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10 local organisations will receive a grant from the Culture, Communications and Heritage Fund.

Emilie Chazelas — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:06:45 +0000

The MRC Pontiac, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture and the CLD Pontiac, have created a Cultural Development Fund with $17 000 available. Its objective is to support community projects that increase the number of cultural activities and events, improve the communication and promotion of cultural activities and events, participate in the animation and [read full story]

Seven Local Tourism businesses share $35 000 thanks to the Pontiac Tourism Development Program

Joannie Lance — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 19:03:06 +0000

The MRC Pontiac has provided $35 000 to its CLD to inaugurate the Pontiac Tourism Development Program (PTDP). The projects selected are from local tourism businesses that wish to develop their site, improve their infrastructure or even change their equipment. The sum allocated to these businesses has to be used for material goods or the [read full story]

Rural Pact 2012-2013: 22 Projects to Receive Funding

Joannie Lance — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 15:09:11 +0000

The 22 projects to receive Rural Pact financing were announced at the last MRC Pontiac Mayors’ Council on March 22nd. Close to $403 000 will be invested into projects again this year thanks to the participation of several community and municipal partners. The CLD’s Rural Team comprised of three Rural Development Officers, Amy Taylor, Bernhardt Beaudry [read full story]

New MRC Cultural Fund to Help Promote Local Events

Administrator — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:59:45 +0000

MRC Pontiac launched a $17,000 Culture, Communications and Heritage fund to help municipalities and organisations promote local cultural events. Resulting from the MRC and CLD’s Cultural Development Agreement with the Ministry of Culture, Communications and the Status of Women, the fund aims to support projects that: Increase the number of events, festivals and cultural activities; [read full story]

The PTCR isn’t a promise, it’s a promising proposal

Danielle Belec — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 01:36:19 +0000

Most of us learn early in life to be wary of anything that sounds too good to be true. A five billion dollar investment and 8,000 new jobs for Pontiac certainly qualify as such. That’s why we’ve come to expect comments such as the one we received recently from a Mansfield resident demanding proof that [read full story]

The Bryson House Website Gets a Facelift

Emilie Chazelas — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 19:02:24 +0000

After 12 years of operation, the historic Bryson House launched a new Internet site, www.brysonhouse.org. The website highlights the multiple functions of the house as a museum, an archive centre and a tea room, and also hosts a calendar of events. “The calendar will make it easier for the public to find out what’s happening [read full story]

Portrait of the Outaouais’ Communities

Bernhardt Beaudry — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:35:13 +0000

The project started almost three years ago. At the time, several formative actions were underway in the Valley in terms of community and social development. It was agreed that a roadmap would be established and that all the players would have common goals. The purpose of this project is to develop a portrait of Outaouais [read full story]

Call for Projects – Rural Pact

Bernhardt Beaudry — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 20:04:28 +0000

The 2011-2012 MRC Pontiac Rural Pact Call for Projects has now been launched. The closing date is March 15th, 2012 and selected projects will be announced at the end of March 2012. MRC developmental projects involving several municipalities and/or priorities will be highly prioritized. The main orientations are Tourism, Social & Community, Culture, Agriculture (transformation), [read full story]

MRC Pontiac – 2012 Budget

Administrator — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:02:33 +0000

Warden Michael McCrank Reports (Letter dated November 25th, 2011) Citizens of Pontiac, Colleagues, Members of the Press, Each year, MRC Pontiac faces the challenge of delivering a budget that supports its commitment to reducing costs while minimizing the impact on important services to our municipalities and citizens, maintaining those services mandated by the Government of Quebec, and [read full story]

Pontiac Tourism Development Program

Bernhardt Beaudry — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 16:06:58 +0000

The Pontiac Local Development Centre (CLD) and the MRC Pontiac are proud to introduce their brand new program aimed at tourism operators in the Pontiac. Armed with an annual budget of $35,000, the Pontiac Tourism Development Program (PTDP) has for an objective to make the Pontiac ‘a destination known for its tourism, its quality services [read full story]