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For the second time in two months, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac will take place, this time this Wednesday, February 24 at 6 p.m. During the regular meeting on February 17, the mayor of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Winston Sunstrum, had already indicated that he wanted to see three subjects on […]

Statistics from the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais revealed that the number of COVID-19 cases in the municipality of Shawville is now 6 since the start of the pandemic. Of the 71 cases of COVID-19 declared in the Pontiac since the start of the pandemic, the municipality of Pontiac […]

Financial assistance of $ 1,779,542 for 6 cultural development agreements with the city of Gatineau, the municipality of Chelsea and the four regional MRCs, for a period of 3 years in the Outaouais region, was announced last Friday. The MRC Pontiac will receive an amount of $ 91,350 under this agreement. This financial assistance from […]

Pontiac MP, Liberal William Amos, released a statement regarding Canada’s strategy to secure vaccines. Remember that last week, the Conservative candidate for the riding of Pontiac, Michel Gauthier, severely criticized the Liberals and William Amos for his government’s strategy. A few weeks ago, Michel Gauthier had also denounced the criticisms of the federal member for […]

Cross-country skiing has grown in popularity since the start of the pandemic and the Ski to School program has enjoyed greater demand in the Pontiac from various schools. One of the program coordinators, Gareth Hamilton, explained the adjustments made to better respond to students. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Gareth Hamilton – Ski at school The […]

Cross-country skiing has grown in popularity since the start of the pandemic and the Ski at School program has enjoyed greater demand in the Pontiac from various schools. One of the ambassadors, Gareth Hamilton, explained the adjustments made to better respond to the clientele and gave us more details in an interview. CHIP101.9 · Gareth […]

A competition is being organized for the municipalities of L’Ange-Gardien, Cantley, Chelsea and La Pêche to educate their citizens about sorting residual materials through the Pro du tri quiz. This competition, which will run until March 23, also made possible thanks to the participation of the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais, invites citizens to test their knowledge […]

The mayor of Rapides-des-Joachims, Jim Gibson seemed very happy with one of the resolutions adopted at the most recent meeting of the MRC Pontiac, which will allow his municipality to obtain more space for the possible construction of residences. “Most of the land here was owned by the crown and the law did not allow […]

At around 5:17 pm last night (Thursday, February 18), the police received a call for a face-to-face accident near 138 Principale Ouest in La Pêche involving a van and a car. The two people in the car, a 37-year-old woman and a 50-year-old man from La Pêche, had to be pulled out using the jaws […]

The results of the hunting season have been made public by the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) for 2020 in Quebec. For wild turkeys, a widespread species in the Pontiac, the 2020 spring hunting season has attracted a number of followers similar to recent years with more than 17,600 licenses […]