NEWS

Environment Canada is warning of freezing rain in most of western Quebec, starting this afternoon. Accumulation could be as much as 2-4 millimeters, making for a potentially slippery ride home for commuters. Environment Canada invites the population to report severe weather to meteoQC@ec.gc.ca or tweet using the hashtag #meteoqc.

Like other regions in Quebec, the number of active COVID cases has been on the rise in the Outaouais over the past few weeks, hitting 261 active cases as of yesterday (December 14) according to data from the CISSSO. The number of active cases in the Pontiac RLS (an acronym for local service network), which […]

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel has been appointed to the the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. “Honoured to have been appointed on the Standing Committee on Finance after a prolific career in the field of taxation, including with the OECD. I am surrounded by brilliant members with different backgrounds who all have a desire […]

Last night (December 14), local men’s shelter AutonHomme teamed up with Langford’s Grocery to deliver nearly 300 free Christmas meals to the public. This is the third year that the two organizations have put on this event, and was by far their biggest ever, according to AutonHomme community worker Gabriel Lemaire. In addition to the […]

Strong winds hammered the Pontiac region along with the rest of western Quebec on Saturday night, felling trees and knocking out power lines, particularly in the region of Bristol, Clarendon, Otter Lake, Thorne and Alleyn-et-Cawood. More than 3,000 customers were still without power on Monday at 6:45 a.m., but that number dropped to 1,163 around […]

A fire tore through a farm building on chemin Aylmer in Bristol on Friday evening, leaving it a total loss. Bristol Fire Chief Kevin Kluke said that his department received the call for a structure fire at around 11:30 p.m. on December 10. They responded with 13 firefighters in four trucks and called for an […]

Yesterday afternoon (December 9), regional health authority CISSSO held a virtual press conference on the current state of COVID-19 and vaccination in the Outaouais. Dr. Brigitte Pinard, interim director of public health, said that they had confirmed two cases of the new omicron variant in the region, but both cases had been linked to travel. […]

At the end of November the Pontiac Federal NDP riding association elected a new president, Catherine Emond-Provencher. A statement published on the association’s social media on November 29 noted that outgoing president and two-time candidate Denise Giroux would be “planning to lend her voice to the activities and continued development of the NDP presence in […]

Local transportation collective TransporAction is looking for volunteers in several sectors of the Municipality of Pontiac, specifically Quyon, Luskville and Breckenridge. Interested persons can contact TransporAction at 819-648-2223, 1-887-648-2223 or by email at info@transporaction.com.

Local men’s shelter AutonHomme is once again teaming up with local dépanneur chain Langford’s to provide free Christmas dinners for Pontiacers. As community worker Gabriel Lemaire explained, this is the third year that they have provided this service to the area, and what started off as a way of giving back to residents of Campbell’s […]