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The MRC Pontiac Council of Mayors will hold their first in-person meeting of 2021 on August 18 at the Bryson Lions Club (660 rue Principale) at 6:30 p.m. The MRC asks residents to submit any questions they have electronically before noon on August 17. Submissions can be made here. An audio recording of the meeting […]

Regional health authorities are seeking to increase the vaccination rate in the Pontiac by making the process as conveinant as possible. Mobile vaccination clinics are coming to the Pontiac, with one taking place in Fort Coulonge tomorrow (August 12) and another one next week on August 17 in Otter Lake. There will also be one […]

The Pontiac Terry Fox Run is marking its 40th year this September and the organizers are planning to get the region moving in the days leading up to the event. John Petty started the local iteration of the run back in 1981 with his late wife Betty and colleague Rick Valin. He encouraged the public […]

Gabrielle Desjardins has announced that she will be the Bloc Québécois candidate for the Pontiac riding in the next federal election. “At 22 years old, I am ready to defend the interests of Quebec in the Pontiac Riding. I am currently a Bachelors in Secondary Education student in history and geography,” she said on her […]

On Sunday evening, Pontiac MP Will Amos issued a statement announcing that he would not be seeking reelection in the next federal election. The announcement came following two high-profile blunders Amos made earlier this year, appearing naked during a virtual session of parliament and getting caught urinating in a coffee cup while on another video […]

With municipal elections approaching in November, the Municipality of Pontiac is looking for workers. Returning officer Pierre Said is looking for scrutineers, secretaries, reception officers, information and law officers, and workers for the identity verification table. While the date of the election will be November 7, the municipality will also have an advance poll on […]

Pontiac MNA André Fortin commented on the different difficulties regarding health care in the Outaouais and in the Pontiac. With a break in service at the emergency room in Gatineau and a break in service in the obstetrics unit at the Pontiac Hospital in Shawville that has lasted almost two years, Fortin said that the […]

Pontiac MNA André Fortin understands Pontiacer’s concern with the work on the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge, but still believes the work will be completed, despite various delays in recent months. Fortin was the provincial Minister of Transport four years ago when the work was announced, and at the time it was expected to take two years. “I […]

Pontiac MP William Amos has announced that he will not be a candidate for the next federal election. William Amos, who was first elected in 2015, posted via his Twitter and Facebook accounts this evening (August 8) that he will not be a candidate for the next federal election in the Pontiac. The decision on […]

It’s going to be a hot, moist week in the Pontiac. Environment Canada issued an alert on August 9 that a hot, humid air mass has gradually entered Quebec and is expected to stick around until Friday. In this period, maximum temperatures will approach 30 degrees Celsius, and humidex values will be between 36 and […]