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On behalf of Minister of Veterans Affairs and Associate Minister of National Defense Lawrence MacAulay, Pontiac MP William Amos announced funding of approximately $ 33,000 from the Government of Canada to assist the Pontiac Legions ($ 10,000), Quyon ($ 11,432.30) and Wakefield ($ 11,432.30). According to William Amos, this funding will allow the Legions to […]

SADC Pontiac announced the death of a member of their team, Mario Guay, who passed away peacefully at the Shawville Hospital on January 17th. Mario Guay started working at SADC Pontiac in May 2016 as a loan and financing advisor. “Coming out of retirement to take on what started out as short-term contact, Mario quickly […]

The Syndicat de la function publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) denounced what it considers a double speech of the Legault government concerning compulsory teleworking and the application of this measure in the ministries and organizations. The Laurentides-Lanaudière-Outaouais Regional President for the SFPQ, Michel Girard, affirms that despite the government decree which makes teleworking compulsory […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais unveiled that 610 doses of the Moderna vaccine have arrived in the Outaouais. Some doses were already used on Sunday to continue the vaccination tour of the most vulnerable people. The CISSS de l’Outaouais has indicated that vaccination teams will turn to the […]

The Mayor of Otter Lake, Kim Cartier-Villeneuve, explained the various accomplishments of her council during the most recent year. “Despite COVID-19, we have managed to achieve a lot of things, including the purchase of a truck for snow removal, the improvement of several roads and work on our baseball field” argues Mayor Kim Cartier- Villeneuve. […]

The Regional Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development in the Outaouais (CREDDO), will participate in the first National Climate Action Forum, a virtual event from January 25 to 29 that will bring together more than 500 socio-economic, municipal, regional and government decision-makers and professionals already engaged or wishing to engage in climate action. Organized […]

The general management of the Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) provided clarification regarding ventilation in its schools. To calculate the rate of pollution in the air and more generally in the environment, the measure used is the ppm “part per million”. The overall average of the measurements is 955 and the maximum desired […]

The mayor of the Municipalité de l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, Serge Newberry, is cited in municipal ethics before the Commission municipale du Québec (CMQ) for events that allegedly occurred between November 2017 and June 2020. Several facts are reproached to Serge Newberry, divided into six paragraphs by the CMQ. The CMQ mentions that on various occasions he would […]

In the most recent update with the Director General of the Western Quebec School Board (WQSB), Mike Dubeau, he spoke about the new health and safety measures that are brought on with the second confinement in Quebec. Mike Dubeau mentionned that elementary school students must now wear masks in school, in high schools, two procedural […]

The government of Quebec says it wants to give the second dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, within a maximum of 90 days and not 42 according to the recommendations of manufacturers and leading scientists. The Member of Parliament for Pontiac and also Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry (Science), William […]