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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 […]

The members of the Caisses Desjardins de Fort-Coulonge and those of Chapeau voted in favor of the merger project in order to create a new caisse. Chapeau and Fort-Coulonge caisses general director Stéphane Labine, about the vote, say that all were in favor: Another issue is now attracting attention: the capital project for the Mansfield/ […]

Renfrew County Fiddlers Pot Luck Supper and Dance on October 13, 2018 at Mateway Centre 6:00 to 11:30 pm. Feature Fiddler Dennis Harrington. Admission $6.00 Members $4.00 Under 18 – free

The Government of Canada is committed to providing the Canadian Armed Forces with the equipment they need to do their jobs. This decision was made in the context of Canada’s Defense Policy, Protection and Security Commitments. New standard military model trucks will be delivered to them. These logistic vehicles are used to move critical equipment, […]

The Ottawa Valley chapter Canadian parks and wilderness society (CPAWS) will be holding an art exhibition this weekend in Bristol at the Cider Mills Coronation Hall. John McDonnell executive director of the Ottawa Valley chapter of CPAWS spoke to CHIP about the exhibition : On Saturday, October 6, from 2-4 a vernissage with the artists […]