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The George Bryson Cultural House in Mansfield opened today, June 27th, for the summer season. A member of the organization committee, Sandra Armstrong, talked to CHIP about the activities during the summer. Sandra Armstrong also summarized the history of the Cultural house and the importance of the Bryson family in the Pontiac. The full interview […]

Last Friday, the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes posted a release on their Facebook page in regards to the changes made to the floods zones as announced by the Government of Quebec on June 17th. The ‘New Construction Standards for Flood Plains’ aims to limit the exposure of people and properties to the possibility of flooding in […]

Starting today and for the entire summer, the Heritage College Pontiac campus, in Campbell’s Bay, will host the Outaouais Mobile Factory (FabLab) workshop. The vice-president of the organization, Félix Bolduc. From July 22nd to 26th, FabLab will host free workshops for 12-15 year olds on cyber security and programming. The workshops are open to everyone. […]

Outaouais en Fête, the annual celebration of St-Jean Baptise in Aylmer, offered another busy program again this year. The President of the Impératif Français and organizer of the event, Jean-Paul Perreault, described the event as a success. According to Perreault, around 70,000 admissions were counted during the four days of the festival. A full report […]

The summer season is underway and the Ministry of Health and Social Services is reminding the public to take the necessary precautions against tick bites. The Planning, Programming and Research Officer of the Infectious Disease department of the ministry of Health, Dany Larivée, gave more details. A full interview on the risks associated with tick […]

The Spruceholme Inn officially presented a $ 1,800 check to George Bryson Cultural House following a silent auction at the Lumberjack supper during the winter. This Thursday, the George Bryson Cultural House will officially launch its touristic season and people are invited to visit the historic house as part of the history of Fort-Coulonge / […]

The Pontiac Youth Council at the MRC has taken the initiative to organize a BBQ this evening for the benefit of Bouffe Pontiac to help the 2019 flood victims. The Youth Council’s representative of Litchfield, Rowan Hill, gave more details on the reason why they’re organising the fundraiser: The BBQ will take place tonight at […]

Today, the municipality of Campbell’s Bay issued a notice on their Facebook page, mentioning that it will proceed with the flushing of their fire hydrants. As a result, this may cause turbidity in the water system which leaves a sand residue in the water. The municipality is advising its residents that if the water turns […]

The Trophy Husband’s will be performing and the Bonnechere Museum on Saturday June 29th from 11am to 12pm. They will be performing a multitude of song from different genre’s such as rock, country and folk songs just to name a few. All song that are to be performed and written and sung by Canadian artists.

Pontiac MP William Amos was pleased with the new five-year agreement with DEC. At the signing of this agreement, SADC will receive a total of $ 7,339,723 to help them carry out their mission and to better meet the needs of the community. The SADC Pontiac will receive a contribution of $ 2,328,666. The member […]