Author: Marie Gionet
Many homeowners in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract have expressed concern about the changes to their property assessment on the website Azimut, available through the MRC Pontiac website. Mansfield Mayor Sandra Armstrong explained that the municipality has reached out to the contractor that the MRC hires to conduct the evaluations in order to facilitate private meeting […]
A network representing social service organizations throughout the Outaouais is voicing concerns about Bill 15, a newly created law that will restructure the province’s health care administration. Daniel Cayley-Daoust, the director of the TROCAO, a regional table for independent community organizations, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about his concerns regarding the mammoth piece of legislation, which […]
Daniel Cayley-Daoust, the director of the TROCAO, a regional table for independent community organizations, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about his concerns regarding Bill 15, a newly created law that will restructure the province’s health care administration.
While the job posting has been on MRC Pontiac’s website since last week, it wasn’t until the council of mayors meeting Wednesday night (December 20) that Economic Development Director Guillaume Boudreau officially announced his resignation, effective December 21. Boudreau spent 13 months on the job after being hired in November 2022. Speaking after the meeting, Boudreau […]
Guillaume Boudreau, the outgoing economic development director of MRC Pontiac speaks after he officially announced his resignation on December 20.
A dépanneur with a big reputation in both the Upper Pontiac and the Pembroke region is celebrating its upcoming 40th anniversary with a cold one. Épicerie Dubeau Grocery sits on Hwy. 148 near the shore of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, and its blue and white sign is one of the first things that greets drivers coming across the […]
While many children across the province returned to the classroom on December 15 following a one week strike by the Front Commun, parents at some French schools in the Municipality of Pontiac are still taking care of their kids at home. That’s because the teachers in their schools are represented by the Fédération autonome de […]
The parking lot of École secondaire Sieur de Coulonge was filled with firetrucks on Monday evening (December 19), but nothing was burning. Instead, it was a training session for a new cohort of student firefighters conducted with the help of a couple of local departments. This is the second hands-on practice that the group has […]
ESSC instructor Martin Bertrand talks about the school’s new firefighter course.
After hiring Guillaume Boudreau in November of last year, MRC Pontiac is once again looking for an economic development director, posting a job offer to their website December 14. This position in particular has been a difficult one for the organization to keep occupied, as Boudreau is the fifth director to leave the department in […]
