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After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Shawville Lions Country Jamboree is returning to the Armstrong Heritage Farm for the 19th year this Thursday evening. Lions President Ed Walsh explained that they had a full lineup of local acts who are well-known in the Ottawa Valley, as well as a few performers from further […]

More than 150 vehicles gathered in the small village of Rapides-des-Joachims this past Saturday (July 9) for the Downtown Life Committee’s fifth car show. According to organizer and committee President Paul André Paquette, close to 400 people visited the community, which has a year-round population of less than 200. Gearheads came from all over the […]

Last evening (July 7), the MRC Pontiac council of mayors met for a special meeting at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, with the sole item on the agenda being listed as “Human resources files”. The public part of the meeting, which was scheduled for 6:30 p.m., was preceded by an in-camera (private) discussion by […]

On Saturday, July 9, the fifth annual car show will take place in the remote hamlet of Rapides-des-Joachims. The event is put on by the Downtown Life Committee and there will be free family-friendly activities from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Registration for the show is free (though donations are accepted) and will take place […]

Last month, Quebec’s provincial forest fire fighting agency SOPFEU recorded the fewest number of fires since they started collecting uniform statistics in 1984. Only ten fires were recorded across the province’s southern protection zone in June, affecting just 0.1 hectares of land. For the past 10 years, the average number of fires recorded in June […]

Residents of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet interested in sitting on council have until Friday (July 8) to apply for the seat four post, which has been vacated by Alice Meilleur-Pieschke. Advance polls will take place on July 31, and election day is August 8. The municipal hall is open from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to […]

The three members of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) in the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, Mathieu Lévesque and Robert Bussière, held a press conference last week regarding their party’s record over the past four years. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Bussière, the deputy for the riding of Gatineau, highlighted the accomplishments of his party, including […]

This Saturday, the waters of the Upper Pontiac will be filled with vessels participating in the 36th Annual Chapeau Lions Fishing Tournament. This is the first tournament that’s been held since the start of the pandemic, and it’s one of the club’s biggest fundraisers, along with the duck race typically held in August. Founding member […]

Residents of the Pontiac may have been surprised that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating Station in Portage-du-Fort was unexpectedly blocked last night (July 4). While Ontario Power Generation had announced overnight closures (between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m.) on July 5 and 6, the interruptions on the fourth were unannounced. The bridge has […]

MRC des Collines Police have identified the man that was killed in a 3-vehicle collision Monday morning on Hwy. 148 in Luskville. The deceased is 57-year-old Daniel Pilon. Police say that he was from Rawdon Quebec, but was living in Ottawa for an unknown amount of time. Sgt. Dominic Robitaille said that investigators are seeking […]