Author: Caleb Nickerson
Pontiac High School physical education teacher Darcy Findlay discusses a new community fundraising effort to install retractable bleachers in the school’s gymnasium.
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Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating station in Portage-du-Fort will be closed overnight from Monday to Thursday for the next several weeks. The bridge will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. on the following dates: July 10, 11, 12, 13 July 17, 18, 19, 20 […]
On Canada Day the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood inaugurated their new splash pad at Henry Heeney Memorial Park in downtown Danford Lake. Director General Isabelle Cardinal said that the project had been in the works since late 2021, and was made possible through grant funding from MRC Pontiac. The municipality spent some of their gas tax […]
Alleyn-et-Cawood Director General Isabelle Cardinal talks about their newly installed splash pad.
The MRC Pontiac has published a new job offer for the position of strategic communications advisor, currently occupied by Colleen Jones, who will be departing at the end of August. According to the job description, the strategic communications advisor reports to the Director General and, based on the directives, orientations and priorities of the Warden, […]
Since announcing the return of senior hockey to Fort-Coulonge, the Pontiac Senior Comets have announced via their Facebook page nearly a dozen players under contract with the team for next season. The Comets have already announced the return of their 2019-2020 captain, Darcy Findlay, as well as Matt Warren and local player Connor Romain. Also joining […]
A new vineyard was christened on the Sixth Line in Bristol this past Thursday (June 29), with a “cinq à sept” attended by local officials and fellow vine growers. Cynthia Case, who co-owns “Le Domaine de la Belle & le Gentleman” with her husband Frédéric Gagnon, explained that they currently harvest organic vegetables on their […]
Cynthia Case, the co-owner of organic farm “Le Domaine de la Belle & le Gentleman” discusses the opening of their vineyard in Bristol on Thursday June 29.
Last week, MRC Pontiac issued a call for projects under component 4 of the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR). The funding is administered by the MRC through an agreement with the Ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation (MAMH), and this round has around $2 million available for projects that promote “economic vitalization” in the […]
