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The organismes communautaires autonomes de l’Outaouais, or the autonomous community organizations in the Outaouais, which has many members in the Pontiac, is preparing to take action with a number of protests across the region between February 21-24, the outaouais region is merely one among many across Québec. In the Outaouais, a march and six picketing […]

Like other municipalities throughout the Pontiac region, Chichester’s council recently passed their 2022 budget. Mayor Donald Gagnon said that after recieving new assessments, they decided to drop the mill rate to 70 cents per $100 evaluation from 76. He said that similar to other municipalities such as Fort-Coulonge, some evaluations had to be corrected. Gagnon […]

A resolution was adopted at the most recent MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on February 16 concerning the Lafontaine Islands Park and the establishing of a committee. It was resolved that the committee will be charged with analyzing the feasibility of the project. Warden Jane Toller revealed during the meeting that representatives of the […]

The Minister responsible for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, along with Gatineau MNA Robert Bussière, said that they are pleased with the announcement by the Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, of his intention to set aside four additional territories in the Outaouais region with the intention of enlarging the region’s biodiversity reserves. As a result, […]

On January 25th 2022, the new Musée régional de l’Outaouais (MRO) held a founding assembly. The Museum could potentially set up satellites across the region, with one roumered to be coming to the Maison culturelle George Bryson. Supported by Réseau du patrimoine de Gatineau and l’Outaouais, the project made huge steps in 2021, establishing itself […]

The Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) foundation announced an important new financial contribution for the development of Cooperatives in the Outaouais. The new support comes under the foundation’s major financial campaign: Voir Grand Ensemble. The organization chose to donate $25,000 to create a scholarship fund for UQO graduate students to support their research on […]

The Gatineau Chamber of Commerces (CCG) and the Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO) are encouraging Outaouais businesses to start making the transitions towards implementing circular economy methods. A circular economy is a model of production and consumption, which involves sharing, leasing, reusing, repairing, refurbishing and recycling existing materials and […]

The Municipality of Pontiac has adopted its 2022 budget. Speaking to CHIP 101.9, Mayor Roger Larose said that the budget was a difficult one because they were without a director of public works as well as a director of finance. He added that they had hired a human resources firm to help them fill the […]

The Parc des Chutes Coulonge looking for hire new people to fill a summer job. The Director General of the Chute, André Puch. says they have positions to fill in reception, in park maintenance as well as jobs related to ziplining. “That’s right, our season officially quicks off in April. So, we won’t just be […]

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel published Facebook videos in both official languages yesterday concerning the government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act. “The situation here in Gatineau, Ottawa, but across Canada is serious, and it’s not just in Canada,” she begins. “What worries me is around the world our democracies are under threat, and we may […]