Society

Two job offers were posted for the positions director general and deputy director general on Ile-du-Grand-Calumet in Le Droit newspaper on Wednesday April 18. Both jobs are full-time for a 40 hours’ work week. Interested people have until April 26 at 3:30 pm to apply. To look up the job offers, simply visit the website […]

The Pontiac Vocational Training Center (CFP Pontiac) is accepting enrollment for the culinary course know for the success in terms of students finding jobs. The details will be known in the coming weeks and the course should take place once again at the parish hall in Fort-Coulonge. On that note, the CFP Pontiac is still […]

Yesterday was Valentine’s Day, a day that celebrates love. L’EntourElle, which offers services to teenage girls and women who live or have lived in an abusive relationship, took advantage of the holiday to put out some statistics about spousal abuse. According to 2015 Québec public security statistics, all police services in Quebec recorded nearly 20,000 […]

According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, the MRC Pontiac and its partners in the area are about to develop a new network of snowmobile and quad trails for the MRC Pontiac to improve travel between municipalities . CHIP 101.9 confirmed that the PPJ bike path would not be part of this expansion but several […]

The Municipality of Pontiac posted findings of the results of the 2016 census statistics In a Facebook post. Among other things, the census revealed that 57% of residents have French as their mother tongue, that 970 residents work in Ontario, 320 residents get to the office before 6am and that the average commute between home […]

The Coalition Avenir Québec has criticized the solution proposed by the Couillard government, concerning the parity of school taxes in the Outaouais. CAQ Education Critic Jean-François Roberge says that those in the Outaouais will end up paying 23% more in school taxes: He said that residents of the Outaouais will pay more than the rest […]

On February 21, the organization Phare Ouest will hold a special “animation” evening, as part of film screenings in the Pontiac. During this evening, the animated films by students from Sieur-de-Coulonge High School will be presented, followed by two short professional films, made with a grant from the National Film Board. From Phare Ouest, Louis […]

In an article in the Journal de Montréal last weekend, the Montreal daily paper published the ranking of school boards in Quebec according to a performance index. The worst ranked school board, the school boards of Sorel-Tracy, second worst goes to Samares, in the Lanaudière, and the third worst performing school board is that of […]

Le Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux is now implementing extra measures to deal with the high traffic in its facilities. During recent weeks, the flu, particularly rampant this winter, has put additional pressure on health care staff, who are already being stretched. As a result, overtime has increased and staff are struggling […]

As part of the Francofête 2018, Impératif français launches two new competitions on the social media platforms of Snapchat and Twitter. The contest is open to of all ages, aims to promote French through modern technologies. The Impératif français president, Jean-Paul Perreault, explains how to participate on Snapchat. Interested persons have until March 15 to […]