Author: Marie Gionet
Up on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, the municipality is in preparations for their annual Islandfest celebrations, which will take place on August 11 and 12. The weekend celebrations will take place at the grounds near Harrington Community Hall, located at 64 chemin Pembroke. Community Development coordinator Chantal Lair explained that this year’s party would be a special occasion, […]
L’Isle-aux-Allumettes community development coordinator Chantal Lair talks about the municipality’s upcoming Islandfest celebrations.
A head-on collision on Rte. 301 in Litchfield on Friday afternoon (July 28) claimed the lives of two Pontiac residents. According to Sgt. Catherine Bernard of the Sûreté Du Québec, at around 3 p.m. emergency crews were called to a head-on collision between two vehicles on Rte. 301 near the intersection with chemin Acres. The […]
The Municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes has been in the midst of a summer of construction, with a host of upgrades to their water and sewer system in progress. In a press release (available below), the municipality gave a progress report on the work being carried out beneath the village’s main arteries: rues Saint-Jacques, Rochon and Front. […]
L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Mayor Corey Spence discusses the work being done on the water and sewer network for the village of Chapeau.
The break in some weekend services offered at the Pontiac Hospital announced Thursday prompted much reaction from the public when it was announced. Due to a lack of respiratory therapists, regional health authority CISSSO announced in a press release that they would be cutting back on weekend services in the operating room and ICU that […]
Motorists may have noticed some bright colours on the side of Hwy. 148 in Clarendon recently, with a patch of sunflowers starting to show their blooms near the intersection with Hanna Road. Kendal Lang of RM Lang Farms explained that the plot of sunflowers would be host to a variety of activities over the course […]
Kendal Lang of RM Lang Farms talks about what they have planned for their sunflower patch.
Regional health authority CISSSO issued a press release this morning warning that a lack of respiratory therapy staff will cause breaks in some weekend services at the Pontiac Hospital starting Friday July 28 at 3:30 p.m. to Monday July 31 at 7:30 a.m., and continuing every weekend for an “indefinite period” going forward. During these […]
The Fort-Coulonge Minor Hockey association has had their request to play in the Upper Ottawa Valley Minor Hockey League (UOVMH) rejected by the league’s other members. Paul Boisvert, the president of the Fort-Coulonge association, explained that every year they send a letter asking the Ontario league for approval to play on the other side of […]