Education
Jardin Educatif du Pontiac seeking applications for summer program
The Jardin Éducatif du Pontiac is now seeking applications to their newly re-worked summer program for youth from across the region. The Jardin’s Director Martin Riopel explained that they changed the format of the program this year, where there will be a smaller group of participants who will be paid minimum wage to work in […]
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Parents in limbo as teacher strike drags on
While many children across the province returned to the classroom on December 15 following a one week strike by the Front Commun, parents at some French schools in the Municipality of Pontiac are still taking care of their kids at home. That’s because the teachers in their schools are represented by the Fédération autonome de […]
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ESSC student firefighters practice skills
The parking lot of École secondaire Sieur de Coulonge was filled with firetrucks on Monday evening (December 19), but nothing was burning. Instead, it was a training session for a new cohort of student firefighters conducted with the help of a couple of local departments. This is the second hands-on practice that the group has […]
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Front Commun unions begin week-long strike
Following the rejection of Wednesday’s new offer from the provincial government, hundreds of thousands of public sector workers across Quebec were back on the picket lines today (December 8) for a full week of strikes. The Front Commun, a coalition of unions representing more than 420,000 public employees in health and education, has already held […]
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Front Commun strike reaches third consecutive day, joined by other unions
Unionized public sector workers continued their historic strike today (November 23), with hundreds of thousands of education and health care workers taking to picket lines across the province. The Front Commun, a coalition of unions representing more than 420,000 members, was joined today by several other unions outside its umbrella, such as the FIQ, FAE […]
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Front Commun workers begin 3-day strike
Picket lines were plentiful throughout the Pontiac, as public sector workers in health, education and social services began a three-day strike this morning (November 21). Members of the Front Commun, a coalition of unions representing more than 400,000 public sector workers across the province held their first strike day on November 6, kicking off one of […]
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Front Commun strike: workers mobilize at picket lines throughout the Pontiac
Picket lines outside schools and health care facilities dotted the Pontiac this morning (November 6), as public sector workers took part in one of Quebec’s largest labour actions in recent history. Members of the Front Commun, a coalition of unions representing more than 400,000 public sector workers across the province, started their strike action as […]
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Students learning firefighting basics in new class at ESSC
Students at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge will now be able to select firefighting as one of their elective courses, due to a collaboration with MRC Pontiac and local fire departments. Over the course of two school years, students will be able to complete their Firefighter 1 course, which covers the basics of the trade and would […]
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Union boss visits Outaouais for World Teachers’ Day
The head of one of Quebec’s largest trade unions, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), was in the Outaouais yesterday (October 5) to mark International Teachers’ Day. CSQ President Éric Gingras was invited to Maniwaki by one of the group’s affiliated unions, the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (SPEHR-CSQ), which represents teachers […]
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Teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike mandate
Members of the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (SPEHR),the union representing teachers in the region’s French schools, voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action Monday (September 25). More than 100 of the 300 teachers represented by SPEHR voted 99.11% in favour of strike action at the meeting. Lyzanne Cuddihy, a teacher at Ecole […]
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