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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

The William Fairbairn house in Wakefield has received a notice of intent to classify it as a heritage property, extending legal protection to the 1860s farmhouse after decades of community efforts to save it from demolition. Photo: Courtesy of the Fairbairn House Heritage Centre

William Fairbairn house gains new heritage protection

Artist Michèle AimPée Parent standing next to her work Sounds of Fossilized Mouths with Denis Marceau, President of the Centre d’art contemporain de l’Outaouais (CACO), who is presenting it to visitors. Photo: Antoine Bourdages

Pontiac artist Michèle AimPée Parent represents Pontiac at the 2026 Recycl'Art Biennial

Chronic underfunding and a Quebec billing rule that leaves patients covering doctors' fees push Outaouais residents to seek care in Ontario, straining both provincial finances and the region's healthcare workforce, even as Quebec's health authority disputes the scale of the shortfall. Photo: Courtesy of the Santé Québec Outaouais Facebook page

Out of pocket: an underfunded Outaouais depends on Ontario for health care, and patients foot the bill

Quebec votes October 5: What Outaouais voters need to know

Plenty of summer activities in Gatineau!

The National Capital Commission will open two new public swimming docks on the Ottawa River this summer, one behind the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau and another at the East Wharf platform near the Rideau Canal locks, as Gatineau, Ottawa and the NCC prepare to co-host the global Swimmable Cities Summit in 2027. Photo: Courtesy of the NCC

National Capital Commission to open two new swimming docks this summer

Quebec fines Gatineau artisan for failing to add French to her business website