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The feature film Mad Dog Labine, which was shot in the Pontiac in 2017, will be presented in the coming weeks in the Pontiac and Outaouais. In the Pontiac, a public screening will take place at the auditorium at Sieur-de-Coulonge High School on March 23rd, featuring several young talents from here in the Pontiac, including […]

The Petawawa Canadian Special Operation Regiment will conduct military training in the Oiseau Rock and Sheenboro area this Thursday, March 7th, between 8am and noon. The Public Affairs Officer of the Regiment, Captain Sally-Ann Cyr, wanted to advise the population of their presences: The full interview with Captain Sally-Ann Cyr is available here.

On Sunday, March 3rd, the Shawville Hospital faced a service outage of 10 hours in general surgery. In response to the unexpected lack on staff surgeons, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) stated that this was a temporary and exceptional situation, as indicated by the CISSSO’s Head of Communications […]

The Quebec Ministry of Transportation will provide financial assistance totalling $ 488,631 to nine snowmobile and Quad clubs in the Outaouais region to help maintain their trails and to keep them safe. This is an annual grant provided by an Off-Road Vehicle Club (OHV) Financial Assistance Program. In the Pontiac, three associations will receive government […]

The dates of the 2nd Fort-Coulonge International Women’s Film Festival are now known. The event will take place from August 9th to 11th. Last year was the first edition of this festival which attracted many people to each performance. More details on the films and on the programming will be known in the coming weeks. […]

The MRC Pontiac will be hosting a 5@7 on agrotourism and gourmet tourism in collaboration with the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais and Croquez l’Outaouais on Thursday at the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. Charles Séguin from the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais explained the definition of agrotourism: The theme is ” What do you need to […]

The federal elections may be scheduled for the month of October, but some candidates have already started becoming active in the field. Over the weekend, Dave Blackburn, the candidate for the Conservative Party in the Pontiac Federal Electoral district, organized a door-to-door in Aylmer as a way to reach out to more people from the […]

The Police officers of the Sûreté du Québec will intensify their interventions from March 1st to March 10th as part of the Spring Break week, in the Outaouais and Laurentians regions. The most targeted citations will be speeding, distracted driving, seatbelts and impaired driving. Police officers will also pay close attention to aggressive driving: dangerous […]

Art Pontiac are organizing their annual exchange and exposé “Œuvres sur papier 2019”. This activity aims toward fundraising the Pontiac Artists’ Association through a concept of exchanges between artists. The President of Art Pontiac, Louise Guay, gave more details about the activity. Artists interested in participating in the activity can register at artpontiac.com. The full […]

In December, 2018, the municipality of Portage-du-Fort were supposed to have by-election to fill seat #6 after councilman Allan Ferrell stepped down from the council back in October, 2018. Note that the by-election date to fill the vacant seat will now be March 31st, advance polling on March 24th.