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The Pontiac Senior Comets played a tight game against the league leaders, this weekend, but eventually lost against the Montagnards 2-0. With the notable performance of the comets goalie, Justin Bois, who made 31 saves, was awarded the second star of the game. Next Saturday, the Comets face the Montagnards of Mont-Laurier once more, but […]

In a statement issued last week, the national park committee for the Lafontaine Islands announced that Mayor of Campbell’s Bay, Maurice Beauregard, will act as chair of the committee. The most recent meeting of this committee took place on November 21st. It was said that in the future, the minutes of this committee meetings will […]

Last Saturday, according to l’Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario (AFO), more than 14,000 people across the province were out protesting the decision to abolish the Office of French language Services commissioner. It should be noted that the Ontarian French speaking community in Pembroke gathered outside Conservative MP John Yakabuski office. The Neo-democrat MLA for […]

A new tourism organization was created, in recent weeks, in the Pontiac, named the coopérative de solidarité Plein Air – Aventure Hélianthe. During the Christmas Market, this Saturday, one of the members of this Solidarity Cooperative, Louis Harvey, spoke on behalf of the new organization: The full interview with Louis Harvey about this new organization […]

Nearly 500 people made it out to the Christmas Market at the George Bryson Heritage House, this Saturday, to do their Christmas shopping. The vice-president of the George Bryson Heritage House, Nathalie Denault: For the mayor of the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Gilles Dionne, this is an event that mobilizes and energizes his community: Multiple interviews […]

A Pembroke resident, Art Jamieson, was awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers at the last Renfrew County Council meeting on November 28th. Councilor Jennifer Murphy presented it on behalf of the Governor General of Canada, Julie Payette. This Medal is awarded to Canadians who have made a significant, sustained and unpaid contribution to their community, […]

During the last meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac, they unveiled their 2019 schedule for the Mayors’ Council meeting. The regional council will meet at 18:30 on Wednesdays once per month. The meetings remain open to the public. The meetings have been held in the evening since September 2017, in order to grant […]

Tomorrow, citizens wanting to support the Franco-Ontarian community are invited to join the protest taking place outside the Conservative MP John Yakabuski’s office. The Association canadienne française de l’Ontario Champlain pour la section de Pembroke for the Pembroke Branch, Francine Thuler: The protest is being held to protest the Conservative government’s decision to abolish the […]

Yesterday, during the Midis Express Pontiac Show, our journalist Élizabeth Séguin invited the public of CHIP 101.9 to an open line, to give their opinion on the Pontiac swimming pool project. Many have react to the survey proposed on the various platforms, at chipfm.com, on the Facebook page as well as during the special show. […]

According to the financial results report published by Livewell Canada; the Government of Quebec have shown interest in contributing up to 25% of the total funding of the research and innovation center set to be established in Litchfield. The Corporation says it is currently in discussion with the newly elected government. More details will be […]