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The Alliance of Professional and Technical Personnel in Health and Social Services (APTS) announced on Thursday, July 25, that 8 of the 12 imagery technicians from the Shawville, Wakefield and Maniwaki hospitals have obtained positions in the Gatineau Hospital and that their departure was scheduled for September 9. The APTS representative for the Outaouais region, […]

It has now been possible for more than two weeks to register for Minor Hockey for the municipality of Fort-Coulonge. This year, registrations are only online on their website.  The president of the Fort-Coulonge Minor Hockey Association, Paul Boisvert, gives us the registration costs for each category this year. Paul Boisvert: “It goes by category. […]

On July 26, MRC Pontiac issued a press release updating the public on the status of the abattoir in Shawville, which they purchased back in May. Shanna Armstrong, the MRC’s economic development commissioner for agriculture, explained that they were currently waiting on approval from the Ministry of Economy and Innovation to form a non-profit “solidarity […]

The new owners of Boutique Chausseurs Shawville Shoes on Main Street in Shawville held their grand opening on July 26. When the previous owner Jill McBane decided retire and put her shoe shop up for sale last year, husband and wife team Stephane and Michelle Landry decided to step up and enter the world of […]

A festival for herb-lovers in the region will be taking place from August 9 to 11 at La Fée des Bois Apothecary in Thorne. Owner Mariane Desjardins Roy explained that the event is a continuation of the Wakefield Herb Gathering that took place last year and will feature workshops, music and storytelling, based around the […]

The Sûreté du Québec is seeking the public’s help in identifying several thieves who purloined a truck from a business in Shawville last Thursday (July 18). At around 5:30 a.m. on July 18 three people arrived at a business on Hwy. 148 in a black Toyota Camry. Two men in their twenties wearing hoodies (photos […]

The SOS Outaouais coalition is inviting Outaouais residents to express their opinion on the region’s health system with the launch of an online survey earlier this month. Luc Cadieux, president of the Fondation Santé Gatineau (the organization leading the coalition) explained that the survey was both a way to increase the membership and public profile […]

Jane McGuire, a young woman originally from Fort-Coulonge was recently named to the uOttawa hockey team, the Gee-Gees. The winger is coming off a successful season with College Universel out of Gatineau, leading the North American Prep Hockey League in points. She said that its been a long-time goal of hers to join the university’s […]

On July 18, officials from MRC Pontiac met with representatives of the company Centre FilloGreen to sign a new contract for household waste collection and transport, beginning August 19 (Full text of the: contract, call for tenders and addenda). The company, based in Litchfield, was awarded the contract at the MRC Pontiac council meeting on […]

The official opening of the Shawville Lions Country Jamboree took place on Friday (July 19), with greetings from several local dignitaries including Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel, Warden Jane Toller, Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary and Clarendon Mayor Ed Walsh. The annual festival is in its 11th year with the Lions at the helm, and saw roughly […]