2012-04-11
2012-04-09
Action Pontiac -- back and better than ever!
Dear Active Pontiacers, we had a brief start up meeting last week and sketched out some exciting plans for the next "Savour the Pontiac" event (August 12th! Circle the date!) as well as some other projects!
If you'd like to be part of this, you can contact me here or give me a call
819 455 2601
and I'll forward you the minutes, such as they are.
Lots to be done and lots of fun to be had, my friends!
Next meeting:
May 3rd at the Luskville Community Centre, 7 pm!
Bring your ideas and enthusiasm!
Thanks. K>
If you'd like to be part of this, you can contact me here or give me a call
819 455 2601
and I'll forward you the minutes, such as they are.
Lots to be done and lots of fun to be had, my friends!
Next meeting:
May 3rd at the Luskville Community Centre, 7 pm!
Bring your ideas and enthusiasm!
Thanks. K>
More life drawing classes
PONTIAC SCHOOL FOR THE ARTS
LIFE DRAWING SESSIONS
FOR THE SPRING
at THE STONE SCHOOL
PORTAGE-DU-FORT
SATURDAY : MAY 5 AND MAY 19
WEDNESDAY : JUNE 6 AND 27
open studios with model 10-3
contact http://www.artpontiac.com/ for information
contact register@artpontiac.com to sign up
for further information contact Anne Beeton
anne.beeton@sympatico.ca or 819-455-9175
These will be the last until the fall -
tell your friends and come and enjoy
2012-04-05
l'Association des artistes du Pontiac, Soirée bénéfice
Le samedi 14 avril » Association des artistes du Pontiac
Soirée bénéfice et encan silencieux d’œuvres d’art
Vous êtes invités à célébrer avec nous lors d’une Soirée bénéfice et encan silencieux d’œuvres d’art, le samedi 14 avril à 19h, à l’École en pierre de Portage-du-Fort.
Le prix du billet de 10 $ comprend le café, le thé et les desserts, et une musique d’ambiance offerte par le groupe «Hurry Up and Wait » d’Ottawa, ainsi que par d’autres invités tels Phillip Holmes, Erica Vezeau, et Kate Morgan.
Il y aura des prix de présence, un encan silencieux d’oeuvres offertes par des artistes du Pontiac de même que du vin, de la bière et un bar à café "spécial" payants.
Tous les profits iront aux activités de l'Association des artistes du Pontiac (AAP), promoteur de l'École des arts du Pontiac, de la Tournée des ateliers d’artistes du Pontiac, de la galerie de l’École de pierre et du projet de Résidence d’artistes. Récipiendaire d’un prix et gérée par des bénévoles, l’AAP est un organisme artistique connu dans l'ouest du Québec pour son succès dans la promotion des arts et de la culture et pour sa contribution à la vie culturelle de notre communauté.
Nous sommes fiers que notre petite communauté rurale possède un tel centre dynamique pour les arts visuels..
Inscrivez le 14 avril à votre agenda et venez célébrer avec nous!
Les billets sont disponibles aux endroits suivants :
Campbell’s Bay édifice de la MRC;
Portage-du-Fort magasin de Thompson; Renfrew magasin de tissus Dolan; Bristol chez Shirley Russell (647-3939);
Shawville Café 349, Art Brûlant et Impressions, boutique Gwendoline, et magasin de chaussures de Shawville
Luskville: Kate Aley, aleykate@bellnet.ca
Pontiac Artists' Association fundraiser
Saturday, April 14 » Pontiac Artists’ Association
Fundraising Party and Silent Art Auction
You are invited to celebrate with us at a Fundraising Party and Silent Art Auction, Saturday April 14, 7 pm, at the Stone School in Portage-du-Fort.
The $10 ticket price includes coffee, tea and desserts along with musical entertainment provided by Ottawa band ‘Hurry Up and Wait’ with additional guests, Phillip Holmes, Erica Vezeau, and Kate Morgan.
There will be door prizes and a silent auction featuring artworks donated by Pontiac artists along with a cash wine, beer and specialty coffee bar.
All proceeds will go towards the operation of the Pontiac Artists’ Association (PAA), promoter of the Pontiac School of the Arts, the Pontiac Artist’s Studio Tour, the Stone School Gallery and the Artists’ Residency Project. The PAA is an award-winning volunteer-run arts organization known throughout West Quebec for its success in promoting arts and culture and contributing to the cultural life of our community.
We are proud that our small rural community has such a vibrant center for the visual arts.
Mark April 14th on your calendar and come celebrate with us!
Tickets are available at the following locations:
Campbell’s Bay at MRC building;
Portage-du-Fort at Thompson’s Store; Renfrew at Dolan’s Fabric Shop;
Bristol at Shirley Russell (647-3939);
Shawville at Café 349, Art Brûlant and Impressions, Boutique Gwendoline, and Shawville Shoe Shop
Luskville: Kate Aley, aleykate@bellnet.ca
2012-03-30
Quyon ferry open, traversier ouvert
Now Open for 2012!!
~~~~~~~March and April Hours~~~~~~~~~
Monday to Thursday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Saturday 7:00 a.m. to Midnight
Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Good Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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~~~~~~~March and April Hours~~~~~~~~~
Monday to Thursday 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Friday 6:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
Saturday 7:00 a.m. to Midnight
Sunday 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Good Friday 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
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2012-02-09
Ecological corridors next to Gatineau Park
(Click on map to enlarge)
The National Capital Commission has been studying proposals to protect watercourses and forested areas adjacent to Gatineau Park from development, as these form natural corridors for movement of wildlife between Adirondack Park in the United States and Algonquin Park in Ontario. The intention is not to maintain pristine parkland, and the NCC is not planning to buy land, but hoping to persuade municipalities to protect these areas for recreation and future generations, as well as for the ecological benefits, thus making the municipality more attractive to current and future residents. (It is already against the law to cut trees in buffer strips next to streams and rivers, or in wetlands.)
Wide corridors could allow the use of ATVs and snowmobiles, if owners agree (according to the NCC).
Five of the twelve proposed corridors are at least partly within the municipality of Pontiac:
1. the Breckenridge Creek watershed (part of which already belongs to the Nature Conservancy of Canada);
2. the Luskville corridor, which consists of the forested area on the shoreline west of Baie Noire, between ch Parker and ch de la Baie, and three watercourses that enter the Ottawa in this area (Ruisseau Bradley, Crique Chartrand and Crique Alarie leading from Luskville Falls);
3. the Ottawa River shoreline from the mouth of the Quyon River downstream to Pointe Cornu (includes Plage Taber, Pontiac AirPark and Plage Stanley), and the forested areas extending north and then east to Gatineau Park, including the Mohr watercourse (the Pontiac corridor);
4. Chats Falls park and the forested area north of 5th Concession and west of ch Alexander, each side of the Quyon river, connecting to Gatineau Park north of Steele Line (most of this corridor is in the municipality of Bristol);
5. the forested areas north of Onslow Corners extending north and west from the west boundary of Gatineau Park, into Thorne and La Pêche (the North corridor).
Council feels that “these corridors will discourage development of the municipality”, and is against anything that “will be a brake on development”. It decided unanimously at its 17 January meeting to inform the NCC of its disagreement with any procedure leading to setting up ecological corridors.
What kind of development do residents of the municipality want? Wall to wall housing? Clear-cutting of forests? Tourism? Local markets? Some residents and visitors may prefer countryside, with trees and bushes on either side of winding streams and rivers, and wetlands teeming with wildlife, as well as farmland. At the moment the only protection against rampant housing development is the CPTAQ (Commission to protect farmland), which is not interested in protecting woodland unless the trees are sugar maples.
Why do residents want to live in the municipality of Pontiac? For low taxes, for the beautiful landscape, or both?
What do you think?
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