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The adoption of Bill 40, amending school governance across Quebec, is still receiving much attention among the education community. Though the English school boards in Quebec did not see the elimination of their school commissioners, contrary to the French school boards, the Chairman of the Western Québec School Board, Alain Guy deplores the fact that […]

The Pontiac Comets won their last regular season game yesterday at home (Fort-Coulonge) against the Maniwaki Forestiers. The day before, the team had lost 8-0 against against the Forestiers on the road. This time, the Comets won 8-2, the Forestiers had to forfeit the game as the their two goaltenders were injured. The Comets Coach […]

This Saturday, February 22nd, a show called the ”Great American song book” will be performed at the Pontiac Conference Center in Fort-Coulonge. This show will feature songs from the great crooners, such as Frank Sinatra. Performed by Douglas Moyle, he spoke to CHIP 101.9’s Jacob Lavigne during ”The Drive.” Tickets are currently on sale for […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais issued a press release today announcing another interruption of service in the Obstetrics wing of the Pontiac Community Hospital. This new interruption will begin at 8 p.m. today (February 17), and should end Wednesday, February 19, at 8 a.m. Once again, according to […]

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 […]