NEWS

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the December 16 meetings of the TNO Council and the Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac will be held virtually on ZOOM. In this context, residents of the Pontiac are invited to submit their questions electronically for the public question period. People are to submit questions for the […]

Following the articles published by CHIP 101.9 about the actions of Roger Fleury and the reaction of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council, the National Executive of the Green Party of Quebec (PVQ) issued a press release in order to dissociate and denounce the cultural and historical appropriation of one of its members, Roger Fleury, […]

The Centre de formation professionnelle (CFP) du Pontiac currently offers accounting and secretarial courses. The two training courses offered at the CFP located in Mansfield lead to well-paying jobs and good prospects in the future. The teacher from the CFP Pontiac, Liane Fortin, herself a graduate in this field, gave an overview of her career. […]

Following the appointment of Stéphane Bouchard as Director of l’École des Petits-Ponts, the Director General of the Centre de service scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO), Denis Rossignol, also proceeded to announce the position of deputy director. Anne-Marie Belleau who held the title of Assistant Director, was also officially appointed to this position. Ms. Belleau has a […]

The elected officials (Chantal Lamarche, Benoît Lauzon and Daniel Bourdon) who participated in the most recent year of the work of the Intervention cell on the vitality of the forest industry in the Outaouais and Laurentides regions have denounced the little progress achieved, despite the very laudable and necessary intentions of the ministers Pierre Dufour […]

A young woman from Fort-Coulonge, Sasha Kassis, is currently pursuing a career in the construction industry across the country, in British Columbia. Employed in a company specializing in the construction of houses located in isolated areas, Sasha Kassis began to document her experience in this field. She wishes to raise public awareness of women’s work […]

The Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council vigorously denounces the words of Roger Fleury who pretends to be a First Nation member when he is not in order to appropriate aboriginal rights. Fleury, who presents himself as “Chief of Pontiac Anishinaabek Fort de Coulonge Kichesipirini”, was inviting citizens to practice a “cultural hunt” from December 4 […]

The update of COVID-19 statistics by the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais reveal that there is now at least one case of COVID-19 in the municipality of Otter Lake. Like Campbell’s Bay, Fort-Coulonge, Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Mansfield and Shawville, the municipality of Otter lake has 5 cases or less. In the […]

In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the president of the Hautes-Rivières Teaching Staff Union (SPEHR), Daniel Boisjoli, gave more details on the vote of their members who spoke in favor of the strike in 95%. Daniel Boisjolis indicated that the mandate, including three days of strike, would not take place before the holidays, but could […]

The Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) has announced the appointment of Stéphane Bouchard as Director of the École des Petits Ponts. Mr. Bouchard already held this replacement position since July 2, 2019. Mr. Bouchard has been employed by the School service center since 2007. He made his debut as a teacher and then […]