Author: Marie Gionet
Earlier this year, Katharine Fletcher, a Pontiac environmentalist and writer, announced that she would be stepping back from writing columns for several local publications after 34 years in the business. Most recently, her column “Our Environment” was published in the Pontiac Journal, Aylmer Bulletin and West Quebec Post, covering environmental issues both local and international. […]
Local environmentalist and writer Katharine Fletcher discusses taking a step back from column writing after 34 years.
This month, the Pontiac region marks a bleak milestone with the 15th anniversary of the closure of the Smurfit-Stone mill in Litchfield, which was the area’s largest private employer at the time. The shuttering of the pulp mill in October 2008 resulted in the direct loss of more than 200 jobs and had a disastrous […]
With a possible public sector strike day looming on November 6, the region’s school boards are notifying parents of their plans if the strike is not averted. The Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) has confirmed that it has received strike notices from support staff unions, professionals and teacher for this day. “Currently, various […]
Nicolas Brodeur, the head of the Pontiac Forestry Producers Board, speaks about the state of the industry for private wood producers in the region 15 years after the closure of the Smurfit-Stone mill in Litchfield.
A special sitting of the MRC Pontiac council of mayors took place October 25 at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay. The sole item on the agenda was a resolution concerning a business plan the MRC had mandated the company Deloitte to produce for a proposed energy from waste facility. The council passed an initial […]
Students at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge will now be able to select firefighting as one of their elective courses, due to a collaboration with MRC Pontiac and local fire departments. Over the course of two school years, students will be able to complete their Firefighter 1 course, which covers the basics of the trade and would […]
MRC Pontiac public safety coordinator Julien Gagnon talks about a course for firefighting that’s started at local high school ESSC.
Yesterday afternoon (October 23), MRC Pontiac officials notified the public of a special sitting of the council of mayors to be hold on Wednesday October 25 at noon in the Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay. The only item on the agenda is listed as: Energy from Waste file: Business plan, […]
The Bristol Dryland Dog Races, which have been held annually for almost 10 years, will not take place this year. Race organizer Denis Rozon told CHIP 101.9 that he would be taking the year off in order to evaluate the internal structure of the event to ensure a succession within his organization. Rozon said he […]
