Environment

Ticket sales are now open for the Sommet Climat Outaouais, which will take place on October 17 in Gatineau. Organizers hope the event will serve as a turning point for regional mobilization, sparking major projects, bold ideas, and new collaborations to accelerate the climate transition in the Outaouais. The program will feature plenary sessions with […]

Recent weather conditions have allowed for the lifting of the ban on open-air fires. Campfires, outdoor fireplaces, and fireworks are now permitted. However, several municipalities are urging residents to remain cautious. In Mansfield-et-Pontefract, for example, municipal officials emphasized that conditions throughout the summer have required constant vigilance. They also advised that anyone uncertain about current […]

Residents across the Pontiac are being reminded to exercise caution and respect open-air fire bans currently in effect in most municipalities. In Fort-Coulonge, firefighters have had to respond on several occasions due to citizens ignoring the rules. In a Facebook post, the Fort-Coulonge Fire Department reported receiving multiple calls. “This morning, the fire department received […]

The Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract has announced that the road leading to Lac Dépôt will be completely closed on Tuesday, August 5th, until 3 p.m. This closure is necessary to allow crews to carry out emergency work on a culvert located approximately 1 km from Lac Dépôt. The Public Works Department of the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract […]

The fire season in the Quebec region is quiet compared to the Canadian Prairies; July recorded the fewest fires in a decade, roughly four times lower than usual. In intensive protection zones (IPZs), SOPFEU documented 18 fires that affected 2 hectares (ha) of forest over the last month. The average for the previous 10 years […]

Still on the subject of water consumption, the Municipality of Fort-Coulonge has asked the public for their cooperation in preserving drinking water. As indicated in a Quebec government advertising campaign, the Municipality of Fort-Coulonge is asking the public not to water their lawns during the middle of the day to avoid evaporation and unnecessary waste. […]

Thursday evening’s (July 24) heavy rain and wind have downed trees and left thousands without power in the Pontiac region. The hardest hit areas are the southern municipalities of Shawville, Portage-du-Fort, Bristol and Municipality of Pontiac, with a total of around 5,000 addresses with no electricity, according to Hydro-Quebec’s website. The estimated times for power […]

This past spring, some erosion along river bank at the new halte by the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge in Mansfield-et-Pontefract gave the municipality a scare. A block of ice cut into part of the site’s terrain, damaging the trail that had been installed at the tourist stop. However, the municipality’s public works employees responded quickly, as Mansfield […]

MRC Pontiac announced earlier today that there will be a special sitting of MRC Pontiac council on Thursday July 10. The meeting will take place in the Elsie Gibbons Room at 6:30 p.m. The only item on the agenda is “Calls for tenders – recyclable materials”.  

Like spring, June proved to be a quiet month for Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU, with a third of the average number of fires for this time of year. Over the past month, the organization recorded 33 fires affecting 25.5 hectares of forest in the Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ), compared with a ten-year average […]