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The Papineau MRC has committed up to $100,000 to prepare a brief opposing mining, escalating a years-long campaign that the Regroupement de protection des lacs de la Petite-Nation has helped lead against a graphite exploration boom in the region, capped last summer when residents in five northern Petite-Nation municipalities voted nearly 95 per cent against the proposed La Loutre mine. Photo: Courtesy of the RPLPN (Group for the Protection of Lakes of the Petite-Nation) Facebook page

Papineau mayors back their mining stand with up to $100,000

Lynn Ladouceur and Véronique Beaudry receiving their awards. Photo: Screenshot from the official Lord Aylmer Home and School Facebook page

Two Lord Aylmer Home and School Association members honoured by Quebec federation

Kebaowek First Nation and the youth group World-Changing Kids held an online public event on May 28, featuring a child-led presentation against the proposed Chalk River nuclear waste facility, as the two groups push a House of Commons petition opposing the project. (TF) Photo: Screenshot of the Kebaowek First Nation and the youth group World-Changing Kids webinar, May 28, 2026.

Kebaowek First Nation and World-Changing Kids enlist youth in Chalk River nuclear waste fight

All the winners of the medals in attendance from the Outaouais region on Saturday, May 23. Photo: Courtesy

37 Outaouais residents received the Medals of the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec

The Quebec government has announced nearly $297,000 for Outaouais ATV clubs, with Hull MNA Suzanne Tremblay among the officials celebrating a grant that will fund trail maintenance, safety improvements, and equipment for a network spanning more than 33,000 kilometres across the province. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Quebec backs Outaouais ATV clubs with nearly $297,000 for trails and safety

Photo: Hugh with his prized motorcycle (VL) Photo: Courtesy

(left – right) Lorne Daley, Freddie Dixon, Hugh Scott, Charlie Kitts, Charlie Muldoon, and friends. Photo: taken at a Westboro Legion Jamboree Fundraiser c. 2008.

Remembering Hughie Scott (1940-2026)

The Festival de l'Outaouais en Fête kicks off a $1.17 million provincial investment in twelve Outaouais festivals this summer and fall, celebrating its 50th edition among a regional calendar packed with music, sport, and culture. Photo: Yves Elou Légaré, Aylmer Bulletin Archives

Twelve Outaouais festivals share $1.17 million in provincial funding

Outside of UQO soccer field on May 15 2026. Photo: Jude Osmond

Plans for a dome at the Université du Québec en Outaouais have been pushed back to November 2027

Student-athlete award recipients at the 2026 Sport-Études Alliance annual gala. Photo: Iris Wei

Alliance Sport-Études Gala: Outaouais Athletes Shine

Violence in schools: union denounces the situation

Despite a rising toll of women killed by intimate partners in Quebec, the province continues to grapple with a system that consistently fails to intervene before it is too late. Photo: Courtesy of AGIR Outaouais Facebook page

Quebec's femicide crisis and the system that keeps failing them

Fondation Philanthropie Outaouais has distributed $473,000 to eight local organizations as part of the Free Play Fund, a national effort to reverse a documented decline in outdoor play among Canadian children. Photo: Courtesy of the Community Foundations of Canada Facebook page

Quebec children are spending less time outside, Fondation Philanthropie Outaouais is trying to change that

Child sexual exploitation: 23 men arrested and 4 million files seized

Laura Reinsborough, CEO Riverkeeper, stands with Elizabeth Lacroix, Water Quality Assistant, to her right and Hannah Delion, River School Assistant, to her left, at this year’s Riverkeeper Open Water Swim on August 13, 2023. “As an organization, we exist to protect and promote the ecological health of the Ottawa River watershed. The Riverkeeper Open Water Swim is an extension of this, and we are so excited that this year we were able to return to an interprovincial race. (In 2020, COVID-19 restrictions had limited the swim to the Ontario side.) It cannot be stressed enough how important it is that decision makers from both sides work collaboratively toward the best interests of this shared border so that it remains drinkable, fishable and swimmable,” said Reinsborough. Photo: Alana Repstock

Gatineau joins global push to make urban rivers swimmable

A new IRIS report finds that a single person in Gatineau needs to earn more than $43,000 after tax to escape poverty, the highest threshold of any city in Quebec, as rents surge and the minimum wage falls further behind the cost of living. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Single residents in Outaouais top Quebec's poverty threshold

IKEA is opening a Plan and Order point in Gatineau

Eight Outaouais organizations receive funding to support kids’ free play initiatives

Women in Quebec are still earning less than their partners and absorbing more of the unpaid burden at home, and a new provincial report shows the problem is worst for older women and those in low-income households. Photo: Tashi Farmilo

Quebec women still carry more of the load at home and have smaller paycheques

Val-des-Monts is one of eleven Outaouais municipalities taking part in the Fleurons du Québec program, a provincial initiative that rates communities on the quality of their green spaces and rewards those that make sustainable beautification a priority. Photo: Courtesy of Fleurons du Québec

Eleven Outaouais municipalities competing for Quebec's top greening honour

Two Outaouais painters, Guy Bessette and Jacques Desgagnés, bring their distinct but kindred visions together this June for Regards croisés, a free exhibition at the Centre d'art contemporain de l'Outaouais that asks whether art can offer hope in uncertain times. Photo: Courtesy

Two Outaouais artists find hope in the chaos

Two Gatineau men were acquitted of all sexual assault charges on April 29, after a trial stemming from a single night in June 2023, having already lost their careers and businesses to public condemnation before a judge ever ruled in their favour. Photo: Courtesy of Joey Therrien-Rivers’ and Hugo Petit’s respective Facebook pages

One night in Gatineau: the trial of Joey Therrien-Rivers and Hugo Petit

Quebec pulls first responders from lower-priority calls, sparking rural pushback

Gracefield Flood

A new website from Vélo Québec brings together every cycling route in the province into a single platform, giving riders a simpler way to plan trips on two wheels. Photo: Courtesy of Vélo Québec's Facebook page

Planning a bike trip across Quebec just got easier