Politics

An agreement in principle was accepted by 89% of MRC Pontiac’s unionized staff for the renewal of their collective agreement last night (December 7). Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) regional President Michel Girard explained that the offer contains a salary increase of 14.75% over 5 years. In return, the employees […]

MRC Pontiac is delaying their public consultation on the waste management plan for 2023-2029 until January. Originally planned for December 20, the consultation will now take place on January 10, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay (602 Route 301 North). The draft of the plan […]

The Municipality of Campbell’s Bay is on track for a by-election for the mayor’s seat, following the death of Maurice Beauregard in October, however, council is seeking to avoid holding the contest in the dead of winter. According to Pro-Mayor Tim Ferrigan, they recently requested an extension from Ministry of Municipal Affairs in order to […]

In a statement to residents, Fort-Coulonge Mayor Christine Francoeur declared that the municipal library, which shares a building with the municipal office, was closing its doors, effective tomorrow (December 3). The decision was made during a special council meeting on December 2. Francoeur stated that it was a financial decision and noted that the library […]

Sandra Murray, a former administrator at the Pontiac Hospital and long-serving municipal politician, died on Saturday (November 26). She was Shawville’s first female mayor, serving two terms from 2013 until 2021 and had served as a councillor for many years before that. She had filed her paperwork to run for a third term, but pulled […]

It was recently announced that Fort-Coulonge native Frédéric Bisson had joined the team of Mathieu Lacombe, Quebec’s Culture Minister and the MNA for Papineau, in the communications department. Bisson has held several different jobs in media, and also received attention during the pandemic for his career change into trucking. In a post on social media, […]

During the most recent public meeting of the MRC Pontiac on November 23, the spokesperson for Énergie Davidson, Bruno St-Cyr, spoke during the public question period to ask that the MRC pressure the Quebec Government to provide access to the public forest for Pontiac mills. The elected officials mentioned that they agree with the principle, […]

At the most recent MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on November 23, it was announced that Otter Lake Mayor Terry Lafleur would be joining the MRC’s Human Resources committee, filling the position left by the late Campbell’s Bay Mayor Maurice Beauregard, who passed away in October. According to the MRC’s website, the other members […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting last night (November 23), council approved a $9.5 million budget for 2023, an increase of about $500,000 from 2022. The MRC office’s responsibilities include property assessment, public safety and land use planning. In a press release, they gave a brief overview of this year’s document: Total MRC […]

The unionized employees at MRC Pontiac held their first strike day on Wednesday afternoon (November 23), coinciding with the council of mayors’ budget meeting. The employees, along with representatives from the SFPQ union blasted music, waved flags and spun noisemakers in a not-so-subtle signal that they wish to be heard by MRC management. SFPQ Regional […]