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]
Apr 202012
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]
Jan 052012
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]
Nov 152011
It has already been two years since the CLD, the MRC and the SADC organized public consultations and workshops to develop the Vision 2020’s Action and Strategic Plans. These meetings between the citizens of the Pontiac and our partners have greatly helped us to lay the foundation of this approach and to understand the perceptions [read full story]
On November 12 and 13, 2011, Timberland Tours in Bristol will host its 2nd annual Canadian Dryland Dog Racing Championship. As its name suggests, Dryland racing is practiced on dry land as opposed to traditional dog-sled challenges which are run on snow. Denis Rozon, owner of Timberland Tours, and a racer himself, is responsible for [read full story]
