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The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais held a press conference following the Covid-19 outbreak at the Pontiac Hospital. Here is the full press conference of the CISSS de l’Outaouais from last Friday (April 23). CHIP101.9 · Conference de presse – Eclosion hopital Pontiac

The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, expressed her concern about the outbreak situation at the Pontiac Hospital located in Shawville. Jane Toller believes that the situation is fragile and she asks for the collaboration of the population. “Dear residents of the Pontiac, Today, we learned that we have an outbreak of positive COVID-19 […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais says a COVID-19 outbreak is underway at the Pontiac Hospital in the 37-bed short-stay unit. According to the CISSS de l’Outaouais, 9 patients and less than 5 employees have tested positive for COVID-19. Expanded screening is underway to get a full picture of […]

After years of discussions, analyzes and rumors, the board of directors of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac has made a decision; the new head office will be at 243 rue Hérault in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. This is what the president of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac, Madeleine Vallières, announced yesterday evening (April 22). […]

The Sûreté du Québec, all of the Quebec police services and the Quebec road control unveiled the results of the interventions carried out as part of the concerted national operation (ONC) reckless behavior which was held from April 9 to 15. . In the Outaouais, the results report 1071 offenses and 4 arrests for impaired […]

Proof that the toll of COVID-19 in the Pontiac has never been higher since the start of the pandemic, the letters of confirmation for positive cases at the Poupore pavilion of the École des Petits-Ponts have accumulated in the last few days. Indeed, even if classes are currently held virtually, communications have been published regularly […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais confirmed a Covid-19 outbreak at the Pontiac Hospital in the 37-bed short-term unit (second floor). According to the CISSS de l’Outaouais, 9 patients and 3 employees tested positive for Covid-19. Expanded screening is underway to get a full picture of the outbreak situation. […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais confirmed a Covid-19 outbreak at the Pontiac Hospital in the 37-bed short-term unit (second floor). According to the CISSS de l’Outaouais, 9 patients and 3 employees tested positive for Covid-19. Expanded screening is underway to get a full picture of the outbreak situation. […]

Schools are closed, but members of the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-rivières (SPEHR) will start an afternoon strike on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Virtual classes will therefore be disrupted and, as SPEHR president Daniel Boisjoli explains, teachers will stop providing services as soon as the strike begins. […]

Dr Brigitte Pinard repeated it, despite a certain stability of cases in the last days, the COVID-19 situation in the Pontiac is under close surveillance. CHIP101.9 · Extrait Brigitte Pinard – Pontiac Since the start of the pandemic, the community of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield has had a total of 72 cases, the majority of which […]