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Celebrate Canada organizer Sylvain Bégin announced a $ 10,000 donation to the Mansfield-et-Pontefract volunteer firefighters as part of the Canada Day celebrations, last July. This amount will be used to buy breathing apparatus that will be used by volunteer firefighters.

Le Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) will hold an open house to allow people to visit the new hemodialysis unit at the Shawville Hospital. The director of nursing at the Shawville Hospital, Gail Ryan, told CHIP that this highly anticipated hemodialysis unit will have a huge impact on the […]

According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, LiveWell Canada, who plans to build a Cannabis Research Center at 211 Route 301 in Litchfield, is the subject of a legal mortgage, from Montreal-based company: Deslan – A.I.M Environmental . The amount of the legal mortgage claimed by Deslan is $ 1,679,119. It was signed in Montreal […]

The Pontiac Senior Comets played a tight game against the league leaders, this weekend, but eventually lost against the Montagnards 2-0. With the notable performance of the comets goalie, Justin Bois, who made 31 saves, was awarded the second star of the game. Next Saturday, the Comets face the Montagnards of Mont-Laurier once more, but […]

In a statement issued last week, the national park committee for the Lafontaine Islands announced that Mayor of Campbell’s Bay, Maurice Beauregard, will act as chair of the committee. The most recent meeting of this committee took place on November 21st. It was said that in the future, the minutes of this committee meetings will […]

Last Saturday, according to l’Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), more than 14,000 people across the province were out protesting the decision to abolish the Office of French language Services commissioner. It should be noted that the Ontarian French speaking community in Pembroke gathered outside Conservative MP John Yakabuski office. The Neo-democrat MLA for […]

A new tourism organization was created, in recent weeks, in the Pontiac, named the coopérative de solidarité Plein Air – Aventure Hélianthe. During the Christmas Market, this Saturday, one of the members of this Solidarity Cooperative, Louis Harvey, spoke on behalf of the new organization: The full interview with Louis Harvey about this new organization […]

Nearly 500 people made it out to the Christmas Market at the George Bryson Heritage House, this Saturday, to do their Christmas shopping. The vice-president of the George Bryson Heritage House, Nathalie Denault: For the mayor of the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Gilles Dionne, this is an event that mobilizes and energizes his community: Multiple interviews […]

A Pembroke resident, Art Jamieson, was awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers at the last Renfrew County Council meeting on November 28th. Councilor Jennifer Murphy presented it on behalf of the Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette. This Medal is awarded to Canadians who have made a significant, sustained and unpaid contribution to their community, […]

During the last meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac, they unveiled their 2019 schedule for the Mayors’ Council meeting. The regional council will meet at 18:30 on Wednesdays once per month. The meetings remain open to the public. The meetings have been held in the evening since September 2017, in order to grant […]