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Despite the early departure of snow this spring, it’s been a quiet start to the season according to Quebec’s forest fire fighting service SOPFEU. Melanie Morin, a communication and prevention specialist with SOPFEU,  explained that while it might be counterintuitive, spring is the period with the most forest fires in Quebec, typically human caused and […]

A Mansfield man is facing several charges after crashing a vehicle that subsequently caught fire early Monday morning. At around 3 a.m. on May 20 officers were called to chemin Trécarré in Mansfield after a vehicle had crashed in the ditch and caught fire.  According to Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Sgt. Marc Tessier, the vehicle […]

The Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract issued a statement on May 21 advising the public that there had been a “major breakdown” at the water station serving the area of rue Mgr Pilon. In a statement, the municipality asks that everyone in the area use as little water as possible and boil it before drinking. “Our employees […]

On May 14, local officials gathered at Brauwerk Hoffman Brewery in Campbell’s Bay to celebrate projects made possible through the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR) components 2 and 4, as well as launch a call for projects for this year’s component 2, which has $600,000 available for community development. Sabrina Ayers, a socio-economic development coordinator […]

On May 15, MRC Pontiac announced that they had purchased the Abattoir les Viandes du Pontiac in Shawville, after its assets went up for sale earlier this year. The MRC had previously announced in a special meeting on March 13 that they had put forward a bid of $1.6 millionto keep the operation running locally, […]

The MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on Wednesday (May 15) was well attended, with roughly fifty people filling the public seating and spilling out into the hall. One of the hot-button items on the agenda that night was a resolution brought forward by Litchfield council and presented by Litchfield Mayor Colleen Larivière, calling for […]

Earlier this month, the federal government announced an investment of more than $1.2 million for repairs and upgrades to the interprovincial bridge between the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims and Rolphton Ont. The crossing over the Ottawa River is the sole access point for the small island community, and construction is expected to begin on May […]

The agendas for the TNO and MRC monthly public meetings, scheduled for May 15 at 6:30 p.m., were released earlier today. The meeting will take place in the Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, but will also be streamed live to the MRC’s Facebook page. Of note is a resolution put […]

Pontiac MNA André Fortin is calling on the provincial health and social services commission to meet in the Outaouais, so they can get a close up look at the staffing crisis in local health facilities. Several high-ranking doctors within the regional health authority CISSSO have recently issued public appeals for aid, anticipating there will be […]

The Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Country Festival is returning for the seventh time to the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs from May 30 to June 2. Organizer Phil Denault explained that they were expecting more than 300 campers to descend on the site for the weekend, with a full lineup of entertainment from Thursday to Sunday. He thanked […]