Hot, dry conditions bring three wildfires to Pontiac
July 20, 2026
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU,
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU,
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
He announced the decision at the end of Shawville’s regular council meeting Tuesday night
“That’s a first for me!” came The Weather Network on Sunday morning (some very observant retired dairy farmer’s wife, who has the most popular Sunday
Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s
The mayor of the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims, located roughly an hour northwest of the Upper Pontiac region, is hoping to get his community recognized
On Tuesday (July 7), the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs was packed for a display of the performing arts put on by Canada’s Circus Spectacular,
Dear Editor, As I walk past the CAP building on my way to the Pontiac Museum, I notice that the roof is covered with solar
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat
The spiny water flea competes for food with other zooplankton, affecting fish populations up the food chain.
Hot and dry weather conditions last week caused a total of six wildfires across the Outaouais region, including three in the Pontiac, according to SOPFEU, Quebec’s wildfire fighting agency. Two of these fires, located northwest of Maniwaki in the TNO
Total fire ban in effect for MRC Pontiac effective 9 a.m. July 16.
He announced the decision at the end of Shawville’s regular council meeting Tuesday night
“That’s a first for me!” came The Weather Network on Sunday morning (some very observant retired dairy farmer’s wife, who has the most popular Sunday morning show on radio, told me before I got up). My family has lived in
Last week the Quebec government announced the next phase of their “Opération Cellulaire” program, including two new cell towers for the Pontiac region. In Quebec’s initial two phases of improvements to the province’s cell coverage, only one tower had been
The mayor of the far-flung municipality of Rapides-des-Joachims, located roughly an hour northwest of the Upper Pontiac region, is hoping to get his community recognized as remote. Roger Lafond said that his council and the MRC council of mayors have
On Tuesday (July 7), the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs was packed for a display of the performing arts put on by Canada’s Circus Spectacular, who held two shows in the afternoon. On top of the more typical performances from
Dear Editor, As I walk past the CAP building on my way to the Pontiac Museum, I notice that the roof is covered with solar panels. Solar panels can be of the type that generates electrical power, or they can
Last month in France, some 40 people drowned in the span of six days while trying to cool off their bodies during a deadly heat wave. Some people didn’t know how to swim. In some places, swimming wasn’t safe. When
The spiny water flea competes for food with other zooplankton, affecting fish populations up the food chain.
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