, the bar’s manager, who said she thought about having the band over for a show after seeing their card on the counter. She said the performance was the first live music event at the venue since before the COVID-19 pandemic.