NEWS

A new vineyard was christened on the Sixth Line in Bristol this past Thursday (June 29), with a “cinq à sept” attended by local officials and fellow vine growers. Cynthia Case, who co-owns “Le Domaine de la Belle & le Gentleman” with her husband Frédéric Gagnon, explained that they currently harvest organic vegetables on their […]

Last week, MRC Pontiac issued a call for projects under component 4 of the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR). The funding is administered by the MRC through an agreement with the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (MAMH), and this round has around $2 million available for projects that promote “economic vitalization” in the […]

On Thursday morning (June 29), local food bank Bouffe Pontiac held their annual general meeting in Campbell’s Bay. Director Kim Laroche said that their revenue over the past year was boosted by a grant increase from regional health authority CISSSO, however, they also saw a large increase in both food price and food bank users over […]

The MRC Pontiac’s public safety committee (CSP) has put together a list of new draft bylaws that were issued to local municipalities in a resolution approved at the last council of mayors meeting on June 21. The committee, made up of several mayors as well as police representatives, proposes county-wide bylaws in order to ease […]

This morning (June 28) Pontiac MNA André Fortin announced that he would not be seeking the leadership of Quebec’s Liberal Party. “Tough decision, but I will not be running for the leadership of the Liberal Party of Québec,” he wrote in a statement on social media. “Tough, because I sincerely believe that my party needs […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on June 21, Warden Jane Toller announced during the section normally allocated to electronically submitted questions that they would no longer be accepting public questions this way going forward. “Because COVID is fortunately not with us, the e-questions, we’re encouraging people to come to speak to us, […]

At the last MRC Pontiac council meeting on June 21, Fire and Public Safety coordinator Julien Gagnon presented a resolution to contract out fire inspections of buildings on the territory deemed “high-risk”. Structures that are commercial, house hazardous materials or host large gatherings of people are deemed higher risk  and need to be inspected by […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting last Wednesday (June 21), Fire and Public Safety coordinator Julien Gagnon presented a revised resolution to be sent to the Ministry of Transport, asking for a speed reduction on a section of Hwy. 148 in Waltham.  At the last MRC council meeting in May, the mayors sent […]

The second annual Pontiac Pride Festival was postponed earlier this month due to health concerns related to forest fire smoke in the area, but has been rescheduled to September 10 at Esprit Rafting in Davidson. Erica Ouimet, a member of the Fierté Pontiac Pride committee, explained that with the event originally planned for Saturday June […]

The labour dispute between local school bus drivers and the bus line Autobus Lasalle is now officially over, as a majority of drivers voted this morning (June 26) in favour of a new collective agreement. Denis Ouellette, a regional rep with Teamsters Local 106, the union representing 96 Autobus Lasalle drivers in the Pontiac area, […]