Society

Two adventurers from the City of Québec are passing through the MRC Pontiac. Pierre Pépin and Jennifer Gosselin are travelling through Canada and the United States by canoe. They are in their 4th year of adventuring. Elizabeth Séguin met with them to discuss their experiences. Clip – Pierre Pépin et Jennifer Gosselin The full interview […]

There is a lack of trustworthiness for the safety of people in the Pontiac according to the MRC Pontiac who said this in a press release issued yesterday following the outage of telephone, Internet and television services on Tuesday in the MRC Pontiac. This is the 5th large outage in nine years, despite pressure by […]

An announcement was made by the MNA for Pontiac André Fortin, this morning, stating that $ 505,893 will be invested by the Government of Quebec to rebuild the north-south axis on chemin du Bois-Franc. Member of National Assembly for Pontiac André Fortin explains where the funding comes from: Clip – André Fortin The Mayor of […]

From September 1 to 4, police officers of the Sûreté du Québec carried out numerous operations to ensure the safety of off everyone on the roadways in all regions of Québec during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Despite awareness-raising campaigns, prior to this long weekend, police officers reported over 5,000 violations of the Highway Safety […]

The Pontiac Community Development Corporation, known as the CDC Pontiac, has recently launched a new website, allowing members of the organization to be better informed, equipped and to network. From the CDC Pontiac Michel Vallières says that new site is in place to better reflect the Pontiac: Clip Michel Vallières The site is http://www.cdcpontiac.org/ The […]

The Sphinx mining company, which owns the rights to Calumet South and Grand Palladium projects in the Pontiac region, held its annual general meeting on Grand-Calumet Island yesterday. As a result of this meeting, the company visited the work that has been carried out over the past few months. Sphinx Resources President Normand Champigny says […]

Pierre Fréchette, former mayor of Grand-Calumet Island, who announced his intention to run for Warden, gave an interview to CHIP 101, 9. During his conversation, Pierre Fréchette explained his motivations to get involved again in municipal politics: Clip – Pierre Fréchette The full English interview with Pierre Fréchette, candidate for Warden, is available here.

Mansfield native, Jérémie Baril, who works as a paramedic in Gatineau had the surprise of a lifetime when he went to a residence in Aylmer where he had to deliver a baby. The delivery took place in the private residence and was fortunately without complication. An article published in the newspaper Le Droit tells of […]

An exclusive CAA-Quebec survey on vacation intentions confirms that Quebecers will go further and longer this summer. It seems that Quebecers are gradually regaining a taste for adventure. Annie Gauthier from CAA-Quebec says that less and less Quebecers are taking one week vacations opting for 2 to 3 week stints off work: Clip – Annie […]