In her October 5 update, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, talked about the rising number of cases specifying that the Pontiac RLS now has a total of 13 confirmed cases with 13 to be determined. This translated to the municipality of Pontiac having a total 7 cases and the only two municipalities in the MRC Pontiac, Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield having a combined 6.

Les Nouvelles du Pontiac
“The status quo is not an option” -Stéphane Labine
20 January 2021
The Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac still offers services to its customers during the current lockdown. The general manager of the Caisse, Stéphane Labine, explains certain measures that have been put in place to serve customers. CHIP101.9 · Extrait - Stéphane Labine - services pendant (...)
Grand opening of Café Dowtown in Fort-Coulonge
20 January 2021
Pontiacers can now visit a new business, le Café Downtown, which is located in Fort-Coulonge, in a completely renovated building adapted to welcome customers, but also for shows. The Downtown, as owner Rémi Bertrand affectionately calls it, aims to offer an original menu, inspired by the American (...)
“All the energy is on the recovery and the recruitment of a management” -Mario Boyer
20 January 2021
The interim director general of Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Mario Boyer, told CHIP 101.9 that the municipal council was going to await the process of the Commission municipale du Québec (CMQ) in the quote on ethics from mayor Serge Newberry and that for the moment, nothing was going to change in the (...)
The Union denounces the teleworking measures within the Quebec public service
19 January 2021
The Syndicat de la function publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) denounced what it considers a double speech of the Legault government concerning compulsory teleworking and the application of this measure in the ministries and organizations. The Laurentides-Lanaudière-Outaouais Regional (...)
SADC Pontiac marks the death of a member of their team
19 January 2021
SADC Pontiac announced the death of a member of their team, Mario Guay, who passed away peacefully at the Shawville Hospital on January 17th. Mario Guay started working at SADC Pontiac in May 2016 as a loan and financing advisor. “Coming out of retirement to take on what started out as (...)
William Amos announces funding for the Pontiac Legions
19 January 2021
On behalf of Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defense Lawrence MacAulay, Pontiac MP William Amos announced funding of approximately $ 33,000 from the Government of Canada to assist the Pontiac Legions ($ 10,000), Quyon ($ 11,432.30) and Wakefield ($ 11,432.30). (...)