MRC Pontiac developing climate action plan
August 15, 2025
Its goal is to help municipalities reduce emissions while also protecting residents from the impacts of climate change.
Its goal is to help municipalities reduce emissions while also protecting residents from the impacts of climate change.
A group of artists and art lovers gathered at Café 349 in Shawville on Aug. 14 to celebrate this month’s exhibit titled Reflections on Water,
Four small forest fires ignited across Pontiac county between Aug. 9 and 11, with a fifth reported to be burning north of Waltham as of
The Shawville Pontiacs will be back on the ice this fall, following an Aug. 11 announcement that the Pontiac Senior Comets hockey team has been
An 18-year-old motorcyclist from Gatineau is dead following a crash in Luskville late Monday evening.
Students from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge (ESSC) graduated from the province’s first high school firefighting training program with their Firefighting 1 certifications on Monday evening. The
The Municipality of Pontiac has been chosen as one of 20 municipalities across the province whose code of ethics and professional conduct will undergo an
Volunteers at Fort Coulonge’s arena are facing a setback after discovering last week that a set of posts they planned on installing had gone missing
SOPFEU firefighters have declared a 3.2 hectare forest fire northeast of Sparling Lake in the municipality of Thorne to be under control after working to
Its goal is to help municipalities reduce emissions while also protecting residents from the impacts of climate change.
A group of artists and art lovers gathered at Café 349 in Shawville on Aug. 14 to celebrate this month’s exhibit titled Reflections on Water, on display at the café. The exhibit brings together the works of nine Ottawa Valley
Four small forest fires ignited across Pontiac county between Aug. 9 and 11, with a fifth reported to be burning north of Waltham as of Tuesday morning. Most municipalities are enforcing total fire ban as high fire risk continues.
The Shawville Pontiacs will be back on the ice this fall, following an Aug. 11 announcement that the Pontiac Senior Comets hockey team has been sold and will relocate from Fort Coulonge to Shawville. The Comets have been a senior
An 18-year-old motorcyclist from Gatineau is dead following a crash in Luskville late Monday evening.
Students from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge (ESSC) graduated from the province’s first high school firefighting training program with their Firefighting 1 certifications on Monday evening. The two-year program, which began at the Mansfield high school in the fall of 2023, is
The Municipality of Pontiac has been chosen as one of 20 municipalities across the province whose code of ethics and professional conduct will undergo an audit by the Quebec Municipal Commission this year. “This work has the goal of evaluating
Volunteers at Fort Coulonge’s arena are facing a setback after discovering last week that a set of posts they planned on installing had gone missing overnight. Earlier this year the committee of volunteers at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs
SOPFEU firefighters have declared a 3.2 hectare forest fire northeast of Sparling Lake in the municipality of Thorne to be under control after working to extinguish it all weekend.
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