Author: Marie Gionet
For the second year in a row, the Ski at School program is organizing a delegation of high school students who will travel from the Pontiac, cross-country skiing, to the House of Commons in Ottawa. According to the coordinator of the program, Guillaume Lavoie-Harvey, a documentary on last year’s expedition will be presented at the […]
The Pontiac Comets game was postponed over the weekend due to the road conditions. The league made the decision to cancel all games that were set to take place on Saturday. The next Comets game will take place on Saturday in Fort-Coulonge. The Comets will host the Mont-Laurier Montagnards for the occasion.
Here is a look at the activities surrounding the Ski at school program and the expedition to Parliament hill in February; interview with the program ambassador Guillaume Lavoie-Harvey.
Last week, the Maisons des Jeunes du Pontiac received financial support from Evolugen, formally Brookfield Power, to the sum of $20,000. According to Stéphane Durocher of the Maisons des Jeunes, they are thankfull to have been chosen. The Maison des Jeunes will use the donation to train and hire workers, to maintain student retention activities, […]
The Centre intégré de santé et de service sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais issued a press release around 10 a.m. this morning, explaining that a surgeon in the region was made available for the weekend, which allows the interruption of service in general surgery at the Pontiac hospital to be lifted starting today (Friday, January 10th) […]
Sieur-de-Coulonge high school teacher Martin Bertrand was in the CHIP studio where he spoke about his expedition to the top of the Aconcagua, the highest peak in the Americas, located in Argentina. He recounted the difficulties and the ups and downs that surrounded the summit. Here is this interview.
The Pontiac Comets have made four signatures to help the team prepare for the playoffs and the end of the season that has begun. Danick Boisvert from the Pontiac Comets talks to us about these transactions and the many challenges facing the organization.
The Pontiac International sled dog races are this weekend and with the rain on the way, Denis Rozon, one of the key organizers for the event tells us how they are prepared for the upcoming weather conditions.
BUDGET – The municipality of Waltham adopted its 2020 budget at its December meeting, in which only the ”bare minimum” will be provided for the residents as a result of the 2017 and 2019 floods. According to the Mayor of Waltham, David Rochon, the municipality is unfortunately in a difficult financial situation waiting on government […]
The Mayor of the municipality of Waltham, David Rochon, confirmed in an interview that the municipality’s request for a speed reduction on highway 148 had been denied by the Ministère des Transports du Quebec (MTQ). Next Wednesday, a meeting will be held between the municipality and the MTQ to discuss this refusal. In July 2019, […]