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The Patro de Fort-Coulonge has received support from the federal government through the Canada Summer Jobs program, which provides funding for student employment to support organizations or victims of flooding. From the Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield Patro Suzanne Dazé says that due to the floods lots of opportunities for student were lost this year but also […]

In a press release, the Pontiac MRC described the recent acts of vandalism on the cycloparc PPJ as the last straw and that the Council will appeal to the Sûreté du Québec to enforce the law before a serious accident occurs. Broken gates, drivers spinning their wheels to pitch gravel onto the cycling surface from […]

Two programs have been put in place to assist Canadian milk producers and processors for the coming years. Pontiac Liberal MP William Amos posted on his Facebook page on Friday, August 4th. A strong dairy industry and a competitive agricultural sector are vital to Canada’s and the riding of Pontiac’s prosperity, creating good jobs, growing […]

The Municipality of Pontiac is calling for public tenders for the demolition of the existing building and the construction of a new community center at 2 rue Ferry in Quyon. As of yesterday, the necessary documents have be available on the Government of Quebec’s Electronic Tendering System (seao.ca), starting August 7 (since Monday). Interested persons […]

Sphinx Resources announced by press release this morning the continuation of exploration for zinc in the Calumet South project. The first stage of this work was approved by Sphinx and SOQUEM following encouraging results from the drilling last July. Normand Champigny, the president of Sphinx Resources told CHIP that that the project is progressing, but […]

The Forest Fire Protection group Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), in collaboration with the Department of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, announced in a statement that additional resources were sent to British Columbia. Two new firefighter divisions will fight the wild fires that are currently raging in the west most province. These […]

The Jardin éducatif du Pontiac held its open house day last Tuesday, as part of its annual fundraising campaign. Élizabeth Séguin was on location for the event and spoke with the director of the garden, Martin Riopel who says that many people enjoyed what they had to offer; Clip 1 – Martin Riopel Mr. Riopel […]

Mansfield native, Jérémie Baril, who works as a paramedic in Gatineau had the surprise of a lifetime when he went to a residence in Aylmer where he had to deliver a baby. The delivery took place in the private residence and was fortunately without complication. An article published in the newspaper Le Droit tells of […]

There was much information and reactions over the death of a resident of the municipality of Pontiac, with roots in Fort-Coulonge, 56-year-old Melvin Larose, who drowned last Saturday at 9:00 am on a fishing trip to Ramsay Lake. At the time the boat capsized, the victim was not wearing a flotation vest, which was still […]

Impératif Français retorted remarks made by Primer Philippe Couillard and Minister Jean-Marc Fournier who expressed concern about the survival of the English-speaking minority in Quebec. Impératif français targeted the Pontiac to illustrate their arguments. In a recent press release issued, Impératif Français stated that in several municipalities within the Pontiac region, English-speaking citizens practice unilingualism […]