Author: Marie Gionet
Dr. John Wootton, a long-serving local physician who oversees the region’s family medicine group discusses an open letter that he and several of his colleagues recently penned to Quebec’s Minister of Health.
The deadline is fast approaching for stakeholders to respond to SADC Pontiac’s survey on their 2024-29 strategic plan. SADCs are federally-funded non-profit organizations that offers economic development assistance for rural areas. Director Rhonda Perry explained that every time they renew their funding agreement with Economic Development Canada, they have to come up with a strategic […]
SADC Pontiac Director Rhonda Perry talks about the survey they are conducting in advance of their 2024-29 strategic plan.
The ice at the Centre de Loisir des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge should be top-notch this coming season, as some brand new refrigeration equipment is set to be installed at the end of the summer. Stephane Beland, the president of the arena committee, explained that they had needed to replace their aging equipment for some time. […]
After six years in Swisha, the seventh annual car show put on by the Rapides-des-Joachims Downtown Life Committee has had to move off the island, a victim of its own success. This year’s edition will be held at 87 Brockhouse Way in Deep River Ont. on Saturday July 13 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
Paul André Paquette, organizer of the Rapides-des-Joachims Downtown Life Committee’s annual car show talks about this year’s edition.
Toursime Outaouais announced yesterday that they have a new Director, Geneviève Latulippe, following the departure of Julie Kinnear in May of this year. In a French-language interview with CHIP 101.9, Latulippe, who officially steps into the role on August 5, spoke about her vision for the organization’s future. With 20 years of experience in administration […]
The plan to repair the Norway Bay pier is in motion, as a proposal from the pier committee was unanimously accepted by Bristol council at their meeting on Tuesday evening (July 2). Following an engineer’s report in the spring that condemned the aged structure as unsafe, the popular community fixture was closed to the public. […]
Bristol councillor and Norway Bay pier committee member Val Twolan-Graham discusses the progress on the repairs to the pier.
On Thursday morning (June 27), the office of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac was packed for their annual general meeting. The non-profit group has a wide variety of programs and courses aimed at youth employment and education. The meeting featured several testimonials from young people who had benefited from their time with the organization. Jessica […]
