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March 11, 2026

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CISSSO plans could see summer closure of OR

Outaouais’s healthcare network, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO), has prepared contingency plans to deal with anticipated staffing shortages

MRC launches new round of FRR2 funding

$600,000 available for community projects in 2024 by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Campbell’s Bay May 15, 2024 The MRC Pontiac is once again accepting applications from

MRC buys abattoir assets

Soon-to-be cooperative of local producers to buy some assets from MRC down the road Pontiac’s only provincially licensed abattoir will live to see another day

Shawville sidewalks get lit

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville May. 13, 2024 Illumination of the Main Street sidewalk in Shawville is no longer at the whims of often faulty

Six more councils rescind support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Pontiac May 14, 2024 In decisions rendered at their regular monthly council meetings last week,

CISSSO plans could see summer closure of OR

Outaouais’s healthcare network, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO), has prepared contingency plans to deal with anticipated staffing shortages over the summer that may, in the worst case scenario, see the region’s rural operating

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MRC launches new round of FRR2 funding

$600,000 available for community projects in 2024 by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Campbell’s Bay May 15, 2024 The MRC Pontiac is once again accepting applications from municipalities and non-profit organizations wishing to receive provincial funding, distributed by the MRC, for community

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MRC buys abattoir assets

Soon-to-be cooperative of local producers to buy some assets from MRC down the road Pontiac’s only provincially licensed abattoir will live to see another day thanks to the efforts of a small group of local farmers and the MRC Pontiac.

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Shawville sidewalks get lit

by Sophie Kuijper Dickson Shawville May. 13, 2024 Illumination of the Main Street sidewalk in Shawville is no longer at the whims of often faulty Hydro Québec street lights. In April, the municipality installed 12 solar-powered street lamps along the

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Six more councils rescind support for incinerator by Charles Dickson Pontiac May 14, 2024 In decisions rendered at their regular monthly council meetings last week, the municipalities of Campbell’s Bay, Fort Coulonge and Mansfield and Pontefract withdrew their support for

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