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April 2, 2026

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Highway repairs resume on four-lanes

The province has resumed work repairing the four-lane stretch of Highway 148 that passes through Luskville, with plans to repave the entire section by the

Bracing for flooding

Pontiac municipalities are bracing for possible flooding this week. Here’s what some of them are doing to prepare.

Highway repairs resume on four-lanes

The province has resumed work repairing the four-lane stretch of Highway 148 that passes through Luskville, with plans to repave the entire section by the end of September, according to a press release from the Ministère des Transports du Québec

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Pontiac ER stretcher wait times more than double

The average amount of time Pontiac Hospital emergency room (ER) patients waited on stretchers before being moved to a hospital bed more than doubled in the past year, according to new data provided by Outaouais healthcare authority CISSSO. The numbers

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