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Over 200 people gathered at the Pontiac Conference Centre on Friday, January 24 for the traditional lumberjack dinner, an evening benefiting Parc des Chutes Coulonge. The auction of a trip to Newfoundland raised $4,000. According to organizer (and Pontiac Warden) Jane Toller, nearly half the attendees came from Ontario. Despite an interruption during the pandemic, […]

A bursary to help train and retain local nurses has been given a funding boost thanks to additional donations from the community. Pontiac Community Hospital Foundation vice-president Allan Dean explained that in April 2024 they received a $100,000 donation from the MacLachlan family, to be put towards bursaries for local nursing students, conditional on them […]

Frequent power outages are nothing new for residents of the upper Pontiac, the western edge of the MRC that encompasses Sheenboro, Chichester, Waltham,  l’Isle-aux-Allumettes and parts of Mansfield. L’Isle-aux-Allumettes farmer David Gillespie has been tracking the length and frequency of outages since 2009, and said that after a decline in the numbers over the previous […]

Yesterday’s windy weather caused a mini-bus operated by local collective transportation group TransporAction Pontiac to get stuck in the ditch in Bristol Monday afternoon, temporarily closing Hwy. 148. Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Sgt. Marc Tessier said that they were called at around 5 p.m. on January 28 near the intersection of Hwy. 148 and Wharf Road, where […]

Every year, the Bus Carriers Federation organizes a provincial safety campaign, the M’as-tu vu? (Did you see me?) campaign, to remind schoolchildren, stakeholders and road users of the importance of adopting safe behavior on and around school buses. This awareness campaign takes place during the first two weeks of February, a period when established habits […]

The saga of the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood’s 2024 shares continued at the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on January 22, as council voted to mandate a law firm to recover the nearly $300,000 they are owed, plus interest and costs. Shares are the fees that municipalities are charged by the MRC for various services, […]

There’s good news for those without a family doctor in the Pontiac region, as the local family medicine network (GMF) is seeking out patients not currently assigned to one. Pontiac GMF coordinator Danielle Romain explained that this was an extremely uncommon situation, however, they added four new doctors to the region in the last 12 […]

Police are investigating a fire that claimed a home at 154 rue Graveline in Mansfield early this morning (January 23), leaving a family of eight homeless. No injuries were reported but the home was a total loss. Mansfield-et-Pontefract Fire Chief Patrick Bertrand said that they received the call at around 3 a.m. and when they […]

A local man suffered minor injuries after his car lost control and overturned into the ditch on Hwy. 148 in Bryson at around 9 a.m. this morning (January 23). According to Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Sgt. Marc Tessier, the driver of the vehicle, a man from Bryson, sustained minor injuries and refused to be taken […]

Experts with the regional public health authority are advising that the flu season is nearing its peak, and are inviting  the public to take efforts to reduce its spread. Dr. Carol McConnery, a medical consultant with the Outaouais public health department, explained that they measure the presence of influenza in the population through multiple indicators. […]