Author: Marie Gionet
The MP for Pontiac, William Amos, underlined the establishment of the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program, or HASCAP intended for companies. This program, which was introduced as part of the Fall Economic Statement 2020, aims to provide financial support to businesses that have been hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the HASCAP, the […]
The Minister of Economy and Innovation, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and the Member for Chapleau and Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Justice, Mathieu Lévesque, announced the payment of a financial contribution of $ 200,000 to the Institut Innovation Gatineau so that it supports young innovative companies with high growth potential (startups) in the realization of their […]
At the most recent public meeting, the MRC Pontiac authorized a payment of $ 34,000 to the Conférence des préfets de l’Outaouais (CPO) for the financial contribution of the MRC for 2021-2022. This organization brings together the four Wardens of the Outaouais region and the mayor of the city of Gatineau by providing a place […]
The member for Rouyn-Noranda-Témiscamingue and responsible for Québec solidaire in the area of regional development, Émilise Lessard-Therrien, granted an interview to CHIP 101.9 to discuss her party’s idea of creating a crown corporation in order to connect Quebecers who do not have access to high-speed Internet, as is the case in several places in the […]
On Wednesday, January 27, between 7:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m., the Sûreté du Québec police officers from the MRC Pontiac station, in collaboration with the Quebec Road Control, carried out an operation related to the traffic of semi-trailer trucks, on route 301 in Otter Lake, following several reports from citizens concerning a traffic problem in […]
For more than a week, cases of COVID-19 for the entire Outaouais territory have steadily declined. There are now 163 active cases of COVID-19 found in the Outaouais as of January 27. The number of active cases in the city of Gatineau is now less than a hundred with 91. The MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais territory […]
Québec solidaire unveiled a first proposal to revive the economy, entitled Réseau Quebec with a public Internet infrastructure to catch up with the digital backlog in our regions. The party calls it an increasingly urgent “remedy” after the pandemic. “The pandemic has revealed how the Internet is an essential service in Quebec. Unfortunately, the only […]
The regional council of the MRC Pontac has requested a revision of the schedule for line 910 of Transcollines in order to serve workers in the region who have to go to downtown Ottawa. This resolution follows the difficulties of some Pontiac workers in getting to downtown Ottawa since the interregional route 148 service was […]
The MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin, is asking that the government of Quebec consider modifying certain measures surrounding the restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, following the curfew scheduled until February 8. André Fortin hopes that measures can be put in place to help the economic recovery of the Pontiac. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, […]
Has the resolution on the bio-park tabled by the mayor of Bristol, Brent Orr, on January 20, been adopted or not? The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, clarified that she was exercising her right of veto regarding the resolution on the bio-park, in accordance with article 142 of the Municipal Code. « Consequently, […]