NEWS

A 39-year-old man from the Chapeau sector of the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes was arrested on Thursday, January 16th, as part of a larger collaborative police operation between the Sûreté du Québec, the Service de Police de la Ville de Gatineau and the Ottawa police drug unit, during which they seize four firearms, a variety of […]

The Pontiac Comets lost their first in 10 games, 4-3 on Saturday. Stéphane Paré scored a goal and goaltender Danick Boisvert stopped 33 of the 37 shots to earned the second star of the game. The next Comets game will take place in Mont-Laurier against the Montagnards this Saturday.

The Sûreté du Québec issued the results of their Province wide Holiday Operation under the name ”Alcool ou drogue au volant, c’est criminel !” between November 28th, 2019 and January 2nd, 2020. During this time, in the Outaouais-Laurentides, the Sûreté arrested 56 impaired drivers, which compares to 82 in 2018, and registered 2 fatal collisions, […]

Pontiac residents are invited to respond to a consultation on forestry activities in the Outaouais, as part of the 2018-2023 integrated operational forest management plan (PAFIO), which focuses on new potential areas of intervention, roads and on other infrastructures to be built or improved on the territory. Caroline Bujold, the Communications Advisor for the Regional […]

The 2020 Winter Festival in Bryson will be held over the weekend starting on Friday at 6p.m. at the Bryson RA, 670 rue Principal. Among the various activities throughout Friday and Saturday, the organizers say they are excited to unveil the new municipal skating rink. Shyloh Pasqua, one of the organizers of the event. Note […]

In February 2010, the MRC Pontiac published a local economic development plan under the name Vision Pontiac 2020. In an interview, Monday, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller talked about the 10-year-plan coming in to its final year. Among the topics of discussions according to Toller, establishing more local importance in the forest […]

After declaring that there was a lawsuit against the mayor of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet during the municipal council meeting Monday, councillor James Azola spoke to the CHIP 101.9 newsroom to clarify the statement in a short conversation. As released by CHIP 101.9, Tuesday, this is not a lawsuit, but a complaint filed against the mayor of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet […]

The Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac met for the first time in 2020, Wednesday, in Campbell’s Bay. Among the files of importance was the Mayors notable support for the Festi-Pont project, planned for 2021 on the occasion of the reopening of the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge (Red bridge), an event which will be organized […]

Pontiac residents are invited to participate in a telephone survey aimed at documenting the consequences of the 2019 floods regarding the health of residents. Those who participate will be asked to respond to a questionnaire lasting approximately 20 minutes. The survey aims to interview people who have been flooded, people with connections to the floods […]

The “Route des explorateurs” is a tourism trail for European travelers that was launched in in 2016, but most significantly announced last fall. The “Route des explorateurs” covers the Laurentians, Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Outaouais, with stops at various locations, including some in the Pontiac. The director of business events and development for Outaouais Tourism, André Groulx, […]