Waltham considering fire agreement with Mansfield
August 18, 2025
The municipality is looking at ways to save costs, while ensuring best fire response times across its territory.
The municipality is looking at ways to save costs, while ensuring best fire response times across its territory.
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 Pontiac Community Players have transformed into a traveling theatre troupe for the month of August to perform their latest play, Twain’s Tales, in public
An Otter Lake committee has chosen two projects to receive money as part of the municipality’s participatory budget program launched this spring. The Otter Lake
Following an outage that left thousands in the upper Pontiac without power early last week, local officials are calling on Hydro-Québec to offer better short-term
MRC Pontiac mayors voted to award one portion of the MRC’s contract for the handling of the territory’s recycling to a Mont Tremblant-based company at
Our heartfelt sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with Kathleen “Kay” Sullivan Ranger, of Campbell’s Bay, and family and friends, in the recent passing of her
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police arrested a Waltham resident in his home late on Sunday evening after a report he was spotted carrying a firearm
MRC Pontiac mayors voted on May 21 to call on the province to prioritize cellular coverage improvements in the Outaouais and Pontiac in its master
The Harrington Community Centre in Chapeau is one big step closer to getting a new generator after its pitch to have this project funded by
The municipality is looking at ways to save costs, while ensuring best fire response times across its territory.
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 Pontiac Community Players have transformed into a traveling theatre troupe for the month of August to perform their latest play, Twain’s Tales, in public parks across the county.
An Otter Lake committee has chosen two projects to receive money as part of the municipality’s participatory budget program launched this spring. The Otter Lake 150 committee will receive $12,950 toward celebrations for the municipality’s 150th anniversary next year, and
Following an outage that left thousands in the upper Pontiac without power early last week, local officials are calling on Hydro-Québec to offer better short-term fixes to the region’s frequent outages while residents wait for a new substation. A storm
MRC Pontiac mayors voted to award one portion of the MRC’s contract for the handling of the territory’s recycling to a Mont Tremblant-based company at their monthly meeting on June 18. Under this contract, Location Martin-Lalonde Inc. will be providing
Our heartfelt sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with Kathleen “Kay” Sullivan Ranger, of Campbell’s Bay, and family and friends, in the recent passing of her dearly loved husband Joseph “Joe.” Our heartfelt sympathy, thoughts and prayers are with Suzanne (Cartier)
Sûreté du Québec (SQ) police arrested a Waltham resident in his home late on Sunday evening after a report he was spotted carrying a firearm on the town’s chemin Nadeau. SQ spokesperson Sergeant Marc Tessier said the police got the
MRC Pontiac mayors voted on May 21 to call on the province to prioritize cellular coverage improvements in the Outaouais and Pontiac in its master plan to better service rural communities, after the region was omitted from a plan to
The Harrington Community Centre in Chapeau is one big step closer to getting a new generator after its pitch to have this project funded by the municipality received the most public votes of the five finalists last week.
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