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Union boss visits Outaouais for World Teachers’ Day

6 October 2023 à 2:08 pm

Updated on 6 October 2023 à 4:02 pm

The head of one of Quebec’s largest trade unions, the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ), was in the Outaouais yesterday (October 5) to mark International Teachers’ Day. CSQ President Éric Gingras was invited to Maniwaki by one of the group’s affiliated unions, the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (SPEHR-CSQ), which represents teachers […]


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Teachers vote overwhelmingly for strike mandate

27 September 2023 à 5:00 pm

Members of the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (SPEHR),the union representing teachers in the region’s French schools, voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action Monday (September 25). More than 100 of the 300 teachers represented by SPEHR voted 99.11% in favour of strike action at the meeting. Lyzanne Cuddihy, a teacher at Ecole […]


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Pontiac mayors pay tribute to late colleague Doug Rousselle

21 September 2023 à 2:39 pm

Updated on 21 September 2023 à 4:11 pm

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on September 20, the opening of the meeting featured a tribute to the late Doug Rousselle, the former mayor of Rapides-des-Joachims. Rousselle was elected mayor of the small island municipality back in 2021 and passed away on September 11 at the age of 73 after a battle […]


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Information in warden’s energy from waste presentation came from Covanta

15 September 2023 à 11:17 am

Updated on 15 September 2023 à 2:02 pm

Some slides and information used by Warden Jane Toller in public presentations on “Energy from Waste” came directly from the company Covanta, CHIP 101.9 has learned. The warden has been the public face of the project to establish a waste incinerator in the Pontiac for several years. During this time, she has repeatedly stated that […]


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Rapides-des-Joachims Mayor Doug Rousselle has passed away

14 September 2023 à 4:02 pm

Doug Rousselle, the Mayor of Rapides-des-Joachims, passed away on September 11 at the age of 73 after a battle with cancer. He leaves behind a wife, 2 children and grandchildren. Pontiac Warden Jane Toller said that there will be a moment of silence in Rousselle’s honour at the MRC’s upcoming monthly meeting on September 20, […]


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Proposed Shawville daycare project currently in limbo

11 September 2023 à 10:25 am

Updated on 11 September 2023 à 3:07 pm

A proposed expansion of daycare services in the Shawville area is currently in limbo and Pontiac MNA André Fortin says the issue will be top of mind as he heads back to Quebec City for the fall legislative session. Fortin explained that CPE 1-2-3 Picabou, a local daycare provider, had purchased land in Shawville as […]


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SADC Pontiac showcases new building, new services

8 September 2023 à 2:18 pm

SADC Pontiac held an open house on Thursday (September 7) at their newly renovated office in downtown Fort-Coulonge. Funded by Economic Development Canada, the organization offers a broad range of services to businesses in the region, from loans to marketing advice to workshops with subject matter experts. The local branch used to be based in […]


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Meeting on “vital public services” in Chapeau later this month

31 August 2023 à 2:58 pm

A public meeting on “vital public services” with a variety of officials will take place in the Upper Pontiac in mid-September. The region was hit hard by power outages during a cold snap in February that also knocked out the area’s landlines. Combined with the spotty cell service in certain sectors, the event highlighted the […]


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MRC council allocates $100,000 from surplus for Energy from Waste business plan

25 August 2023 à 3:16 pm

At a special meeting of MRC Pontiac council on August 24, the majority of the time was spent discussing a resolution regarding the waste incinerator project that has received much public attention in recent months. The MRC currently spends $1.7 million annually to truck its garbage roughly 200 km to the landfill in Lachute, and […]


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MRC Pontiac hires new strategic communications advisor

24 August 2023 à 3:03 pm

Updated on 25 August 2023 à 10:57 am

At a special meeting of MRC Pontiac council on August 24, it was announced that they had hired a new strategic communications advisor, Francis Beausoleil. His start date is September 11. Beausoleil previously worked as an executive assistant and office director for former Pontiac MP Will Amos, and most recently as a special assistant to current […]


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