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At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on August 16, a motion was passed informing the municipalities that their agreement with the MRC  for engineering services would be coming to a close. Kim Lesage first came to the MRC in 2018 as an engineer, but took over as interim Director General in late 2022 […]

The Pontiac North Fire Department, which covers the Municipalities of Thorne and Otter Lake, recently acquired several hydraulic rescue tools (known as jaws of life) from nearby departments, in an effort to expand the capacity of their first-responders. Randy Richard, a lieutenant with Pontiac North, explained that they acquired a hand-me-down combination tool from the […]

MRC Pontiac has given notice for a special sitting of the council of mayors this Thursday August 24 at 10 a.m. at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay. Several topics of note are on the agenda, including the energy from waste file. Agenda 1. Opening and attendance 2. Declaration of conformity of the notice of […]

Following the public announcement earlier this week by the owners of the Davidson Sawmill that they would be scrapping their plans to reopen the site, MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller spoke with media about the subject following the public council meeting on August 16. In the statement, company CEO Hubert St-Cyr said that the reason […]

The Pride flags flying outside two local Anglican churches have been repeatedly stolen over the past few weeks. About a month ago, the flag was torn off its frame at Holy Trinity Church in Radford (just outside Shawville). In the following weeks, the flag at St. Paul’s Church in Shawville was stolen three times, and […]

TransporAction Pontiac, a non-profit public transit service for the region, is currently seeking volunteers to shore up its roster of drivers. Executive Director Sylvie Bertrand gave a presentation on the subject at the MRC Pontiac public council meeting on August 16, noting that there are certain communities with more need than others. While the organization […]

The following is a translation, the original article is available here.  The Board of Directors of Davidson Sawmill issued a press release, in which it said it was definitively ending its plan to relaunch the activities of this company, which has been closed for more than a decade now. At the same time, as he […]

A two-vehicle collision on Hwy. 148 in the Municipality of Pontiac last night (August 16) sent one person to hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. According to MRC des Collines Police, at around 7 p.m. Wednesday evening, a pickup truck pulling a trailer collided head-on with a car near the intersection with chemin Pilon in Luskville. The […]

Yesterday (August 15), MRC Pontiac launched a call for projects for the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR) – Component 2, an envelope with $350,000 for eligible projects made available through the provincial Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing (MAMH). This component is targeting projects that will “improve living environments and encourage the implementation of initiatives […]

On Tuesday evening (August 15), the Pontiac Agricultural Society held their annual Shawville Fair Ambassador competition. Youth from the local agricultural community compete for the title with short speeches about a chosen subject relating to the fair. There were four competitors this year: Felix Vereyken (Ag Awareness Division, Kathleen Kelly (Sheep Division), Ben Judd (4-H […]