It was a busy weekend for local basketball teams in the College Division II regional playoffs. For the men, Nouvelles-Frontieres and Cegep Outaouais Griffons went into the playoffs ranked first and fifth, respectively. Number one Nouvelles-Frontieres found out season success means nothing in the playoffs as they fell to #6 Dawson 80-76, Friday, March 16, [...]

In Division 2 Women’s Basketball, March 3, the Griffons earned a 59-54 victory over Saint-Jerome, with Sara Welsh leading with 17 points. The win gave Outaouais a 7-8 record tying Saint Jerome for 5th. In the final season game the following week (March 10), Outaouais won, 54-37, over Brebeuf to finish 8 wins, 8 losses. This [...]

The Aylmer Minor Hockey Association is beaming with the Pee Wee BB, Bantam BB and Midget BB leading their respective divisions as first place clubs.  The Pee Wee Mariniers have 25 wins, 9 losses, and 4 ties in their 38 games played thus far, well ahead of second place Gatineau Ambassadeurs. In their two games [...]

Because other organizations were using its logo without permission, the Aylmer Minor Hockey Association (AHMA) applied for a trademark on its logo, May 2011.  The Intellectual Property Office turned down the request, concluding that the familiar red and blue sailboat on a wave resembled the logo of the old city of Aylmer—a sailboat with green [...]

Photo : Gaudette family  Aylmer’s Malaïka Gaudette competed with 700 other athletes in the national special olympics winter games in February in St-Albert, Alberta. She struck gold, in cross country skiing!  Malaïka is an avid athlete who competes in many of the summer and winter sports offered by Special Olympics in the region. Despite her disability, [...]

Aylmer’s Rivermead Golf Club,  operating at 150 Rivermead Road for over 100 years, is bidding to host the Ladies Canadian Open in 2014. If chosen, the best female golfers in the world will compete in Aylmer. The City agreed to support the bid, since this could be an opportunity for Gatineau to be recognized for [...]

After losing the opening two games of the best-of-seven first round playoffs against St. Isidore Aigles,  February 28 saw the Express put together their best game and earned a 6-3 victory over St. Isidore to cut the series deficit to 2-1. The teams were knotted at 1-1 after period one before Gatineau notched two more [...]

Gatineau Express absorbed back-to-back losses to the St Isidore Aigles in the first round of the playoffs. The February 24th game at Frank Robinson arena had the two teams battle to a scoreless 0-0 tie. Period two had three goals with St. Isidore scoring twice and the Express answering with their lone marker off the [...]

Men’s Division 1 volleyball saw the Griffons win the provincial championship for the first time in their history; they will represent Quebec in the national championships in March. For the first time in 35 years, the men’s volleyball team stepped on the highest level of the podium winning 3-1 against the Sherbrooke Voluntaires at the final [...]

The Aylmer branch of the Royal Canadian Legion announced the winners of its annual fishing derby, February 26 at the Aylmer Marina.  Christian McAffey won the Biggest Pike Award, having caught a three-pounder.  He also won the Ice Augur Award.  Éric Chartrand, the butcher at Marché Laflamme, won the Biggest Pickerel Award, with a three-pound [...]