Economy and Tourism

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on January 24, council approved a contract for the services d’évaluation foncière of the Federation of Quebec Municipalities (FQM) in order to reduce some of the backlog of files in the MRC’s property assessment department. Director General Kim Lesage explained that they currently have roughly 2,000 files […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on January 24, council passed a resolution to issue a second call for tenders to hire a project manager for their AgriSaveur initiative. The goal is to create a shared facility for local producers to process and brand agricultural products from the region. The project was the […]

The Pontiac Agricultural Society, the non-profit group behind the Shawville Fair, held their annual general meeting on January 25 at the fairgrounds. At the meeting, President Vaughan Bastien stepped down after three terms at the helm of the organization. He thanked all the members of the board for their hard work and support over the […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on January 24, council voted in favour of two resolutions allocating up to $10,500 from the tourism budget to pay for episodes of two different tourism shows produced by TVA Sports. MRC accountant Annie Vaillancourt explained that they were approached by TVA Sports to produce two episodes […]

Following a French-language interview with CHIP 101.9 Director François Carrier, Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel also answered some questions in English, discussing the recent decision to greenlight the NSDF project at Chalk River Laboratories and also her plans for 2024. She said that while she is not an expert on nuclear safety, she was disappointed that […]

Regional sports and recreation body Loisir Sport Outaouais is launching a new initiative to offer sporting equipment sharing across the region, with locations in the Pontiac as well. Sylviana Geoffray, a development officer with LSO, explained that Project Circonflex, as the program is known, is meant to offer equipment like cross-country skis and snowshoes to […]

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced yesterday (January 9) their decision to modify the operating license of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) site at Chalk River to allow for the construction of a “near surface disposal facility” (NSDF). The NSDF project has been in the works for years, with CNL having initiated the environmental assessment […]

After 11 days of strikes and weeks of intensive negotiations, the Front Commun, a coalition of Quebec public service unions has published some details of the proposed agreement in principle which will be submitted to members during the tour of general assemblies taking place from mid-January until February. On its website, the Front Commun invites […]

This start of 2024 is giving rise to a rare, even unprecedented situation in the Pontiac. This is the case for farmers who, some, have proceeded to cut part of their fields at this time of the year given the length of the hay and the mild temperature. One of the farmers in question is […]

Pontiac Community Radio (CHIP 101.9) held its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday, December 20. The president of CHIP’s board of directors, Diane Grenier, highlighted the brilliant performance of the radio staff, particularly in the area of local information. “Radio is the reference in the field of information in Pontiac, both on the air and on […]