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On Saturday, Poupore Elementary School in Fort-Coulonge renamed their gymnasium the Brizard-Vallières gymnasium in honor of Jean-Louis Brizard and Roland Vallières. The principal of Poupore, Denis Rossignol, gave more details about the event: Several relatives of the honourees were present for the ceremony including Stéphane Brizard, the son of Jean-Louis Brizard: This initiative of renaming […]

On Saturday June 15 @ 11AM in the Bonnechere Museum the Deaconaires will be preforming song’s about the Bonnechere river, Renfrew country and about the Museum itself. The group if from the decan area and is made up of volunteer’s, they usually go around to different locations and events to perfume. Come to the Museum […]

As part of the program of forest management work on municipal public land (TPI), the MRC Pontiac announced an update to its list of forestry contractors interested in receiving an invitation to tender for harvesting work and the transportation of timber on municipal public territory (TPI). Contractors interested in being listed on the MRC’s list […]

Tonight in the municipality of Shawville, Captain Marvel will be presented outdoor Movie Night as part of the Campfire Cinéma 2019 programming. The owner, Robert Lance, gave more details about the Pop up cinema : This event will also include a fundraiser BBQ for the Maison des Jeunes. It starts at 5:30pm and the movie […]

The 20th annual Fishing Festival will be held this weekend on June 7th, 8th and 9th. For the event, fishing without a license will be permitted. From the Ministry of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, Catherine Ippersiel, gave more details about the event: The full interview with Catherine Ippersiel is available here.

Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC) is inviting Pontiac nature lovers to participate in two bird watching activities on June 17th and 20th, at Bristol’s Grand Marais. The project coordinator for the organization, Milaine Saumur. The NCC does a lot of observation work in the Pontiac region because, according to Saumur, it is an interesting place […]

Yesterday, Thursday June 6th, the MRC Pontiac issued a press release regarding the Ministry of Public Security (MSP) opening two temporary offices, for individual meetings with flood victims, in the municipality of Waltham and the municipality of Pontiac as reported by CHIP. The MRC Pontiac’s Strategic Communications Advisor, Jérémi Vaillancourt, in an interview with CHIP, […]

During the municipality of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes monthly meeting, which was held on Wednesday, many topics of importance were discussed, such as the municipality’s support for the a parliamentary commission to investigate the management of Hydro Dams on the Ottawa river, as adopted by the municipality of Mansfield on May 8th. Mayor Winston Suntrum, gave more details. […]

The ESSC High School is inviting the Pontiac to attend their annual comedy night (soirée d’humour) in the auditorium tonight of Sieur-de-Coulonge at 7 pm. The Graduates will present different sketches inspired by Quebec comedians such as Louis-José Houde, Lise Dion, Mariana Mazza, Martin Matte and more. It’s $ 5 per person.

The PPJ Cycloparc announced yesterday on Facebook that it will be fully reopening the PPJ between Wyman and L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. The group added that “the trail has been checked and has passed initial inspections”. Although the conditions are not ideal in all areas of the Cyclopark, it is expected that there will be improvements during the […]