NEWS

The municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract recently unveiled its priorities for 2020. Mayor Gilles Dionne and his council say that in terms of economic development, the current situation of the forest industry has created the opportunity to try and materialize the re-launch of the Davidson Cogeneration plant. Note that in 2020, the municipality also wants to improve […]

The revenues of the municipality of Mansfield have been affected for the coming year due to the floods in 2019. However, the municipality of Mansfield is fortunate to have several possibilities to relocate residents on its territory. The losses should therefore be amortized with future development projects. Just like everywhere across the MRC Pontiac, the […]

For the second year in a row, the Ski at School program is organizing a delegation of high school students who will travel from the Pontiac, cross-country skiing, to the House of Commons in Ottawa. According to the coordinator of the program, Guillaume Lavoie-Harvey, a documentary on last year’s expedition will be presented at the […]

The Pontiac Comets game was postponed over the weekend due to the road conditions. The league made the decision to cancel all games that were set to take place on Saturday. The next Comets game will take place on Saturday in Fort-Coulonge. The Comets will host the Mont-Laurier Montagnards for the occasion.

Last week, the Maisons des Jeunes du Pontiac received financial support from Evolugen, formally Brookfield Power, to the sum of $20,000. According to Stéphane Durocher of the Maisons des Jeunes, they are thankfull to have been chosen. The Maison des Jeunes will use the donation to train and hire workers, to maintain student retention activities, […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de service sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais issued a press release around 10 a.m. this morning, explaining that a surgeon in the region was made available for the weekend, which allows the interruption of service in general surgery at the Pontiac hospital to be lifted starting today (Friday, January 10th) […]

BUDGET – The municipality of Waltham adopted its 2020 budget at its December meeting, in which only the ”bare minimum” will be provided for the residents as a result of the 2017 and 2019 floods. According to the Mayor of Waltham, David Rochon, the municipality is unfortunately in a difficult financial situation waiting on government […]

The Mayor of the municipality of Waltham, David Rochon, confirmed in an interview that the municipality’s request for a speed reduction on highway 148 had been denied by the Ministère des Transports du Quebec (MTQ). Next Wednesday, a meeting will be held between the municipality and the MTQ to discuss this refusal. In July 2019, […]

The MNA for Pontiac and the official opposition critic for health at the National Assembly, André Fortin, is “struggling to understand” the agreement between the ministère de la Santé et des Services Sociaux (MSSS) and the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ), aimed at ensuring regional coverage in obstetrics and general surgery across the […]

In 2020 The MRC Pontiac should see the addition of two new employees (or internally hiring) in order to fill two positions of strategic importance at the MRC which could have impacts on everyone in the Pontiac. Two jobs that could also make a difference in vitality, economic growth and in the reputation of the […]