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During Wednesday’s meeting between the mayors of the MRC Pontiac and the Centre intégré de santé et services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais, it was resolved to establish a working group to create an action plan moving forward for the Shawville Hospital. According to the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, the action plan should […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais is inviting the Pontiac residents to attend an open-door career session at the Pontiac Hospital on March 4th. In this, the CISSS de l’Outouais hopes to inform to population on the Hospital’s environment as way to promote career opportunities within the establishment. The […]

Following the adoption of Bill 40 on reforming the educational system, the Haut-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO) is undertaking a transition in governance towards an administration planned for the 2020-2021 school year. Since the adoption of the new law, the Council of Commissioners, having been abolished, have not been in offices of CSHBO. The former school […]

The Shawville Figure Skating Club (Shawville FSC) was visited by world-renowned figure skater Elvis Stojko as part of an all-day seminar this Thursday. In a press scrum Thursday, Stojko explained that giving seminars in clubs across the country allows him to share his experience and techniques with the next generation of skaters: Elvis Stojko is […]

The new spokesperson in community relations representing the MRC Pontiac for Hydro Quebec, Alain Paquette was in the CHIP 101.9 studio yesterday. During which he confirmed that he will meet with the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac on March 11 to update them on Hydro Québec’s plan for the Pontiac in 2020. Note, the last […]

Local elected officials, as much as the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais, will have a role to play in the return of obstetrics in the Pontiac, according to Sandra Armstrong, the spokesperson of Monday’s protest at the Hull hospital. “Regarding [the difference] in salaries between Québec and Ontario, the […]

Contrary to other municipalities in the MRC Pontiac, the municipality of Bristol is maintaining a balanced budget for 2020. However, the 2019 floods still took its toll on the municipal budget, though as explained by Mayor Brent Orr, the municipality received compensation from the Québec government: For Bristol, the municipal budget for 2020 totals $2, […]

More than $ 180 million will be invested in the Outaouais road infrastructures between 2020 and 2022 for the maintenance and improvement of roads. In the MRC Pontiac, this investment, granted annually by the ministère des Transports du Québec, will allow the preparation or execution of road works in eight municipalities. As for the MRC […]

A major power outage affected a large portion of the Pontiac yesterday over most of the day, even extending late into the night in the municipality of Fort-Coulonge. According to the Hydro Québec spokesperson, Alain Paquette, ”a major equipment failure near the Bryson Generating Station would have caused the lengthy power outage across the Pontiac”. […]

A Pontiac delegation went to the Hull Hospital Tuesday to express their dissatisfaction with the Minister responsible for the Outaouais region and Minister of Families, Mathieu Lacombe, after learning of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais’ (CISSSO) decision to close the obstetrics wing of the Pontiac Hospital for 6 months. […]