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Following the Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) announcement that the free French Second-language Courses would be cancelled until the fall 2020 [site], the organization has received multiple requests from former students offering to pay for the courses. In the regular segment: the West Quebecers Corner, Linton Garner, the executive Director of the RAWQ, explained […]

The member of Parliament for the Pontiac, William Amos, is inviting the Pontiac population to give their opinion, in a survey, on medical assistance in dying. Amos has qualified this issue, which affects families and loved ones across the Canada, including the Pontiac, of utmost importance, but also very personal. He invited the Pontiac residents […]

How Libby Got Married by Vicki Williams A staged reading as part of Theatre Wakefield’s program New Works: From The Page To The Stage, and in collaboration with The 100 Mile Arts Network, supported by the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais Friday, January 24, 7pm, Brennan’s Hill Restaurant & Bar (Brennan’s Hill) Saturday, January 25, 2pm, Mill […]

During their most recent meeting, the council of the municipality of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet adopted a resolution to claim $15,000 for the fees incurred by the attorney in connection with the Réjean Meilleur file at the Commission municipale du Québec (CMQ). According to what was said by mayor Serge Newberry, this file would have cost the municipality […]

During the municipal council meeting in Fort-Coulonge last week, the former mayor Hector Soucie asked for more clarifications concerning the file of the potential relocation of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac and the efforts made by the municipal council. Hector Soucie insisted that, in his opinion, when voting on the resolution allowing the […]

A Pontiac athlete had a brilliant performance at last weekend’s Canadian Junior Weightlifting Championships in Edmonton. Xavier Lusignan, of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, won a gold medal in the 89kg category. The competition was broadcasted live on the Web, where the analysts and commentators described Lusignan’s performance as ‘solid and impressive’, insisting that his progress could eventually take […]

A 39-year-old man from the Chapeau sector of the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes was arrested on Thursday, January 16th, as part of a larger collaborative police operation between the Sûreté du Québec, the Service de Police de la Ville de Gatineau and the Ottawa police drug unit, during which they seize four firearms, a variety of […]

The Pontiac Comets lost their first in 10 games, 4-3 on Saturday. Stéphane Paré scored a goal and goaltender Danick Boisvert stopped 33 of the 37 shots to earned the second star of the game. The next Comets game will take place in Mont-Laurier against the Montagnards this Saturday.

The Sûreté du Québec issued the results of their Province wide Holiday Operation under the name ”Alcool ou drogue au volant, c’est criminel !” between November 28th, 2019 and January 2nd, 2020. During this time, in the Outaouais-Laurentides, the Sûreté arrested 56 impaired drivers, which compares to 82 in 2018, and registered 2 fatal collisions, […]

Pontiac residents are invited to respond to a consultation on forestry activities in the Outaouais, as part of the 2018-2023 integrated operational forest management plan (PAFIO), which focuses on new potential areas of intervention, roads and on other infrastructures to be built or improved on the territory. Caroline Bujold, the Communications Advisor for the Regional […]