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A donation of $ 15,000 was made to the Pontiac Hospital Thursday, by the organization Opération Enfant-Soleil, to allow the purchase of equipment to better monitor the health of hospitalized children in the region. Present for the announcement in Gatineau, the spokesperson for the organization and Québec native actor Louis-Georges Girard explained the importance of […]

The municipality of L’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet plans the implement of an intervention plan for its road infrastructure in the coming weeks. The director general of the municipality, Sabrina Larivière, gave more details. In the fall of 2019, the municipality hired an engineering firm to assess the roads in its territory (type, mileage, location of culverts, condition, etc.). […]

The Aylmer’Bulletin published an article this week regarding a study released by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation on employees in the public sector in Quebec earning more than $ 100,000. Among the organizations serving the Pontiac, we can learn that the Hauts-Bois-de -l’Outaouais school board has 13 employees earning $100,000 or more, and Western Quebec school […]

The Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) will acquire a 31-hectare in the Grand marais sector of the municipality of Bristol, described as an important ecological corridor and home to the largest population of blanding’s turtles in Quebec, a species designated as endangered. The Ouest Quebec Program Director for the NCC, Caroline Gagné: “Keeping such corridors […]

The Western Quebec School Board (WQSB) will open five new full-time K4 classes (for 4-year-olds) for the 2020-2021 school year. These new classes will be established in Wakefield, Aylmer (Gatineau) and in Abitibi-Témiscamingue. The WQSB currently offers full-time kindergarten classes for 4-year-olds in ten schools: – Dr. S.E. McDowell Elementary School in Shawville; – Dr. […]

In an interview with the Club Quad Pontiac president, René Barrette talked about the Club’s request made to the Ministère des Transports du Québec (MTQ) to the sum of $50, 000 to create a trail between the municipality of Otter Lake (Leslie) and the municipality of Mansfield. According to Barrette, the Club Quad is only […]

The Provincial Association of Independent Trappers in the Outaouais is inviting the population and its members to Trapper’s day (journée du trappeur), which will be held from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm, next Saturday, February 22nd at 16, rue Bériault, in Gatineau, Hull sector. Visitors will have access to several kiosks occupied by the various […]

BRYSON LIONS CLUB DANCES 8:00PM -12:00AM Light lunch served at 11:00PM $10.00/person February 22nd Nelson Towns February 29th Greenwood Country March 7th Ian Hamilton & Buck Fifty [vert] March 14th Dennis Harrington & Heritage Country St- Patrick’s Day[/vert] March 21st Nelson Towns – CANCELED March 28th Dennis Harrington & Heritage Country – CANCELED

The annual Fort-Coulonge Firefighters fishing derby will take place this weekend at the Grand Marais, between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. and the registration is $ 10 per person. Several prizes will be awarded to participants. For more information, you can contact Jonathan Soucie at (819) 921-1331.

The Western Québec School Board (WQSB) issued a letter to the parents, staff and students Wednesday reassuring them that following the adoption of Bill 40, reforming the Québec education system, the school board will maintain its services. According to the WQSB, the board will undertake the mandated modifications to its present governance structure to comply […]