Health

The group La Voix du Pontiac – Pontiac voice, reacted to the CLSC in Mansfield having to temporarily close its emergency room from Thursday, December 29, 2022 from 7 a.m. to December 30, 2022 at 9 a.m. In a news release issued an hour after the CISSS de l’Outaouais made the announcement, the spokesperson for […]

The CLSC in Mansfield-et-Pontefract (Fort-Coulonge) will be temporarily shutting down it’s emergency room on Thursday, December 29, 2022 at 7 a.m. until Friday, December 30, 2022 at 9 a.m. In a news release, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais said “This forced service interruption is cause by a lack […]

Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Naomie Lusignan was nominated to the category of National Female Athlete of the Year at the Gala Excellence sportive Outaouais 2022. The announcement was made just hours after her older brother Xavier was nominated in the male category at the same gala. This past year, Naomie won the gold in the Canadian Junior […]

By next year, there will be a new dentist handling things at the Centre Dentaire du Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay, as Drs. Marie-Josée Lupien and Marc Chretien are stepping away from their practice and into retirement after serving the community for decades. Dr. Lupien, originally from Montreal, said that she and Chretien opened the practice […]

Regional health authority CISSSO announced last week the directors of the different local service networks (RLS) within the Outaouais. Locally, Nicole Boucher-Larivière was named the head of the Pontiac network and Frédéric Parizeau will lead the network in RLS des Collines, both starting January 30. RLS Pontiac : Nicole Boucher-Larivière Ms. Boucher-Larivière has 20 years […]

La Maison des Collines, which defines itself as a center of excellence in palliative care. where patients and their families are accompanied by a team of expert professionals through each stage in their end-of-life process, cannot offer their usual services, given the lack of staff. The Board Chair of the Maison des Collines, Amanda Mayer, […]

It is with great enthusiasm that the programming for the Fête nationale du Québec in Gatineau has been announced! The event is free and open to everyone! Among others, Louis-Jean Cormier and Ariane Moffatt will be performing on June 23. More details in interview with Isabel Thériault. All the information on fetenationale.quebec     https://traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/6cd804da-0725-4790-90d6-acc200da74d4/0d766f53-39b8-44e7-a999-ad1e00fda487/f2dcc130-17af-418c-b807-aeae00f53c0b/audio.mp3

During an interview regarding the petition to offer sample collection services at the Quyon CLSC, Pontiac MNA André Fortin commented on the current attempt by the regional health authority CISSSO to form a users and residents committee for the Pontiac region. He said that such committees are “extremely useful” in conveying the will of the […]

Regional health authority CISSSO has published a job offer for the post of a resource person to set up the users and residents committee for the territory of Pontiac. MRC Pontiac is unique among the territories of the Outaouais in that it has never had a users committee since the centralization of the health care […]

The Centre de service scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de l’Outaouas (CSSHBO) wanted to communicate to parents, students and staff, that following the announcement of the extension of the special emergency measures put in place for the Outaouais until May 9, the school service centers of the Outaouais will remain closed. The CSSHBO has pointed out that the […]