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Skating through the Forest, the 3km skating trail in the forest in the village of Lac-des-Loups in the municipality of La Pêche, is now open. This staking rink is also accompanied by a snowshoe and hiking path adjacent to the skating rink. Information at https://www.patinageenforet.com/

Due to delays regarding the location of the meetings, language of use, and the previous members graduating, the Pontiac Youth Council was forced to delay the restart of operations in the Fall of 2019. According to the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, the Youth Council should resume in January 2020. Note that four […]

The residents of the municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims will soon have to vote in a partial election to appoint two councillors after the seats were left vacant over recent months. In fact, the councillor of seat #3, pro-mayor Maureen Sarrazin, resigned in October and the councillor of seat #4, Paul-André Paquette, resigned in recent weeks, according […]

The government of Québec announced this week that they would be stepping up efforts to find an investor in order to revive the assets of the Fortress plant in Thurso as a way to preserve the jobs associated with the company, ensuring the sustainability of the forestry industry in the Outaouais. When asked about this […]

During the question period of the most recent regional council of mayors meeting on Wednesday, a new group of forestry workers called the Pontiac Forestry Alliance gave a presentation on their new group which will help favour the hiring of forestry workers in the Pontiac. The purpose of the presentation, spearheaded by Gaetan Fortin, a […]

The President of the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO), Diane Nault, sent a letter to the Minister of Families and Minister responsible for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, in which she, representing the School Board, reacted to Lacombe’s apology on Twitter, concerning an error made in a recent publication of the newspaper Les 2 vallées. On December […]

Three CAQ ministers, including the Minister responsible for the Outaouais Mathieu Lacombe, announced that the government of Québec would be stepping up its efforts to find an investor in order to revive the assets of the Fortress plant in Thurso. The reason, according to the press release issued Tuesday, December 17th, is to preserve the […]

Yesterday evening concluded the 14th edition the Christmas drawing contest on CHIP 101.9. A record of 163 drawings were received for this year’s competition. Three children won $200 each in their category. In the 5 to 7 year-old category, Macy Dagenais won first place. For the 8-10 was Abby Dagenais and Léande Bonnerot won the […]

During the press conference held last Friday, the Pontiac Sorting Center explained that they were forced to significantly reduce their services due the delay of the Ministry of the Environment on granting the Center an authorization to bury residual materials on land located near the Litchfield site. During the conference, the Sorting Center gave details […]

As of the most recent update on the hydro Québec website (12:15 pm – Tuesday Dec. 17) a remaining 476 residents were still without hydro in the Pontiac, mainly in Sheenboro with 287 outages (out of 289) and Thorne with 60 (out of 692). Some residents will therefore have been without power for more than […]