Author: Caleb Nickerson
The Pontiac Terry Fox Run returned once more on Sunday afternoon with new organizers at the helm, following a year-long hiatus. New organizers Carolann Barton and Jennifer Mielke explained that they decided to take up the torch after the local run’s original organizers, John Petty and Rick Valin, announced they were stepping back in 2022. […]
The Sûreté du Québec announced in a press release that they had nabbed two Pontiac men for impaired driving in separate incidents over the weekend. The first took place at around 7 p.m. on Saturday (September 14) on chemin Picanoc in Otter Lake, where officers were called to a collision involving an off-road vehicle. The […]
On Wednesday (September 11) MRC Pontiac unveiled the latest painting to grace the walls of the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, as part of its regional gallery. Michèle Parent, who paints under the name AimPée, has been a resident of Fort-Coulonge for the last two years after moving from Chateauguay. She said that she studied […]
Following Saturday’s news that the provincial government had equalized the bonuses for medical imagery technicians in the Outaouais, regional health authority CISSSO is reporting that only one tech out of four has followed through on their application to work in the city. This leaves the Pontiac Hospital with five out of eight full-time positions filled, […]
On Tuesday evening (September 10), MRC Pontiac staff hosted the final public consultation on their 5-year agricultural plan, known as the PDZA, at the new Chapeau Farmers’ Market building on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. The event was the culmination of several previous consultations with the local farming community. The MRC’s economic development commissioner for agriculture, Shanna Armstrong, explained […]
MRC Pontiac’s economic development commissioner for agriculture Shanna Armstrong talks about their consultation process for their regional agriculture plan, called the PDZA.
Regional health authority CISSSO is organizing a whooping cough vaccination day for pregnant women in the Outaouais on Saturday September 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 75 boulevard de la Gappe in Gatineau. Whooping cough (also known as pertussis) is a highly contagious disease that can be particularly dangerous for young children an […]
On Saturday (september 7) Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that the government would be equalizing the bonuses offered to medical imagery technicians in Outaouais health facilities. “After reviewing the information received, we need to avoid a break in service at the hospitals in Shawville and Maniwaki,” he wrote (translated). The news comes on the heels […]
Compensation may soon be available for those who have been involuntarily hospitalized for longer than 72 hours. Mélodie Pelletier, a communications agent with Droits-Accès de l’Outaouais, an organization that advocates for the rights of people with mental illness, explained that those who have been held for more than 72 hours may be eligible for compensation […]
Mélodie Pelletier of patients rights group Droits-Accès de l’Outaouais talks about possible compensation for those who have been involuntarily hospitalized for more than 72 hours.
