Author: Marie Gionet

The organization Phare Ouest unveiled the title of its December film as part of the cinéma répertoire 2019. The film will be: Boréal Express (Polar Express), an American animation released in 2004, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film will be presented Thursday, December 12th at the salle de l’age d’or in Fort-Coulonge at 7pm. Phare […]

The new access to Laforest road from highway 148, in the municipality of Litchfield, the road leading in to Campbell’s Bay, was opened last week under the name Keon rd. In an interview with the Mayor of the municipality of Litchfield, Colleen Larivière, she explained the reason for the change. According to Larivière, the relocation […]

Several municipalities are organizing activities this weekend. Here is the list: Friday, December 6th: Bryson: Illumination of the Christmas tree at 6:15 pm and Christmas parade at 7 pm Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield: Annual spaghetti dinner with Santa Claus Saturday, December 7th: Campbell’s Bay: Santa Claus Parade at the Mural Park at 12pm Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield: […]

The Sûreté du Québec is looking for the owner of a hunting rifle, found on November 8th, on Ranch Road, in the Leslie-Clapham-and-Huddersfield area, near Otter Lake. It is presently in possession of the officers of the MRC Pontiac. The person who lost its firearm is asked to contact the Sûreté du Québec at 819-648-2141 […]

Many local Pontiac merchants have taken advantage of the holiday season to promote themselves in various Christmas markets, some of which have even traveled outside of the Pontiac to showcase their products; in urban areas of the Outaouais and in Ottawa. This is the case for Daniel Sempels, of miellerie Sempels, a honey producer in […]

PRESS RELEASE The Bouffe Pontiac food drive took place on December 5th in Campbell’s Bay, Shawville and Allumette Island, from 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Once again, Pontiac residents demonstrated their enormous generosity. In only a few hours the amazing sum of 10 116,65$, along with 406.9kg of food were collected! These donations will allow […]

Parents from the Hauts-Bois-de-Outaouais School Board have publicly expressed their disagreement with Bill 40, the bill which changes the school governance; including the abolition of school boards and board members. This is the case for Mélissa Vachon, a mother involved in a school located in the municipality of Blue Sea which reopened after a two-year […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais announced another interruption of service in the Obstetrics unit of the Pontiac Hospital as of today, Friday December 06, at 4pm until Monday, December 09, at 4pm. According to the press release issued by the CISSS de l’Outaouais today, the interruption is due […]