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Access to a section of the PPJ trail has been restricted due to a broken culvert near rue Romeo-Boucher in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. The barriers giving access to the area have been closed. “We ask that you avoid the area until it is repaired,” officials noted through the Cycloparc PPJ Facebook page.  

On Friday (April 14), the Municipalities of Mansfield-et-Pontefract and Fort-Coulonge issued public notices regarding the level of the Coulonge River, which is expected to peak Tuesday. The municipalities are asking their citizens to take the necessary precautions to protect their property and ensure the safety of their families. “Due to the rapid melting of the […]

MRC Pontiac recently announced that they will be holding a series of public consultations on an update to the MRC’s cultural policy. “As part of our cultural policy review process, we are seeking the public’s help,” the press release reads. “Your opinions and comments are important to us.” The meetings will take place as follows: […]

Around 9:30 p.m. yesterday (April 15), officers from the Sûreté du Québec came across an SUV with a burnt-out headlight travelling southbound on chemin Thomas-Lefebvre in Mansfield- et-Pontefract. The police captured the SUV at 106 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. The vehicle came to a stop in a private driveway on the same road […]

MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller invites businesses to participate in the very first Pontiac Entrepreneurs Forum, which will take place this Monday, April 17 at 7:00 p.m. at the Chevaliers de Colomb hall in Fort-Coulonge, located at 525 rue Baume. “This meeting will give local business owners the opportunity to express their needs and concerns […]

Quebec’s Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport, Geneviève Guilbault, and the Minister responsible for Abitibi-Témiscamingue and the l’Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, recently announced an investment of $212,271,000 over the next two years in the Outaouais region’s road networks. The ministers were accompanied at the announcement by the other MNAs for the Outaouais, with the exception of […]

The Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract sent out a public notice today (April 14) indicating that the risk of minor flooding is expected on the Coulonge River at the start of the week. The municipality released the following statement regarding the issue: “Due to the rapid melting of the snow, the Coulonge River is continuously rising and […]

The committee that manages the Fort-Coulonge arena, the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite, will be holding their AGM on Thursday, April 20 at 6 p.m. in the reception room on the second floor. For  this is an opportunity to show the community the improvements that have been made and to elect future […]

Earlier this month, a student at Pontiac High School laid a brutal smack-down on one of his teachers while a crowd of students cheered him on. The fight was sanctioned by the local athletic authorities however, and was the culmination of more than a year of impromptu wrestling bouts between the student, named Andrew, and […]

With the snow melting, the water levels and flows on the Ottawa River have begun to increase, according to monitoring from the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board (ORRPB). During this period, the organization will provide daily updates forecasting the river conditions. “Levels and flows are expected to increase gradually over the coming week and stay […]