Author: Marie Gionet

The municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet will host a St-Jean Batiste celebration once again this year on June 23rd and 24th at their Recreation Center. The Councilmen and event organizer, James Azola, gave an overview of the weekend. Extract – James Azola – National Holiday Preview The full interview with James Azola is available here.

After a violent storm on Monday night and a major blackout, Alleyn-and-Cawood’s telephone lines stopped working for several hours. The municipality says the incident did not have an impact on the residents. “Hydro Quebec and Bell Canada have been quick to meet our needs. It seems to this day that there has been no major […]

The subject of use of the Cycloparc PPJ has resurfaced in recent months. In that time, a committee was created at the MRC to look in to the multi-use of the bike path and an open letter was published in the May 22nd edition of the Pontiac Journal entitled: ”PPJ committee begins with a perceived […]

The MNA for Pontiac and official opposition critic for health and vitality of the regions, André Fortin, asked the Legault government whether they planned on creating an independent scientific commission on the management of the Hydro dams in the Pontiac. Here is a clip from the National Assembly of the exchange between Fortin and the […]

Road repair work (slope stabilization) will take place on Thomas-Lefebvre Street, between Highway 148 and 1 kilometer east of James Street in Mansfield-et-Pontefract from June 13th to 21st. Traffic will be alternated during the operations with traffic lights.

The final preparations have been launched for Village en Fête, which will take place this Saturday in Fort-Coulonge. Yesterday, the organizer, Claudee Galipeau, gave a reminder of some of the activities during the day: Village en Fête will be held this Saturday, June 15th from 11am to 5pm. For more information about the event, visit […]

The Pontiac Journal’s guest editorialist, François Carrier, was awarded first place at the most recent Quebec Community Newspapers Association Award ceremony in the “Best French-language Editorial” category. His text, titled ” Internet : situation inégale“, published in the July 5th, 2018 edition of Pontiac Journal, focuses on the accessibility of the Internet in the Pontiac. […]

The Pontiac Artistic tour will continue in various locations across the MRC Pontiac this weekend, June 15th-16th. During the Studio tour’s opening weekend, June 8th-9th, CHIP 101.9’s Maxime Galand produced a report and photo collage of the activity. According to Maxime Galand, taking part in the tour allows you to discover the Pontiac region. Any […]

Once again, Red Cross Canada’s mobile team will be returning to Fort-Coulonge on June 19th to register residents affected by the 2019 floods. The office will be located at the Dufour/Gagné hall, 520 rue Baume (Old Lions Club hall) and will be open between 9am and 6pm.