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Shawarma Santé officially closed its doors after 22 years of service in Aylmer

The official opening of the Café Autiste will take place on September 16. Photo: Drazen Seslija

Café Autiste in Old Hull to open on September 16

FOHO will host a regional forum on September 23 at Gatineau's Maison du citoyen, bringing together elected officials, community groups, researchers and other partners to address the Outaouais housing crisis and develop concrete solutions for the future of social housing. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Federation to host regional housing forum in Gatineau amid ongoing crisis

Gatineau home-care platform Aidexpress received $500,000 in federal funding to develop artificial intelligence, part of the nearly $14-million announced to support 63 Quebec businesses. Photo: Courtesy of Aidexpress

Two Outaouais tech firms land federal AI money, one of them a Gatineau home-care platform

Despite strict licensing rules for hotels and short-term rentals, Gatineau police say the city's regulatory framework was never designed to detect or prevent the hidden sexual exploitation of children occurring inside these spaces. Photo: Courtesy of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police from their report, Domestic Human Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation in Canada October 2013

Sex trafficking in Gatineau hides in licensed rooms, and the rules governing them were built for something else

Rack à Bécik and Action vélo Outaouais brought their Fête du vélo to Aylmer's Parc des Cèdres August 9, with a free afternoon of mobile bike repairs, hot dogs, kids' activities and partner kiosks celebrating the region's cycling culture. Photo: Rack à Bécik

Cycling in Gatineau: more to explore, plenty to learn

Cheese recalled in the Outaouais region due to a risk of contamination

Lise Girard, president of Quebec's Commission d'accès à l'information, whose 2026 five-year report calls for a sweeping overhaul of the province's transparency and privacy laws. Photo: Courtesy of the Quebec Access to Information Commission

Quebec's access and privacy watchdog seeks a sweeping overhaul, though its report may go nowhere fast

The Outaouais Eco-Citizen Schools program hopes to raise awareness within the school community about adopting good environmental practices, among other things. Photo: Enviro Éduc-Action

Outaouais Schools Recognized for Their Environmental Commitment

The Canadian Hockey League (CHL) has decided not to include Gatineau's bid in the selection process for the host city of the 2028 Memorial Cup. Photo: Luc Chénier (Official Facebook page)

Gatineau Excluded from the 2028 Memorial Cup Bid Process

Gatineau Joins the Swim-Friendly Cities Charter and Strengthens its Commitment to its Rivers

Violence sexuelle et conjugale : nouveau tribunal spécialisé pour mieux soutenir les victimes en Outaouais

Cinq fromages de l’Outaouais, dont trois sont produits par la Fromagerie Montebello et deux par la Trappe à Fromage, figurent parmi les 63 finalistes au 26e concours Sélection Caseus. Photo : Gracieuseté de la Fromagerie Montebello

Cinq fromages de l’Outaouais finalistes au prestigieux concours Sélection Caseus

Quebec is investing $500,000 to renew its Échanges entre générations program for 2026-2027, announced June 22 in Trois-Rivières by Mathieu Lévesque, minister responsible for Youth and minister delegate for the Regions, which pays seniors' residences and non-profits across the province, including the Outaouais, to house post-secondary students in exchange for their volunteer time with older residents. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Quebec bets $500,000 on students moving in with seniors, and residences can apply

All the artists involved in the Cultural Trail on Wednesday, June 17 at Place Laval. Photo: Courtesy

The Cultural Trail celebrates its 10th anniversary with a new route open year-round

The Physiotherapy Techniques program will be offered starting in the Fall of 2027. Photo: Cégep de l’Outaouais

Cégep de l’Outaouais to offer Physiotherapy Techniques program starting in 2027

Chloé Bourgeois, Bellevue district municipal councillor, and Tiffany-Lee Norris Parent, Touraine district municipal councillor, with Skateboarder Zavier Matthews at the Riviera Park renovation unveiling on Monday, June 22, 2026 (JO) Photo: City of Gatineau

Gatineau’s Riviera Park with new renovations opens June 22 to kick off the summer

Gatineau has named writer Karina Pawlikowski and theatre artist Julien Morissette as the recipients of its two 2026 artist residencies. Photo: Courtesy of the City of Gatineau

Two local artists chosen for Gatineau's 2026 creative residencies

Microplastics are turning up everywhere in the Outaouais, from the Ottawa River to Gatineau's taps, and a June 11 Mois de l'eau webinar laid out what two local researchers know so far and what residents can do about it. Photo: Screenshot of the zoom meeting,

Microplastics are in the Outaouais' water, from the river to the tap

Modernized after a three-year rehabilitation, the National Capital Commission's Philippe Lake campground in Gatineau Park reopened June 12 with upgraded infrastructure, new facilities and ten mini-chalets. Photo: Courtesy of the NCC

Philippe Lake campground reopens after three-year overhaul

Gatineau commuters are being encouraged to swap solo car trips for transit, walking, cycling or carpooling this September as the Solo Car-Free Challenge, coordinated locally by MOBI-O, returns for its eighteenth year. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Car-free challenge returns to Gatineau

Roughly a thousand farmers and rural landowners rallied outside Parliament on June 10 to demand a moratorium on Alto's high-speed rail line, arguing the project would carve up Quebec and Ontario farmland with too little transparency, even as the Crown corporation behind it touts a tourism and economic windfall worth billions. Photo: Vincent Yergeau

Farmers and rural landowners take their Alto fight to Parliament Hill

David Power on June 9, expressing to the council his disregard for the bridge project coming to the east of Gatineau. Photo: Jude Osmond

City Council meeting packs house at Nicolas-Gatineau Polyvalente High School

La Fab sur Mill in Chelsea opens two new exhibitions on May 9, where Claire Huneault's atmospheric fine art prints of roses in bloom share the season with Judy Mason's intricate punch needle textiles. Photo: Courtesy

La Fab sur Mill brings textiles and photography to Chelsea this May