Miscellaneous

Following the Canada Post strike, the Mansfield library decided to install a mailbox to help Santa Claus receive the letters that the children of Pontiac would like to send him. From the Mansfield Library, France Lavoie spoke about the project with CHIP 101.9 in a French-language interview: She also specified that the service is offered […]

Residents who will be alone during the holidays are invited to a Christmas buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Sunday December 15th organized by Jane Toller who mentioned she has been thinking about this idea for a while and hoped to be able to organize an event that would bring people together. Gaëtan Forgues’ musical […]

The Sûreté du Québec is asking the public’s help in searching for Torri Ride, 50, of Bristol. She was last seen on April 19 in Bristol and her loved ones have reason to fear for her health and safety. Description of Torri Ride: Height: 1.78m (5’10”) Weight: 73 kg (160 lb) Hair: Blond Eyes: Brown […]

Le ministère de l’Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l’Alimentation (MAPAQ), in collaboration with the Abattoir des viandes du Pontiac, is warning the public not to consume ruminant stomachs that were sold recently, as they are unfit for human consumption. The warning covers all of these products sold up until March 15, 2024. The product is […]

The weather system that passed through Quebec on the evening of February 28 left numerous Hydro Quebec customers without power throughout the Outaouais, but the vast majority in MRC Pontiac have had their electricity restored as of noon on February 29. According to Hydro Quebec’s website, by the early afternoon there were 11 interruptions resulting […]

A man was arrested in the Municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims January 25 in connection with events that occurred Tuesday, January 23. According to the Sûreté du Québec, around 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, officers from the MRC Pontiac station were called to a home in the isolated municipality. A woman had suffered significant injuries after a 43-year-old man […]

Updated: 7:22 a.m., Monday, January 22 The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirmed at 7:13 this morning that 14-year-old Kyrick Sullivan from L’Isle-aux-Allumettes was found. In a notice that was published yesterday, the SQ indicated that Kyrick was last seen in Pembroke, Ontario, around 10 a.m. on January 21. The SQ asked the public for help […]

Preliminary poceedings in the case of Emily Rumleskie, accused of dangerous driving and impaired driving in the accident that took the life of Sylvain Bégin in September 2020, are scheduled to conclude  at the end of February. However, Rumleskie has already been behind bars for several months due to not respecting the conditions of her […]

An elderly Pontiac man was sentenced to 78 months in prison at the Campbell’s Bay Courthouse on January 9 for sex offences against a child. A publication ban is in effect for this case, meaning that certain identifying details are not made public in order to protect the privacy of the victim. The Crown prosecutor […]

The Sûreté du Québec issued a statement yesterday announcing that they had seized guns and drugs in a raid in Mansfield on January 10. Members of the MRC Pontiac station under coordination of the Ouaouais Level One Drugs force were tipped off by a member of the public, which led to a raid on a […]