Author: Caleb Nickerson
Claire Taillefer, the vice-president of Art Pontiac’s board, talks about their upcoming special meeting.
Picket lines outside schools and health care facilities dotted the Pontiac this morning (November 6), as public sector workers took part in one of Quebec’s largest labour actions in recent history. Members of the Front Commun, a coalition of unions representing more than 400,000 public sector workers across the province, started their strike action as […]
Marsha Préfontaine, a representative with the APTS, one of the unions representing social workers, therapists and other health care specialists in the region, about the Common Front strike that took place on the morning of Monday November 6.
There’s a new mayor in the Swisha, as Lucie Rivet Paquette was elected by acclamation this afternoon (November 3). She was the only citizen to submit their candidacy, and was declared the winnner after the deadline of 4:30 p.m. passed. The position has been vacant since the death of former mayor Doug Rousselle, who passed […]
Some local entrepreneurs are planning the opening of what would be the Pontiac’s first cheese factory, Formagerie La Drave, in Litchfield late next year. It was recently announced that the project was selected for $100,000 in funding through the FRR stream 4 in order to purchase equipment. CHIP 101.9 spoke with one of the project’s […]
After two years of waiting, the Pontiac will finally see a users’ committee set up within the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO), which had been looking for several months to fill this position. The CISSSO selected Pierre Saint-Cyr, who has already managed to set up resident committees within the […]
With the cold weather arriving, a group of volunteers in the Shawville area is gathering winter clothing for those in need, and will be distributing it free of charge this Saturday. Reverend Susan Lewis of the Anglican Parish of West Quebec explained that they started the winter clothing drive several years ago and it has […]
Reverend Susan Lewis of the Anglican Parish of West Quebec discusses their winter clothing drive.
Earlier this year, Katharine Fletcher, a Pontiac environmentalist and writer, announced that she would be stepping back from writing columns for several local publications after 34 years in the business. Most recently, her column “Our Environment” was published in the Pontiac Journal, Aylmer Bulletin and West Quebec Post, covering environmental issues both local and international. […]
Local environmentalist and writer Katharine Fletcher discusses taking a step back from column writing after 34 years.