Author: Marie Gionet

The “Clic, je t’ai eu mon bébé!!!” contest, organized by the Masion de la famille du Pontiac, featured three local winners once again this year. Over the last few weeks, the participants had to send their best instant photo of their baby, between the ages of 0 and 5, in order to enter the contest. […]

Notice to residents of Fort-Coulonge: Over the next few weeks, the municipal firefighters will be making courtesy visits across the municipality in order to validate the conformity of the smoke detectors in the area.

Following the Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) announcement that the free French Second-language Courses would be cancelled until the fall 2020 [site], the organization has received multiple requests from former students offering to pay for the courses. In the regular segment: the West Quebecers Corner, Linton Garner, the executive Director of the RAWQ, explained […]

The member of Parliament for the Pontiac, William Amos, is inviting the Pontiac population to give their opinion, in a survey, on medical assistance in dying. Amos has qualified this issue, which affects families and loved ones across the Canada, including the Pontiac, of utmost importance, but also very personal. He invited the Pontiac residents […]

How Libby Got Married by Vicki Williams A staged reading as part of Theatre Wakefield’s program New Works: From The Page To The Stage, and in collaboration with The 100 Mile Arts Network, supported by the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais Friday, January 24, 7pm, Brennan’s Hill Restaurant & Bar (Brennan’s Hill) Saturday, January 25, 2pm, Mill […]

During the municipal council meeting in Fort-Coulonge last week, the former mayor Hector Soucie asked for more clarifications concerning the file of the potential relocation of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac and the efforts made by the municipal council. Hector Soucie insisted that, in his opinion, when voting on the resolution allowing the […]

A Pontiac athlete had a brilliant performance at last weekend’s Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Edmonton. Xavier Lusignan, of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, won a gold medal in the 89kg category. The competition was broadcasted live on the Web, where the analysts and commentators described Lusignan’s performance as ‘solid and impressive’, insisting that his progress could eventually take […]

A 39-year-old man from the Chapeau sector of the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes was arrested on Thursday, January 16th, as part of a larger collaborative police operation between the Sûreté du Québec, the Service de Police de la Ville de Gatineau and the Ottawa police drug unit, during which they seize four firearms, a variety of […]

The Pontiac Comets lost their first in 10 games, 4-3 on Saturday. Stéphane Paré scored a goal and goaltender Danick Boisvert stopped 33 of the 37 shots to earned the second star of the game. The next Comets game will take place in Mont-Laurier against the Montagnards this Saturday.