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On April 10, the Little Red Wagon Winery in Clarendon was the host of a forum on food security and sustainability. The event was a collaboration by local food bank Bouffe Pontiac, regional health authority CISSSO, MRC Pontiac and the Concertation pour de saines habitudes de vie en Outaouais. Bouffe’s Director Kim Laroche explained that […]

Residents who will be alone or feeling lonely over the Easter long weekend are invited to a buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Monday, April 21st. Organizer Jane Toller held a similar event at Christmas, which was attended by around 60 people. She has decided to repeat the event. A live band will be on […]

The Fort-Coulonge Fire Department will now be able to refill their own air tanks thanks to the recent purchase and installation of a new air compressor. Fire Chief Gaetan Fortin explained that their old compressor gave out around five years ago, and with a price tag of a little over $50,000 it took time to […]

On April 8, CHIP 101.9, in collaboration with Le Droit, the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce, and the Regional Association of West Quebecers, hosted a debate between candidates in the Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi riding for the ongoing federal election. The audio of the debate (available below) was broadcast on-air April 9 and will be re-broadcast this Sunday […]

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation hosted a fundraiser evening featuring the vocal stylings of crooner Sylvain Beauchamp this past Saturday, April 5, at the Pontiac Conference Centre in Fort-Coulonge to benefit the Manoir Sacré-Cœur. More than 160 tickets were sold for the event. In addition to ticket sales, the generosity of donors helped raise over $20,000. […]

Pontiac community radio station CHIP 101.9 invites community organizations and non-profit organizations in the Pontiac to submit their projects for a share of the profits generated by Chase the Ace, a weekly lottery that has been running since September. Interested organizations can obtain the application form at the radio station’s reception desk, located at 138 […]

The Pontiac Cup 3v3 hockey tournament will return for the 12th year to the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs this weekend, with plenty of on- and off-ice activities from April 11-13. The tournament is one of the biggest fundraisers for the arena every year, having brought in more than $100,000 over the last decade or […]

The identity of the Bloc Québécois candidate in Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi is now known: Suzanne Proulx. However, as of April 7, the Bloc Québécois website had still not posted her biography or indicated her nomination as the candidate for this party, which represented the second-largest opposition party at the time of the dissolution of the House. […]

Anglophone advocacy group the Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) held an information session with Pontiac MNA André Fortin on April 4 at the Little Red Wagon winery in Clarendon on the subject of English rights in La Belle Province. After an introduction from RAWQ President David Gillespie, Fortin spoke for several minutes before opening […]

On Saturday afternoon (April 5), a Pontiac resident was charged with impaired driving following a single-vehicle crash in Whitewater Region Township in Ontario. At around 5:30 p.m., the Renfrew OPP were called about a vehicle in the ditch on Hayley Road near Hwy. 17. When they arrived they found a vehicle partially submerged in water […]