Author: Marie Gionet
The 2019 edition of the Shawville Fair, organized by the Pontiac Agricultural Society, will be held this year from August 29th to September 2nd. In addition to the so-called “classic” activities of the Fair, this year will include musical performances from such artists as Brett Kissel, The Hunter Brothers, and Sass Jordan. The Shawville Fair’s […]
The incumbent MP for the Pontiac, William Amos, who will be representing the liberals in the upcoming federal elections on October 21st in the riding of Pontiac, was at the flood meeting, held in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes on Monday night. He explained how last spring floods, in his opinion, affects the federal level of government. More details […]
Hydro-Québec confirmed an increase in the number of power outages in the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. According to Hydro Quebec’s spokesperson, Julie Léonard, faulty equipment could be the cause of the amount of brief interruptions, those last 5 minutes and less. With regards to the power outages lasting more than 5 minutes, Hydro-Québec plans to study […]
On October 25th, the Bryson Recreation Association is organizing a Culinary Evening with the Pontiac native Chef Yannick La Salle, who will be accompanied by the co-owner and chef of Les Fougères restaurant, Charles Part, along with the Le Cordon Bleu Institute graduate, Kara Cahill. One of the organizers of the event, and member of […]
On Saturday August 24th the Bonnechere museum will be hosting the Queen Street Fiddlers who will be entertaining us with valley style music. This year most of the tunes will have been composed by fiddlers living within the Ottawa valley.
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The Réseau BIBLIO de l’Outaouais is organizing an escape game at the Fort-Coulonge Library on Saturday, September 14th, during which participants will have 45 minutes to solve puzzles. The Réseau BIBLIO de l’Outaouais Executive Director, Sylvie Thibault, gave more details about the event. Thibault also explained why the Réseau BIBLIO de l’Outaouais decided to offer […]
The People’s Party of Canada candidate for the Pontiac in the upcoming federal elections on October 21st, Mario Belec, participated in the convention of Maxime Bernier’s party which was held last weekend, during which various topics and trainings were presented to future candidates. Note that the leader of the People’s Party of Canada, Maxime Bernier, […]
During last night’s public flood meeting in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, many discussions and issues were raised by the public. With the presence of the member for Vaudreuil and official opposition critic for Public Security at the National Assembly in Quebec City, Marie-Claude Nichols, CHIP 101,9 had the opportunity to discuss the importance of the amount of power […]
The Public meeting was held yesterday, August 19th 2019, regarding the persisting issues related to the 2019 floods. This meeting, which was held at the St-Joseph center in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, brought together around 150 people who came to ask questions to the various politicians present. In addition to the Mayor of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Winston Sunstrum, was the […]