Health

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help the family of Renée Gagnon, a former employee of the Centre de services scolaires des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais who died suddenly on January 3, 2023 at the age of 31. In the description of the campaign, the organizers noted that Gagnon suffered from chronic pancreatitis for the past six […]

Some pharmacies have started offering molecular tests screening for streptococcus A, influenza and COVID. In the following interview, the Owner of the Familiprix Marc Aufranc Pharmacy in Shawville, Marc Aufranc, talks about the reason for purchasing the machine, how it works, and the related costs.  

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais has officially announced the Outaouais region’s 2023 first baby of the year. Èva-Rose Vachon, was born at 1:23 a.m. New Year’s day, she weighs 5.6 pounds (2.27 kg) and the CISSS de l’Outaouais says both the mother and child are in great shape. […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais and the Coopérative des paramédics de l’Outaouais (CPO) announced last week that they are working together to provide a wide range of services to better meet the needs of Outaouais residents. According to their news release, this cooperation should have impacts in the […]

The group La Voix du Pontiac – Pontiac voice, reacted to the CLSC in Mansfield having to temporarily close its emergency room from Thursday, December 29, 2022 from 7 a.m. to December 30, 2022 at 9 a.m. In a news release issued an hour after the CISSS de l’Outaouais made the announcement, the spokesperson for […]

The CLSC in Mansfield-et-Pontefract (Fort-Coulonge) will be temporarily shutting down it’s emergency room on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 7 a.m. until Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9 a.m. In a news release, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais said “This forced service interruption is cause by a lack […]

Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Naomie Lusignan was nominated to the category of National Female Athlete of the Year at the Gala Excellence sportive Outaouais 2022. The announcement was made just hours after her older brother Xavier was nominated in the male category at the same gala. This past year, Naomie won the gold in the Canadian Junior […]

By next year, there will be a new dentist handling things at the Centre Dentaire du Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay, as Drs. Marie-Josée Lupien and Marc Chretien are stepping away from their practice and into retirement after serving the community for decades. Dr. Lupien, originally from Montreal, said that she and Chretien opened the practice […]

Regional health authority CISSSO announced last week the directors of the different local service networks (RLS) within the Outaouais. Locally, Nicole Boucher-Larivière was named the head of the Pontiac network and Frédéric Parizeau will lead the network in RLS des Collines, both starting January 30. RLS Pontiac : Nicole Boucher-Larivière Ms. Boucher-Larivière has 20 years […]

La Maison des Collines, which defines itself as a center of excellence in palliative care. where patients and their families are accompanied by a team of expert professionals through each stage in their end-of-life process, cannot offer their usual services, given the lack of staff. The Board Chair of the Maison des Collines, Amanda Mayer, […]