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In a press release, Friday, the municipality of Fort-Coulonge said that the council members of municipality of Fort-Coulonge adopted, last Wednesday, December 12th, a balanced budget for 2019 estimated at $ 2,730,900 on a taxable valuation of $ 59,361,200. Highlights for 2019 – The salary and allowance of councillors are increased to take into account […]

This Sunday, December 16th, the Pontiac Senior comets will be at home in Fort-Coulonge to face off the Maniwaki Foresters at 5:30pm. The link to the full Comets schedule is available at https://lhsao.ca/

During a party hosted by the Municipality of Mansfield, the Mansfield Fire Department highlighted the 20 years of service of one of its employees, Germain Bélair. The Mansfield fire chief, Darcy Bélair, said the Governor General’s Award of Merit has been awarded to all 20 years employees. According to the Mansfield Fire Department, Germain Bélair […]

The next generation of journalists is continuing this year with a new version of l’Étudiant Outaouais, which was renamed this year: La Plume Étudiante de l’Outaouais. On page 5, in yesterday’s (Thursday, December 13th) edition of the newspaper Le Droit, you can read the article written by Clara Martin of Sieur-de-Coulonge on the use of […]

The new Economic Development Director at the Pontiac MRC, Danielle Newman, took office this week, according to a statement released by the MRC. She replaced former MRC Pontiac’s Economic Development Director, Emilie Chazelas, who resigned, in May, after serving ten years with the organization. The press release presented Newman as “the ideal person to put […]

The MRC Pontiac announced a new partnership with the Pontiac Tourism Association (ATP), creating a Tourism Advisory Committee whose first meeting was held yesterday afternoon (Thursday, December 13th). The MRC Pontiac Tourism Marketing Commissioner, Jérémi Vaillancourt, outlined the objective they hope to accomplish with the creation of this committee. The committee is made up of […]

In a yearend review interview with CHIP 101.9, the warden of the MRC Jane Toller said she will have her focus on the economy in 2019. She explained that she wants to attract investors here in the Pontiac by promoting our local industrial sites. Toller also wanted to mention the arrival of a new Economic […]

Back in August, following a complaint made at l’Office Québecois de la Langue Francaise, the MRC Pontiac took the decision to remove the plaque, in English only, describing the commemorative monument of the first MRC Pontiac. Recently, the plaque was replaced bearing both in English and in French descriptions. This new Memorial plaque is located […]

Following the decision at the regional council meeting in June, the MRC Pontiac announced yesterday, December 12th, the signing of a new partnership agreement with Pontiac Tourism Association (ATP). This afternoon, the MRC and Tourism Pontiac met for Tourism Advisory Committee comprised of four representatives of the MRC Pontiac and four members of ATP. The […]

Yesterday, CHIP’s Francois Carrier met with the warden of MRC Jane Toller. In an interview, she talked about the MRC’s 2019 budget and what will mark the coming year; The forestry industry seems to be the MRC’s main priority in 2019. Toller told CHIP how the MRC plans on retaking control of this industry; The […]