Education

Local non-profit organization the Jardin éducatif du Pontiac will be hosting their annual barbecue on Tuesday August 5, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Director Martin Riopel spoke with CHIP 101.9 about the this year’s event:

The Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Services Centre has announced that its council appointed Nadine Carpentier as Director General at its meeting on June 25. Carpentier, who officially began work on June 30, 2025, spoke to CHIP 101.9 about her appointment: Carpentier has been serving as interim Director General since November 2024 following the retirement of Denis Rossignol. […]

On Thursday morning (June 26), the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac held their annual general meeting at their office in Campbell’s Bay. The non-profit organization provides a wide variety of employment and educational resources for people aged 16-65, from hosting job fairs and workshops to providing work experience through their Sortir du Bois program. In French, […]

The Western Quebec School Board announced earlier today that they will be cancelling classes, daycare and transportation services across most of their jurisdiction on Monday (June 23) due to expected high temperatures. “Environment Canada is projecting temperatures exceeding 33°C, with humidex values likely to reach or surpass 40°C, which meets the threshold for a heat […]

Two more nursing students looking to practice in the Pontiac received funding for their schooling on March 3. Annie-Claude Durocher and Jessica Jewell were the two newest recipients of the MacLachlan Family Bursary which grants up to $5,000 each per year for nursing students, with the stipulation that they must work in the Pontiac for […]

Local non-profit group Connexions Resource Centre will be hosting a free networking event on the morning of Saturday February 8 to help connect Pontiacers to the numerous health and social services available in the area. The event will take place from 9 a.m. to noon at Pontiac High School in Shawville (455 rue Maple). Shelly […]

With Quebec’s fall economic update scheduled for November 21, an umbrella group representing autonomous community organizations in the Outaouais region is calling for an increase in their funding from the province. Daniel Cayley-D’Aoust, the Director general of the Table régionale des organismes communautaires autonomes de l’Outaouais (TROCAO), explained that they represent a diverse group of […]

On Thursday (October 3), two student firefighters from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge accepted the Coup de Coeur award on behalf of their class at the annual Forces Avenir gala in Quebec City. The awards recognize the achievements of students and teachers across the province. The pilot project at ESSC is the first of its kind in […]

On Friday, a sizable crowd gathered at the Jardin Educatif du Pontiac’s property along Hwy. 148 in Litchfield to mark the organization’s 35th anniversary with a barbeque and variety of family activities. Martin Riopel, the organization’s director since 2016, said that the non-profit has gone through many transformations over the past three decades and that […]

Just a few months after it was announced, the MacLachlan family bursary‘s first recipients met on June 11 to celebrate the contribution to local nursing students. The $100,000 fund, administered by the Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation, will go towards four bursaries of up to $5,000 each per year, with the stipulation that the student must […]