Author: Caleb Nickerson
The Mansfield & Fort-Coulonge brigades are inviting businesses and organizations to participate in our annual parade. Past events have been a great success thanks to all businesses and organizations that put on colorful and imaginative displays for the spectators to admire, and we hope to make our parade even better. We are looking forward to […]
The Shawville arena was packed on Sunday evening (October 27) as the Pontiac Senior Comets took to the ice against the South Stormont Mustangs in their home opener. Despite a last-minute change in venues, the hometown crowd of more than 500 supporters was loud and energetic. The opening ceremonies featured Pontiac singer Michaela Cahill leading […]
MRC Pontiac has launched a call for cultural projects with $35,000 in this year’s envelope, through funding from Quebec’s Ministry of Culture and Communication. Eligible entities include municipalities, non-profit organizations, non-profit cooperatives or Indigenous Band Councils. Sabrina Ayres, the socio-economic development coordinator at MRC Pontiac explained the types of projects that will be prioritized. The […]
Last Wednesday (October 23), during a highly publicized meeting of the federal Liberal Party’s national caucus, MPs discussed the future of the party’s leadership with an election around the corner. During the meeting, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was presented with a letter from 24 MPs requesting that he step down from the party’s leadership. The […]
Sabrina Ayres, MRC Pontiac’s socio-economic development coordinator, discusses cultural funding that’s available for projects throughout the MRC.
Two people have been arrested following an attempted theft of overhead wires on rue Thomas-Lefebvre in Mansfield-et-Pontefract early Friday morning. At around 6 a.m. on October 25, police were called to the area for a theft in progress involving cables being removed from poles along the street. Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Sgt. Marc Tessier said […]
A local citizen activist is helping organize a public information session on radon next Saturday in Campbell’s Bay with a group of experts, to mark the beginning of Radon Action month. The free event will take place on Saturday November 2, at the Campbell’s Bay RA Hall (2 rue Second) from 1 p.m. to 3 […]
Judy Spence talks about an upcoming town hall on radon that she’s helping organize.
After more than 500 days without a collective agreement, the union representing Quebec’s nurses as well as other health professionals (FIQ) announced last week that their membership had voted to accept a mediator’s recommendation. The turnout among the FIQ’s roughly 80,000 members was 75%, with 66.3% voting in favour. The provincial government and the FIQ […]
The Pontiac Senior Comets home opener will be played at 5:30 p.m. this Sunday, October 27 at the Shawville arena. The game was supposed to take place at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite in Fort-Coulonge, however a due to an issue with the arena’s refrigeration system, plans had to change quickly. […]
