Economy and Tourism

The Parc des Chutes Coulonge is organizing an open house day on September 9th.The Director of the Park, Jean-François Dubois says that everyone from the Pontiac are welcome to visit the park for free. Clip – Jean-François Dubois More information can be found on the facebook page of Parc des Chutes Coulonge. The entire interview […]

The Patro de Fort-Coulonge has received support from the federal government through the Canada Summer Jobs program, which provides funding for student employment to support organizations or victims of flooding. From the Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield Patro Suzanne Dazé says that due to the floods lots of opportunities for student were lost this year but also […]

At the Pontiac MRC Council meeting, the mayors and representatives from the region met in Campbell’s Bay. Among other things, the MRC took the opportunity to evaluate the mid-year status of the community. The MRC invested a total of 257,525 in the agriculture, tourism and socio-community sectors. Its investments were in the form of donations […]

Two programs have been put in place to assist Canadian milk producers and processors for the coming years. Pontiac Liberal MP William Amos posted on his Facebook page on Friday, August 4th. A strong dairy industry and a competitive agricultural sector are vital to Canada’s and the riding of Pontiac’s prosperity, creating good jobs, growing […]

Pontiac auction fans will have the chance to attend an auction at the Fort-Coulonge Arena. The François Giroux owner of the Auction Atomic Company says that the Company is happy to offer their services to the Pontiac: François Giroux -Vente aux enchères à l’aréna de Fort-Coulonge The auction will start at 7 pm tonight. François […]

The Member of National Assembly for the Pontiac André Fortin announced financial assistance to the tune of $ 178,185 for the restoration of the old masonry of the church of Saint-Alphonsus-of-Liguori on Allumettes Island. Father Bridge from the Diocese of Pembroke says that he is impressed by the governments interest: Clip – Père Bridge According […]

During the last two days, tourism commissioner Chantal Lair of the Pontiac MRC conducted a tour of the Pontiac to raise awareness and train employees on services offered to tourists. Chantal Lair explains the 2 day training: clip – Chantal Lair The full interview with the tourism development commissioner for the Pontiac MRC Chantal Lair […]

A few days ago, the MRC Pontiac received an honourable mention from Vélosympathique, an organization that promotes the importance of cycling as a means of transportation in Québec. As Sandrine Cabana-Degani of Vélosympathetic explains, even though the MRC has made the first steps towards being cyclist friendly, much work remains to be done, if the […]

The majority of Quebeckers want to buy local products to encourage businesses and local economy. But according to a recent study conducted by the Protégez-vous team, we learnt that in Quebec, people like to buy local but not at too high a price. Rémi Leroux from Protégez-vous says that the public should understand that clothing […]

The House of Commons Standing Committee on the Environment and Sustainable Development, who Pontiac MP William Amos is a member of, presented a report on June 15, calling on the federal government to strengthen the Canadian Protection Act (1999) to better protect human and environmental health from toxic substances. In a report entitled “A Healthy […]