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The Phare Ouest organization, initiator of the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge lighting project, is inviting Pontiac residents to contribute to the project either by adopting a bridge plank at $20, a beam for $50 or by opting for the “Je couvre le pont couvert!” plan, at a cost of $100. “Be part of history: contribute to the […]

Once again, the Phare Ouest organization will be hosting a series of movie nights this year, which will take place at the Café Downtown located on rue Baume in Fort-Coulonge. The first evening, which will take place on Tuesday, October 19 at the Café Downtown at 7 p.m., is the Quebec film, “Souterrain”, dealing with […]

Sheenboro Mayor Doris Ranger was one of the six mayors in MRC Pontiac elected by acclamation. She said she was pleased to be back in her post unopposed. “Well it feels pretty good to think that my municipality has faith in me for another four years, which is great,” she said. When asked about the […]

The Minister of Families and the Minister responsible for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, spoke with CHIP 101.9 earlier this week about his work with MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller to create daycare spaces in the region. Lacombe said that no projects had been submitted during the process that was launched in MRC Pontiac. “The community […]

For the first time in its history, a woman will be the mayor of Waltham, an upper Pontiac municipality with approximately 378 inhabitants. Last week, Odette Godin was elected without opposition, replacing David Rochon, who decided to retire from political life. Godin said that Waltham is a municipality that often goes unnoticed and that it […]

An 83 year-old Beachburg man who grew up in the Pontiac is doing his second charity walk this coming weekend. Russell Mackay, who goes by Papa to those that know him, is looking to raise money for Hospice Renfrew by walking 33 km over three days in various parts of Renfrew county. His daughter Crystal […]

MRC Pontiac Warden candidate Michael McCrank held his official campaign launch yesterday evening (October 6) at Mural Park in Campbell’s Bay. McCrank was a long-time mayor of Litchfield and also served as the Warden before it became a position that was elected by universal suffrage. Prior to 2017, the council of mayors elected the warden […]

At around 12:15 a.m. on October 2, officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) were notified of the presence of a suspicious vehicle in Mill Dam Park in Shawville. The recreational vehicle fit the description of a vehicle reported to them following thefts in the park. At the scene, they met a man and a […]

Chichester’s Donald Gagnon is the longest-serving mayor in MRC Pontiac, having spent more than 25 years leading the council of the small community in the north west of the region. Gagnon, along with the rest of his council, was elected by acclamation. “It feels good, and it’s nice to see that I have the support […]

La Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) saw a slightly busier September than they are used to. Over the course of the last month, 37 fires burnt 3.7 hectares of forest in the special protection zone, with the majority in the west of the province. Though the amount burned was lower than […]