Known as Aylmer’s  “Reno Guru,” Steven Labelle works magic with wood.  “It’s all I’ve ever done.  I’ve loved working with wood since I was a kid.  I’d build go-karts, cabins in the forest, bird-houses, anything. It’s exciting to be driven by the passion to fix and renovate,” he told the Bulletin.  Renovation, he adds, “is about [...]

According to the results of Statistics Canada’s 2011 census, released February 8, Gatineau is growing—with 265,349 residents, the city is 9.6% larger than it was in 2006, when it had a population of 242,124.  The city’s 9.6% growth rate is the largest recorded since the 1991 census.  “Gatineau is a growing city, and it will continue to [...]

Gatineau has set goals and adopted a plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from its municipal vehicles.  The plan and its targets conform to the requirements of the Climate Program of the provincial Environment Ministry.  “This initiative is one of many actions we’ve proposed to make Gatineau a place that welcomes sustainable development,” Mayor Marc [...]

Although many developers have urged the city to change the deferred zoning on land, particularly in Aylmer, so that more new housing can be built, the city is so far denying the request, because it wants to promote construction near the downtown core, as part of its movement to densify Gatineau.   The developers want [...]

Photo:  Courtesy of the Literacy Foundation Aylmer children received 40 of the 1430 books distributed recently by the Literacy Foundation.  The donation, made to the Centre Communautaire Entre-Nous on Front Street, was part of the foundation’s “Gift of Reading” program, which “seeks to instill the joy of reading in under-privileged children, and thereby to prevent [...]

The federal government is studying the environmental impact of reconstructing the 50 year-old Macdonald-Cartier Bridge, one of the main crossings over the Ottawa River into Ontario.  The aging structure, which accommodates 40% of inter-provincial traffic, will be completely rebuilt between 2013 and 2016.   The $1.8 million study is looking into how infrastructure work will affect [...]

Aylmer is facing a near crisis in health care, with an exploding population and a lack of doctors,  according to an official with the Aylmer Health Co-op.  “Our region is missing doctors.  We need our leaders to help solve the problem.  We need our elected officials—the mayor, the councilors—to step up to the plate.  MNA [...]