NEWS

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on Wednesday evening (September 18), two resolutions were passed regarding the working conditions of the unionized employees at the MRC office. The resolutions approved a pilot project for two changes that were requested by the union during negotiations with the MRC, one that would allow employees flexibility […]

The new and former organizers of the Pontiac Terry Fox run were recognized at MRC Pontiac’s monthly public meeting on Wednesday night (September 18). John Petty and Rick Valin, have been organizing the local run for more than 40 years, before stepping back in 2022. Warden Jane Toller presented the pair with Pontiac Paddles of […]

The Ontario Provincial Police are searching for a 30-year-old woman in the Ottawa River near l’Isle-aux-Allumettes after a kayak capsized Tuesday night. According to a statement by the OPP, two people were paddling in a tandem kayak near the interprovincial bridge linking l’Isle-aux-Allumettes and Ontario when their vessel capsized. A 34 year-old man was rescued […]

On Tuesday (September 17), Emily-Ann Rumleskie pleaded guilty to cannabis-impaired driving resulting in the death of Sylvain Bégin in September 2020. The case had initially been scheduled for a judge and jury trial in November of this year. The collision that claimed Bégin’s life took place on the evening of September 19, 2020, at the […]

Following the announcement earlier this summer that the Pontiac Senior Comets would be returning to the ice this season, the team recently signed a new head coach, Luc Danis of Bryson. Originally from Chelsea, Danis has experience playing junior and senior hockey, as well as coaching Midget AA in Hull and house league in Fort-Coulonge. […]

The Pontiac Terry Fox Run returned once more on Sunday afternoon with new organizers at the helm, following a year-long hiatus. New organizers Carolann Barton and Jennifer Mielke explained that they decided to take up the torch after the local run’s original organizers, John Petty and Rick Valin, announced they were stepping back in 2022. […]

The Sûreté du Québec announced in a press release that they had nabbed two Pontiac men for impaired driving in separate incidents over the weekend. The first took place at around 7 p.m. on Saturday (September 14) on chemin Picanoc in Otter Lake, where officers were called to a collision involving an off-road vehicle. The […]

On Wednesday (September 11) MRC Pontiac unveiled the latest painting to grace the walls of the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, as part of its regional gallery. Michèle Parent, who paints under the name AimPée, has been a resident of Fort-Coulonge for the last two years after moving from Chateauguay. She said that she studied […]

Following Saturday’s news that the provincial government had equalized the bonuses for medical imagery technicians in the Outaouais, regional health authority CISSSO is reporting that only one  tech out of four has followed through on their application to work in the city. This leaves the Pontiac Hospital with five out of eight full-time positions filled, […]

On Tuesday evening (September 10), MRC Pontiac staff hosted the final public consultation on their 5-year agricultural plan, known as the PDZA, at the new Chapeau Farmers’ Market building on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. The event was the culmination of several previous consultations with the local farming community. The MRC’s economic development commissioner for agriculture, Shanna Armstrong, explained […]