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The MRC Pontiac will be hosting a 5@7 on agrotourism and gourmet tourism in collaboration with the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais and Croquez l’Outaouais on Thursday at the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. Charles Séguin from the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais explained the definition of agrotourism: The theme is ” What do you need to […]

The federal elections may be scheduled for the month of October, but some candidates have already started becoming active in the field. Over the weekend, Dave Blackburn, the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Pontiac Federal Electoral district, organized a door-to-door in Aylmer as a way to reach out to more people from the […]

The Police officers of the Sûreté du Québec will intensify their interventions from March 1st to March 10th as part of the Spring Break week, in the Outaouais and Laurentians regions. The most targeted citations will be speeding, distracted driving, seatbelts and impaired driving. Police officers will also pay close attention to aggressive driving: dangerous […]

Art Pontiac are organizing their annual exchange and exposé “Œuvres sur papier 2019”. This activity aims toward fundraising the Pontiac Artists’ Association through a concept of exchanges between artists. The President of Art Pontiac, Louise Guay, gave more details about the activity. Artists interested in participating in the activity can register at artpontiac.com. The full […]

In December, 2018, the municipality of Portage-du-Fort were supposed to have by-election to fill seat #6 after councilman Allan Ferrell stepped down from the council back in October, 2018. Note that the by-election date to fill the vacant seat will now be March 31st, advance polling on March 24th.

Three months after the Pontiac Forum 2018, the Corporation de développement communautaire (CDC) du Pontiac and the Table de développement social du Pontiac published a special newsletter containing updates on various issues discussed at the Forum. Among other things, the Pontiac Education Table was officially created on January 22nd to work on an Action Plan […]

The MRC Pontiac posted a new job on their website for the position of Commissaire en culture, loisir et sport. This is a full-time position (35hrs/week) to provide strategic advice for the socio-economic development of the Pontiac in culture, recreation and sport. The deadline to apply is until March 25th.

The Knights of Columbus at Fort-Coulonge are inviting the community to participate in the annual Soirée des bâtisseurs on March 2nd. One of the organizers, Gaétan Viau, gave more details: To find out more and to get tickets you can call Louis Delorme (819-683-2489) or Comptoir St-Pierre. The full interview in French with Gaétan Viau […]

Tomorrow (Friday, March 1st), at 5 pm at the Pontiac Conference Center is the 2019 Salon de la femme; an annual feminist event which gathers over 200 women from the Pontiac each year. This is a night to celebrate International Women’s Day (March 8th). The event organizer, Claudee Galipeau, gave a first glimpse of the […]

Yannick La Salle a local chef, originally from Bryson, and CHIP 101,9 team member in the 2019 Défi des chefs de Leucan Outaouais, officially unveiled the menu that will be presented during the friendly competition, which will take place on March 21st: Yannick La Salle will be teamed up with Marie Gionet for CHIP 101.9, […]