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On June 9, 2017, the 4th edition of the regional Forces AVENIR 2017 was held at the Hilton Lac-Leamy. During the evening, the Commission scolaire des Hauts Bois de l’Outaouais has acknowledged Mme. Dominique Bomans, a teacher at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge, who received a regional award from Forces AVENIR 2017 in the category “Committed Personnel […]

Charlotte L’Écuyer held a press conference officially announcing her candidacy. Our own Éric O’Brien was at the conference and summarize the candidates comments. Clip – Eric O’Brien A link to the full conversation with Éric O’Brien is available here.

Grand-Calumet Island officially has a new mayor, Jean-Louis Corriveau is succeeding Pierre Fréchette after his resignation. Jean Louis Corriveau has assumed the interim role on a few occasions already. His mandate could be a short one, the general municipal elections will be held on November 5th.

Five organizations in the Outaouais region will receive nearly $ 427,000 from L’Appui Outaouais for senior’s caregivers. L’Appui Outaouais made the announcement last Thursday. Nearly $ 95,600 will go to the Pontiac MRC for seniors’ caregivers, who will be able to benefit from over 300 extra hours of respite through a day center and respite […]

Pontiac MRC Warden Raymond Durocher says that recent changes to the Transit Assistance Program (PADTC) are threatening TransporAction operations. According to section 48.19 of the Transportation Act, only organized transportation is eligible for funding. Beginning in 2018, TransporAction, whose survival depends mainly on volunteer drivers, will no longer receive any financial assistance to cover some […]

A collision occurred yesterday at 7:25 am between a school bus and a van, at the corner of the chemin de la Montagne and Cregheur. Of the 20 children on the bus, none were injured. According to a MRC des Collines officer, the bus would not give way to the vehicle on the chemin de […]

Quebec’s Minister of Health and Social Services Gaétan Barrette, accompanied by MNA André Fortin, visited the Pontiac Hospital, where he made an important announcement of an investment of $ 2,130,700 in financial support to the CISSS de l’Outaouais to establish a satellite hemodialysis unit at the Pontiac Hospital. The project consists of decentralization of services […]

This evening, Pierre Fréchette’s successor as mayor Mayor of Île-du-Grand-Calumet will be revealed. Mr. Fréchette resigned over ten days ago, citing principles as the reason for his departure. During the last two transitions, the deputy mayor Jean-Louis Corriveau had assumed the interim. Given that general municipal elections will be held in less than 5 months, […]

The Sûreté du Québec has launched two new media platforms to better serve the public . A new website was launched with a more efficient search engine, a simplified information architecture that will highlighted the most consulted sections of the old site. Also, a new regional Twitter account with easier access to relevant information depending […]

The municipal meeting held in the Municipality of Mansfield last Wednesday brought together some fifty residents, several of whom expressed their dissatisfaction and frustrations regarding the claims of the Residents Committee open to the amalgamation. One resident criticized the council for not answering his questions. André Boisvert of the Residents Committee open to the amalgamation […]