NEWS

A shop belonging to Fort-Coulonge company Construction Dany Ladouceur went up in smoke early Saturday (November 30), with the building and much of the equipment in it a total loss. Owner Dany Ladouceur, himself a member of the Fort-Coulonge Fire Department, said that they got the call at around 2:30 a.m. Saturday and the building, […]

Since 2019, a group of people has come together to offer the Outaouais region its first palliative care home for children and their families, in a place that will be called Maison Papillon. A project is expected to come to fruition in 2025 in Cantley to offer this type of service in French, in Quebec. […]

Following the news last week that the Commonwealth Plywood mill in Rapides-des-Joachims would be closing on December 19 for an indefinite period, laying off 23 workers in the process, a representative of the company has responded with a detailed list of reasons for the closure. In an email, Joël Quévillon, the company’s vice-president of forestry […]

The results of several community archeology projects that took place over the past two years in the Chats Falls area were celebrated in a presentation in Quyon on Friday morning (November 29). Called Archéo-Pontiac, the project was a collaboration between local historical group Friends of Chats Falls and a cooperative of archeologists, supported by several […]

In anticipation of the 2025 season, the Forest Fire Protection Society (SOPFEU) is officially launching its annual recruitment campaign for forest firefighters. To mark the occasion, the organization will hold a public information session on Tuesday, December 4th at 7 p.m., broadcast via its Facebook page. On this occasion, representatives from SOPFEU will present the […]

The Quebec Foundation for Young Offenders (FQJC), also known as the Second Chance Foundation, is launching its new fundraising campaign, an initiative to support young people who have made mistakes in their social reintegration. Thanks to this fundraising campaign, the FQJC hopes to mobilize the community to help these young people in their rehabilitation and […]

As its largest annual fundraiser approaches on December 5, local food bank Bouffe Pontiac is dealing with a heavier demand and larger expenses than in years previous. Bouffe’s Director Kim Laroche explained that while demand was a tricky thing to quantify, the amount of clients that they serve had spiked in the last few years, […]

The Commonwealth Plywood mill in Rapides-des-Joachims will be closing for an indefinite period, starting in mid-December, laying off 23 workers in the process. The mill had been out of operation for more than a decade, but was reopened in late 2022/early 2023. CHIP 101.9 has contacted Commonwealth for comment on the situation, but they did […]

The experts at Protégez-vous have looked into the best board games of the year. They tested no fewer than 193 board games, including 30 new releases this year. Board games for teenagers and adults, but also for the whole family, and of all types. In the interview, she mentioned that eight of the thirty new […]

The Agro-Food Table of Outaouais announces the return of the most popular Christmas market in Outaouais, the LPG Christmas Market, 100% Croquez l’Outaouais, which is back in force for its 7th edition. Until December 24, it will be possible to discover the 13 merchants of the region, including a few from Pontiac, and their products […]