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Everything indicates that we will be able to meet the deadline – William Amos
The MP for Pontiac, William Amos, was reassuring about the deliveries of vaccines to the country. William Amos believes that for now, everything indicates that Canada will be able to meet the deadline and be able to vaccinate the whole country by the end of next September. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Will Amos – Vaccines […]
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The RLS Pontiac still has 5 or less cases
The Pontiac Local Health Network still has fewer than 5 active cases of COVID-19 according to statistics from the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais. The Pontiac was no longer the only territory to show less than 5 cases, the Papineau territory also had 5 cases or less, but that […]
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A “Pontiac Anishinaabe Healing Garden” project will be launched in Mansfield
A project entitled “Pontiac Anishinaabe Healing Garden” will be built in Mansfield-et-Pontefract (near chemin de la Chute and rue Lévesque). This project should be unveiled in June 2021, according to the organization that initiated the project, namely the Indigenous Community of Pontiac. The organizers plan to install a pergola, as well as a path containing […]
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The Maisons des jeunes du Pontiac are working on programming
The Maisons des jeunes du Pontiac in collaboration with various partners, confirmed that they are currently working to set up a program for March break. “If all goes well, the programming will be released shortly so that we can offer your children stimulating activities in a healthy and safe environment that will respect the COVID-19 […]
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“It had been my hope that the MRC Pontiac would be changed to an orange zone” -Jane Toller
The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, provided an update on the COVID-19 situation in addition to returning to the most recent public meeting of elected officials of the MRC Pontiac. She notably addressed the issue of the Legault government’s decision to keep the entire Outaouais in the red zone. “During Premier Legault’s press […]
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Ivan Hale elected president of the Cégep Heritage College Foundation
The Cégep Héritage Foundation announced that Ivan Hale, father of three Cégep Heritage College graduates and resident of Alcove, Outaouais, was elected President of the Cégep Foundation at its meeting on December 17th. Mr. Hale was appointed a member of the Order of Canada in 1982 for his leadership in launching a national educational exchange […]
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The Union asks the SAAQ to avoid travel
The Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) is asking the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to enforce the public health demand to avoid non-essential travel between regions. Union members who work in SAAQ service centers note that learner drivers travel between cities and even regions to take driving tests. […]
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Opening of Café Resto Karim in Fort-Coulonge and Luskville
The Pontiac region saw its catering possibilities expand by two restaurants this week with the opening of Café Resto Karim, located in two locations, on rue Baume in Fort-Coulonge and on Route 148 in the Luskville sector of the Municipality of Pontiac. One of its owners is from Campbell’s Bay, Julie Dubois. The two locations […]
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The Municipality of Mansfield now shows 6 cases since the start of the pandemic
The number of COVID-19 cases has remained stable in the Pontiac Local Health Network (RLS) this week with 64 cases since the start of the pandemic. The number of active cases has remained at 5 or less, but the total number of cases since the start of the pandemic in the municipality of Mansield-et-Pontefract went […]
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Michel Gauthier will be the conservative candidate in Pontiac
It is now official, the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) has announced that former journalist and editor-in-chief of LeDroit, Michel Gauthier, will be their candidate in the federal riding of Pontiac for the next election. “I am proud to join the Erin O’Toole team, a team that listens to the needs of Canadians and citizens […]
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