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The Pontiac International dog sled and skijoring dog race held every year in Bristol will be on January 5th and 6th, and as for the event itself, the key organizer, Denis Rozon, says that everything is ready to go: In addition to competitors from across North American and the European continent, there’s also three teams […]

Farmers from across the province have begun to show their disapproval of the increase in farmland property valuations across several regions of Quebec. The Pontiac is no exception to this increase; in l’Isle-aux-Allumettes, specifically, farmers have received significant increases in their tax bill. The President of UPA Pontiac, Philippe Lamontagne: The creator of the CANAMEX […]

Last week, the Maniwaki Senior Foresters were devastated to learn that Shawn Tremblay, one of the team’s players, died earlier last week. According to a news story published by our sister community radio station in Maniwaki, based on public comments on social media, the cause of death could have been a pulmonary embolism.

In an entertaining comeback, the Comets of Pontiac won 9 to 7 last night against the Maniwaki Foresters. Among the brilliant performances during the Match, notably are two Comets hat tricks, the first from Stéphane Paré and the second from Guillaume Grégoire. As for in the net was the shared performance of Danick Boisvert who […]

The Sûreté du Québec is asking the public to help find a Gracefield couple who was last seen in October in the Pontiac. The individuals in question are Greta Schultz, 32 years old, and Mathew Kluke, 36 years old. Their disappearance was reported on December 10th, 2018, but according to reports, they were last seen […]

In a press release, Friday, the municipality of Fort-Coulonge said that the council members of municipality of Fort-Coulonge adopted, last Wednesday, December 12th, a balanced budget for 2019 estimated at $ 2,730,900 on a taxable valuation of $ 59,361,200. Highlights for 2019 – The salary and allowance of councillors are increased to take into account […]

This Sunday, December 16th, the Pontiac Senior comets will be at home in Fort-Coulonge to face off the Maniwaki Foresters at 5:30pm. The link to the full Comets schedule is available at https://lhsao.ca/

During a party hosted by the Municipality of Mansfield, the Mansfield Fire Department highlighted the 20 years of service of one of its employees, Germain Bélair. The Mansfield fire chief, Darcy Bélair, said the Governor General’s Award of Merit has been awarded to all 20 years employees. According to the Mansfield Fire Department, Germain Bélair […]

The next generation of journalists is continuing this year with a new version of l’Étudiant Outaouais, which was renamed this year: La Plume Étudiante de l’Outaouais. On page 5, in yesterday’s (Thursday, December 13th) edition of the newspaper Le Droit, you can read the article written by Clara Martin of Sieur-de-Coulonge on the use of […]

The new Economic Development Director at the Pontiac MRC, Danielle Newman, took office this week, according to a statement released by the MRC. She replaced former MRC Pontiac’s Economic Development Director, Emilie Chazelas, who resigned, in May, after serving ten years with the organization. The press release presented Newman as “the ideal person to put […]