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The Picture-Rally (Photo Rally) has become a well appreciated tradition among students at l’Envolée Elementary School in Campbell’s Bay. For the occasion, this year, the teachers divide the school into 8 teams, from kindergarten to grade 6. Then, each team made their way around Campbell’s Bay looking for 12 objects to capture. The results for […]

The 2018 Hunting season has begun and in an interview with CHIP 101,9, the spokesman for Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, Bruno Chartrand, explained the different hunting rules and regulations for this 2018 season, although he covered all types of hunting methods, he specified certain regulations on moose hunting: […]

In a press release, yesterday (October 08), the newly appointed federal candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the Pontiac, Dave Blackburn, on the tornado of September 21, said he has visited many of the effected zones and congratulated the citizens that showed proof of solidarity and who helped those in need. Blackburn encourages […]

During an informal ceremony held at Ecole Secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge in Mansfield, the CSHBO or Commission Scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais introduced 26 new employees in the Pontiac. ”As the president of the School boards’ Council of Commissionaires, it gives me great pleasure to welcome these new employees in to the CSHBO team” – President Diane Nault. Here […]

With the preseason out of the way the Pontiac Comets’ season opener will be against the Maniwaki Foresters on Saturday, October 13th at 8pm. An opening ceremony is planned to honor the former players in our region. Pontiac MP William Amos plans to be present for the official puck drop.

The Municipality of Pontiac will hold a public consultation meeting on October 9 at 6:30 pm at the Luskville Community Center, located at 2024 Highway 148. The purpose of this meeting is to explain the main aspects of the proposed by-law concerning the protection of the shoreline. This draft by-law can be consulted at the […]

The Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and Francophonie Mélanie Joly unveiled a fund to support official language minority media. This announcement was made during the unveiling of the Action Plan for Official Languages 2018-2023: “Investing in Our Future”. This funding will take the form of 58 placement positions for radio stations and newspaper publishers in […]

October 1st to 7th is World Breastfeeding Week. The Executive Director of Naissance Renaissance Outaouais, Sylvie Gauthier, spoke about the situation in the region. The complete interview is available here.

Parent-child activities will soon be organized at l’établissement primaire Petits-Ponts, which focuses on play based learning actives. The workshops are open to parents of children aged 3 to 8 and will be split into two parts. The first is a family literacy program called “Play for Learning” and involves children aged 3 to 5 years […]

Pontiac residents were invited to a 5 to 7 to launch the 74th Centraide Outaouais campaign. Eric O’Brien was there and spoke with the President of the 2018 Campaign, former Pontiac MP, Minister of Transport and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lawrence Cannon. He spoke about the role he will play as president of the 2018 […]