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Citizens who would like to ask a question of public officials at the next MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on February 16 can now submit them through the MRC’s website. The deadline to submit is February 15 at noon. According to the website, the limit is one question per resident per meeting.

The Federation of Quebec Municipalities (FQM) is asking for high-speed internet to quickly be rolled out across the province. “This is the main request submitted by the FQM to the Minister of Finance of Quebec, Mr. Éric Girard, during a pre-budget consultation meeting held a little earlier today,” the FQM stated in a press release […]

The Quebec government presented their deconfinement plan for the coming weeks at a news conference yesterday (February 8) afternoon. These announcements were welcome news to the organizers of the Fort-Coulonge-Mansfield Country Festival, Phil Denault and Carole Faubert, who had to cancel the popular annual event for the past two years. “With today’s announcements, we can […]

Pontiac MNA André Fortin has filed an online petition to prevent provincial forest firefighting service SOPFEU from moving management staff from its base in Maniwaki to Val-d’Or. “Well, first of all … there are a lot of people in the Pontiac who work at SOPFEU, who have been working at SOPFEU for years,” he said […]

Réseau.Presse, better know as l’Association de la presse francophone (APF), representing French-Canadian news media outside of Québec is satisfied with the recent statement made by the Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez, on the Government of Canada’s intent to adopt new legislation, similar to Australia, aimed at restricting tech giants in the country. Réseau.Presse thanked minister Rodriguez […]

Quebec’s forest firefighting agency SOPFEU has announced the appointment of Daniel Cantin as Chairman of its Board of Directors. “This appointment is of a particular nature since it is the first time that the presidency of the Board has been entrusted to a former employee of the organization. Cantin worked at SOPFEU from 1986 to […]

With the easing of public health restrictions, the cinema nights in Fort Coulonge organized by the cultural organization Phare Ouest are starting back up. The next screening will be Tuesday, February 15 featuring the film Bootlegger. As organizer Louis Harvey explained, spaces will be limited to 30 and it is advised to book with Café […]

L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet’s municipal council recently adopted their 2022 budget and Mayor Jean-Louis Corriveau spoke about the priorities for the first year of his term. “In 2022, the taxable roll of the assessment roll went up by $109,000,517. We’re talking a little more than a million dollars in taxable value,” he said (tr.). “This year, as I […]

The candidate for the Conservative Party in the most recent election, Michel Gauthier, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about the future of the party. Conservative MPs voted to remove Erin O’Toole as head of the party on February 2, roughly 18 months after he won the leadership. Manitoba MP Candice Bergen has assumed the position of […]

The Quebec Ministry of Transport would like to inform residents that Bridge P-08574 in Waltham has reopened. The bridge lies on the Black River Road and has been closed since January 28, due to ice build-up on the river. The closure of the bridge provoked plenty of reactions from residents of the area.