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Political scientist Gaëtane Corriveau told an AGIR Outaouais forum in Gatineau on October 23 that equality between women and men exists in law but not in daily life, as participants examined persistent pay gaps, a dip in women’s council representation and practical ways for Outaouais municipalities to turn equality policies into action. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Outaouais municipalities urged to turn equality pledges into action

Second fatal car crash on Boulevard des Allumettières this season

Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi MP Sophie Chatel and CPAWS-OV executive director John McDonnell are urging the Senate to pass Bill S-229, the 15th attempt to give Gatineau Park legal protection, as a new poll shows 82 per cent of Outaouais residents back the bill. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Fifteenth try to protect Gatineau Park in law rests with the Senate

Santé Québec closed its $66.9-million purchase of an 11-storey office tower at 70 rue Crémazie in Hull on August 31 and plans to make it a permanent home for regional laboratories, a local service point and administrative offices, though the agency has yet to set a budget, timeline or opening date for the conversion. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Santé Québec’s Hull office tower to house regional labs

Manuela Teixeira and her daughters, Camilla Cazelais and Élisa Cazelais, told a Chambre de commerce de Gatineau luncheon at Maison O’Brien in Chelsea how they reopened the Gatineau Park heritage house in two months, and shared what working together has taught them about succession, credibility and building a family business. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Three women and a heritage house bring new life to Meech Lake landmark

Residents enjoyed a meal featuring Haitian flavours last Sunday. Photo: Transitiôn

A Haitian meal brings together residents of Village Transitiôn

Collège Universel's new 2,000-seat Gatineau campus opens as Quebec needs more young people and workers but has tightened the rules on whether international students can come and stay, and the outcome of the October 5 election could shape those rules. Photo: Courtesy of Collège Universel Facebook page

Collège Universel opens 2,000-seat Gatineau campus as Quebec debates who gets to stay

Gatineau home care company Aidexpress is receiving a $500,000 federal repayable contribution to add artificial intelligence to its platform, which it says will match Outaouais seniors with home care workers more quickly and flag those most in need of help. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Gatineau home care company receives federal funding to add AI to its platform

Gatineau is drawing up a 10-year plan for its aging outdoor pools, most built in the early 1970s and concentrated in Hull, as councillors push to keep and modernize them in the face of hotter summers. Photo: Courtesy of the City of Gatineau

Gatineau weighs the future of its aging outdoor pools as rink overhaul moves forward

Some 400 tour operators, travel agents and suppliers are at the Hôtel-Casino du Lac-Leamy through October 21 for Bienvenue Québec 2026, the tourism trade show that Fédération des transporteurs par autobus chief executive Luc Fortin says typically yields about $50 million in contracts, and that Tourisme Outaouais is using to sell the region to buyers who mostly come from outside Quebec. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Tourism’s matchmakers set up shop in Gatineau

Film screenings in Old Aylmer, a Day of the Dead altar, a play and a human library are among the events Gatineau has scheduled from October 30 to November 15 to mark the Semaine québécoise des rencontres interculturelles (Quebec Intercultural Encounters Week). Photo: Gatineau Bulletin Archives, 2023, UNAM Canada

Film, theatre and a human library mark intercultural week in Gatineau

One of the new donation bins installed in Gatineau to facilitate the reuse of clothing and textiles. Photo: City of Gatineau

Twenty New Drop-Off Boxes to Facilitate the Reuse of Textiles in Gatineau

CSSPO shines at the Forces AVENIR high school gala

Gatineau will welcome about 200 chamber of commerce representatives from across Quebec on June 7 and 8, 2027, after beating out other candidates to host the FCCQ’s annual Grande Rencontre and gala, a choice federation head Véronique Proulx credits to the city’s economic vitality and its position next to the federal capital. Photo: Courtesy of FCCQ

Gatineau lands Quebec chambers of commerce gathering and gala for 2027

“Vivre en vert” expands to the entire Outaouais region. Photo : Maude-Marquis Bissonnette

6,000 Additional Trees Planned for Gatineau by 2027

The Carrefour culturel Estacade, which brings live shows to more than 30,000 young people a year from its Buckingham base, says it must raise $200,000 by October 16 to avoid closing after the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec announced funding of $78,750, well short of the $278,750 it needs to break even. Photo: Courtesy of Carrefour culturel Estacade

Buckingham arts venue Estacade has until October 16 to raise $200,000 or close

The proposed radioactive waste disposal site in Chalk River remains a concern in the Outaouais region. Photo: École d’été citoyenne

The Chalk River Radioactive Waste Repository Project Continues to Cause Concern in the Outaouais

The documentary UZEB en fusion screened in Gatineau. Photo: Ciné Jonction

UZEB en fusion screened in Gatineau as part of Ciné Jonction

A free online book by curator Gerald McMaster examines how Indigenous artists have borne witness to the residential school system and its lasting legacy, through 70 works that include Allen Sapp's 1988 painting Recess at Onion Lake School. Photo; Courtesy of The Canadian Art Institute (CAI)

Indigenous artists bear witness to residential school legacy in new free book

Taxes, homelessness, and healthcare: three issues that shaped the Gatineau City Council meeting

Outaouais tenants pay among the highest rents in Quebec and report more trouble covering them than most of the province, a new Léger study finds, as Vivre en Ville argues that a mandatory public rent registry is needed to protect the region's remaining affordable housing. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Outaouais rents among highest in Quebec as many tenants struggle with cost

The Tourisme Outaouais board of directors for 2026-2027 gathered on the steps of the Maison O'Brien, where the organization's annual general meeting on September 30 heard that booked overnight stays in the region rose nearly six per cent in 2025, helped by a push for business events and provincial funding. Photo: Courtesy of Tourisme Outaouais

Tourisme Outaouais tells annual general meeting that bookings rose nearly six per cent in 2025

Gatineau is accepting applications until October 19 for a downtown revitalization program that covers up to 70 per cent of eligible costs, to a maximum of $50,000, for businesses, non-profits and cooperatives that open or improve spaces in the city's core. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Gatineau offers up to $50,000 to revive downtown storefronts

Michel Langevin, as part of a Liberal wave took the Chapleau riding, beating out Minister Mathieu Lévesque who came in third place at press time, and the PQ’s Meixia Maltais in second. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Liberals sweep Outaouais