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The second annual night of Poetry will concluded this year’s cultural programming for the organisation Phare Ouest. The event will take place on August 29 at 7pm at the Club de l’age d’or in Fort-Coulonge. Louis Harvey, from the organisation Phare Ouest, says he hope to welcome at least 100 people to the event. For […]

The Western Quebec Literacy Council (WQLC) is looking for volunteer literacy and math tutors to help the upper pontiac area. To help get people from the area involved the WQLC has decided to hold a tutor training workshop in Chapeau on September 15. WQLC Executive Director Michèle Gagnon explains that the training is open to […]

“The Western Quebec Literacy Council is hosting a free tutor training workshop in Chapeau on September 15th from 10 am to 3pm. Participants will learn how to tutor adult learners who need help upgrading their reading, writing and math skills. For more information or to sign up for this event please contact Michele at 1-888-647-3112 […]

Renfrew County Fiddlers monthly dance on September 15, 2018 at Mateway Activity Centre 7pm to 11:30pm. Feature fiddler Ian Hamilton. General admission $6.00 Members $4.00 – 18 and under Free. Everyone Welcome.

Yesterday afternoon, the Quebec government announced an investments totaling more than $ 4.5 million in higher education in Outaouais. The money will be used to support the realization of the University of Quebec in the Outaouais (UQO) Pavilion opportunity file, to set up of a regional hub in higher education, in the development of health […]

A fundraising golf tournament will be held this Saturday to help raise funds for the different renovations and expansion projects at the arena in Fort-Coulonge. From the Centre de loisirs des Draveurs’, Gaétan Graveline: The Centre de loisirs des Draveurs invites those interested in Curling to visit their Facebook page, which, after the renovation projects […]

The unionized employees of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) are holding a second strike day, today, across the province. For the occasion, employees of the Outaouais, including the SAQ branches in the Pontiac, “will express their dissatisfaction in front of the offices of MNA’s Marc Carrière, Maryse Gaudreault and Minister Stéphanie Vallée to […]

Shortly after 3:15pm yesterday, the police officers of the Sureté du Québec for the MRC Pontiac responded to an accident close to 812, route 303 North in Clarendon. According to the first details gathered by officials, the 81 year old woman, from Thorne, lost control of the vehicle and landing in the ditch. She was […]

Repair work will be done to Sidewalks on the 148 from the August 20 to 29 in the municipality of Clarendon and Shawville in between Hanna rd and Route 303 North. Expect a lane to be closed between the hours of 7:30 am and 7pm.