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Sphinx Resources announced by press release this morning the continuation of exploration for zinc in the Calumet South project. The first stage of this work was approved by Sphinx and SOQUEM following encouraging results from the drilling last July. Normand Champigny, the president of Sphinx Resources told CHIP that that the project is progressing, but […]

The Forest Fire Protection group Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), in collaboration with the Department of Forests, Wildlife and Parks, announced in a statement that additional resources were sent to British Columbia. Two new firefighter divisions will fight the wild fires that are currently raging in the west most province. These […]

The Jardin éducatif du Pontiac held its open house day last Tuesday, as part of its annual fundraising campaign. Élizabeth Séguin was on location for the event and spoke with the director of the garden, Martin Riopel who says that many people enjoyed what they had to offer; Clip 1 – Martin Riopel Mr. Riopel […]

Mansfield native, Jérémie Baril, who works as a paramedic in Gatineau had the surprise of a lifetime when he went to a residence in Aylmer where he had to deliver a baby. The delivery took place in the private residence and was fortunately without complication. An article published in the newspaper Le Droit tells of […]

There was much information and reactions over the death of a resident of the municipality of Pontiac, with roots in Fort-Coulonge, 56-year-old Melvin Larose, who drowned last Saturday at 9:00 am on a fishing trip to Ramsay Lake. At the time the boat capsized, the victim was not wearing a flotation vest, which was still […]

Impératif Français retorted remarks made by Primer Philippe Couillard and Minister Jean-Marc Fournier who expressed concern about the survival of the English-speaking minority in Quebec. Impératif français targeted the Pontiac to illustrate their arguments. In a recent press release issued, Impératif Français stated that in several municipalities within the Pontiac region, English-speaking citizens practice unilingualism […]

Over the past few weeks, the two Warden candidates in the Pontiac MRC, former Member of National assembly Charlotte L’Écuyer and Mayor of Fort-Coulonge Raymond Durocher, have attended several activates and meetings in the region. To that end, Charlotte L’Écuyer posted on Facebook her opinion concerning the actions of the government following the spring floods. […]

The Institut de la statistique du Québec yesterday released the ninth edition of the Panorama of Quebec Regions. This book provides a socio-economic portrait of the 17 administrative regions and the regional county municipalities (MRCs) that constitute them. Fourteen areas are analyzed according to the most recent statistics. These include demographics, living conditions, health, education, […]

The Sûreté du Québec is appealing to the public to identify a person regarding an assault that occurred on December 16, 2016 at 5:45 pm in Litchfield. A man in his thirties, about 1.75 meters tall and weighing 90kg, went to a Bank street residence, spoke with the victim before punching his face and running […]

The police officers of the Sûreté du Québec of the MRC Pontiac station arrested a man on June 26 in connection with a robbery and fraud in an Otter Lake residence. The 38-year-old man from Shawville, who was wanted under three arrest warrants, appeared yesterday at the Gatineau Court House. He could face charges of […]