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As part of Earth Day at École Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur, several teachers put together several special assignments for their students. Grade 1 teacher Jennifer Gravel asked the students to do some DIY on the subject of the Earth. The students had to indicate through a special gesture they are ready to help protect the earth. Students in […]

on May 8, sixteen students from elementary and secondary schools of the CSHBO received scholarships awarded by the Association des directions d’établissement de l’ouest du Québec (ADÉOQ). At l’École des Petits-Ponts, four students received this distinction; Catherine Lasalle from École Ste-Anne, Ashton Dubeau from École Ste-Marie, Gabrielle Pilon from École L’Envolée and Evan Rebertz-Larche from […]

Search operations resumed yesterday morning in the area of Ladysmith to find Denis Cadieux, last seen on December 19, before his residence burned on the morning of December 20. Several searches have been conducted to date to locate the Thorne resident. In January, operations ceased and resumed this week. Denis Cadieux is 5 feet 9 […]

After putting in place emergency measures last week to limit the damage caused by spring floods in the Coulonge and Ottawa rivers, the municipality of Mansfield confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that the council retracted the emergency measures, since the water level has decreased significantly in recent days. Last week, 67 cottages and 19 residences were […]

A forest fire was sparked yesterday with enough intensity and force that SOPFEU step in to help. Yesterday afternoon, the brush fire broke out on Highway 148 near the Wilson Road intersection just outside Bryson. At the time this news report was written, municipal firefighters were on the scene putting out the blaze with SOPFEU […]

The Grand défi Pierre Lavoie was last weekend and a delegation from école secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge was among the nearly 150 schools across Quebec for this physical and sporting challenges. Accompanying teacher from Sieur-de-Coulonge Dominique Bomans says that the students have prepared over the past year for this challenge: The Grand défi Pierre Lavoie is described […]

Pontiac MP Will Amos was in the Pontiac on Tuesday to announce $ 8,450 in funding from the Accessibility Fund (APF) for the building of outdoor ramps to facilitate visitor with limited mobility during outdoor activities at Patro de Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield. The director of the Patro de Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield., Marc Frappier says that […]

A culvert on the PPJ Cycloparc will soon be barred by the MRC Pontiac because of a breakage. Repair Work was carried out last November. The repaired culvert did not last long, as it collapsed upon the arrival of milder weather. Considered a danger to cyclists, the MRC Pontiac took the initiative to close this […]

Last Tueaday was the monthly meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. This is the first meeting since January that had no members of the public attend. During the evening, the Pontiac MRC Warden, Jane Toller, announced that she will soon begin a tour through various places in the Pontiac. She […]

Jérémi Vaillancourt, from the MRC Pontiac, highlights activities in the region during the long weekend. For more information on these activities, please visit the Pontiac Tourism Facebook page.