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With a basic vet visit at Gatineau's Clinique vétérinaire Eardley now $124 and serious cases running into the thousands, Outaouais pet owners are facing harder choices as care costs rise and a staffing shortage squeezes local clinics. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Rising vet bills are forcing Outaouais pet owners to make hard choices

The Salon du livre de l'Outaouais and Réseau BIBLIO de l'Outaouais present the free Authors' Cycle Route on September 19 along the Véloroute des Draveurs between Blue Sea and Messines, where riders can stop at four lakeside literary halts to hear regional writers Julie-Anne Codaire, Jean-Luc Lacroix, Myriam Legault-Beauregard and Kathia Trottier read work drawn from nature. Photo: Courtesy

Authors line the Véloroute des Draveurs for a free lakeside literary ride

Auditor General Christine Roy has judged Quebec's plan to balance its budget by 2029-2030 credible but precarious, warning it depends on the government finding billions in spending cuts, close to $5 billion in a single year, without saying which programs would be sacrificed to get there. Photo: Courtesy of the Auditor General of Quebec

Quebec's budget adds up, the auditor general says, if the province is ready to cut billions

A public forum in Gatineau on September 26 will bring Algonquin leaders, a scientist and local residents together to examine the contested plan to bury radioactive waste at Chalk River, upstream on the Ottawa River, a project the courts have already sent back to the federal government twice. Photo: Courtesy of École d'été citoyenne

Gatineau forum to examine the Chalk River radioactive waste plan

A cluster of spiny water fleas found on a fishing line. Photo: Carolane Riopel-Leduc

Spiny Water Fleas Gaining Ground in the Gatineau River

First Councillor's Breakfast to Benefit the Lièvre Food Bank

Quebec Elections: PQ leads as campaign kicks off

The investment includes $20 million for the development of the future museum, as well as $890,000 to support its organizational needs over the next two years. Photo: Courtesy of the City of Gatineau.

Nearly $21 million to proceed with the Outaouais Regional Museum

Legionnaires' disease cases in Aylmer have risen to 15 since June 19, more than double the region's usual yearly total, and Santé Québec Outaouais is urging residents to watch for symptoms while investigators work to trace the source. Photo: Courtesy of Health Canada

Legionnaires' disease cases climb to 15 in Aylmer as health officials search for the source

The Outaouais depends on federal government jobs more than any other region in Quebec, and a report from the Observatoire du développement de l'Outaouais warns this reliance is now a serious liability as Ottawa carries out its deepest public service cuts in years. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

The Outaouais leans hardest on government jobs, and the ground is shifting

Consignaction is opening at least four new return locations in Gatineau and restricting Ontario residents to Express Return only, after cross-border traffic overwhelmed its Consignaction+ site at 84 Jean-Proulx Street and left local residents facing lineups of up to an hour. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Consignaction to open new return locations and restrict Ontario returns amid overwhelming demand in Gatineau

Xavier Lusignan distinguished himself once again with a place on the podium. Photo: Courtesy of Xavier Lusignan's team

Xavier Lusignan Wins Bronze at Commonwealth Games

Connexions Resource Centre has hired Andrea Liosatos as its new patient navigator to help English-speaking residents of the Outaouais access and navigate Quebec's health and social services system. Photo: Courtesy of Andrea Liosatos Connexions Facebook page

Connexions Resource Centre introduces new patient navigator for Outaouais English speakers

Quebec is putting $4.5 million over three years into English language mental health services, keeping Aylmer's Connexions Resource Centre funded to serve the Outaouais, with minister Lionel Carmant framing the investment as a step toward more accessible, community rooted care. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Expanded English mental health services keep Connexions running in the Outaouais

Nick Loyer delighted the audience with his songs on Tuesday, August 4. Photo: Courtesy of the Plateau Residents' Association

The return of Musical Tuesdays celebrated with music by Nick Loyer

Jeunesse Idem has unveiled its 2026 Pride week schedule, ten days of activities across the Outaouais from August 21 to 30 that build toward the Capital Pride parade in Ottawa. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Pride week returns to the Outaouais with Jeunesse Idem's 2026 lineup

Farrellton organic seed grower Catherine Wallenburg, whose company Northern Seeds develops more than 120 certified-organic varieties adapted to Canada's short growing seasons, has been named the Outaouais finalist in La Financière agricole du Québec's 21st Turn Towards Excellence competition. Photo: Courtesy of Northern Seeds

Farrellton seed grower Catherine Wallenburg named Outaouais finalist in provincial agriculture competition

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

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

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

Un fromage rappelé en Outaouais en raison d’un risque de contamination

A tragic weekend on West Quebec’s waterways

Two Outaouais organizations, the Maison d'Hébergement Pour Elles Des Deux Vallées and Maison d'Ingrid, are adding a combined 29 second-stage shelter units for women and children fleeing domestic violence, part of a 13-project, 167-unit push by the federal and Quebec governments to close long-standing gaps in shelter capacity across the province. Photo: Courtesy

Outaouais gets 29 new shelter units for women fleeing violence

A dead provincial bill that would have let Quebec fast-track major projects past local rules is still drawing fire in the Outaouais township of Low, where the fight over who controls development on local land has outlasted the legislation itself. Photo: Courtesy of the Municipality of Low

Why a small Outaouais township is still fighting a bill Quebec already abandoned