Category: Press Release

The MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is announcing the temporary suspension of programs related to Component 2 of the Regions and Rurality Fund.

This component has allowed the MRC to invest more than $7 million in businesses and organizations on its territory since 2020.

The temporary suspension of FRR2 is necessary to ensure that the MRC can meet its sectoral and salary commitments until the envelope is renewed in 2025.

The following funds remain available:

• Signature Innovation Program – FRR3
• Vitalization Program – FRR4
• Cultural Agreement 

The FRR2 financial agreement will be renewed on April 1, 2025, and you can contact one of our agents if you have a project requiring financing.

Each month, the MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent will share with you the highlights of the Council meeting to better inform the population about the work of the MRC Council.

Each month, the MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent will share with you the highlights of the Council meeting to better inform the population about the work of the MRC Council.

Chevery, September 19, 2024 – The MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is continuing its efforts to accelerate the completion of Route 138 by hiring Mr. Glen McKinnon as coordinator for the development of Route 138.

The coordinator’s main role will be to establish working relationships with all players involved in the completion of Route 138. He will be called upon to forge links with the various levels of government, as well as with local, regional and Newfoundland players, in order to promote the advancement of this crucial project for our region.

The mandate will also include keeping the communities of the MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent mobilized, organized and informed in order to maintain political pressure on the various levels of government.

“The issue of completing Route 138 is not progressing quickly enough. A dedicated coordinator for this file will maintain political pressure so that the government prioritizes the completion of Route 138 on the Lower North Shore” says Gladys Driscoll Martin, warden of the MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent and mayor of Saint-Augustin.

Source : Mrs. Gladys Driscoll Martin
Warden
418 787-2016
info@mrcgsl.ca

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Each year, Municipality Week is an opportunity to put the spotlight on the municipalities, their role, their work, the people involved and the democratic life associated with them.

Through the services they offer and the initiatives they deploy, municipalities are at the heart of citizens’ daily lives. Whether it’s for community services and projects, park and street maintenance, economic development or water infrastructures, municipal institutions play an important role.u, les institutions municipales jouent un rôle important.

The MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent wishes to highlight the essential work carried out by municipal organizations, their employees and elected officials. Our Lower North Shore municipalities have to manage complex challenges with limited resources, and we’d like to take this opportunity to recognize their ongoing efforts.

SPECIAL NOTICE is given by the undersigned General Director and Secretary-Treasurer of the MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent than an extraordinary sitting of the Council is convened by Karine Monger, General Director, and Secretary-Treasurer, in accordance with article 152 of the Municipal Code, to be held on July 23^rd, 2024, at 4:00 p.m., and that the following topics will be considered:

1. Opening of the meeting;

2. Resolution 2024-07-25
Reading and adoption of the agenda;

3. Administration;
                3.1 Resolution 2024-07-26
                Financial report 2023 – Presentation by Mr. Jean Lelièvre, chartered accountant;

                3.2 Resolution 2024-07-27
                Auditor’s offer 2024;

                3.3 Resolution 2024-07-28
                Service offer – Route 138 Development Coordinator;

                3.4 Resolution 2024-07-29
                Tourism Development Agent – Posting and selection committee;

                3.5. Resolution 2024-07-30
                Travel authorization – Cruise project;

4. Closing of the meeting.

Given at Chevery, this 19^th, day of July, 2024.

The MRC du Golfe-du-Saint-Laurent is one of the areas targeted by the new Canada Economic Development (CED) measure for the regions of Quebec.

The Ministère de la Culture et des Communications announces that Component 3 (Implementation of digital creativity projects in Quebec’s public spaces and cultural venues) of the Call for projects to promote Quebec culture will be open from August 19 to October 3, 2024.

Objectives of Component 3
• Support the development of digital creativity projects by Québec creators and businesses
• Increase the reach and accessibility of Quebec digital creativity projects to a variety of audiences in public spaces and cultural venues throughout Quebec’s administrative regions
• Contribute to the growth and development of Quebec’s digital creativity sector
• Contribute to the appropriation and frequentation of public spaces and cultural venues by the population of Quebec

Component 3 supports :
• An innovative digital creativity project, i.e. a project involving the production of a new digital creation designed specifically for the public space or cultural venue managed by the applicant;
• An existing digital creativity project, i.e. a project to host, in one or more new venues, a Quebec digital creation that has already been presented in a similar form, in Quebec or elsewhere.

Eligible applicants: non-profit organizations, cooperatives, municipalities, First Nations public authorities.
Applicants must also be responsible for managing the occupation of a public space (e.g. neighborhood, park, etc.) or a cultural site (e.g. library, museum, heritage site), and use Quebec digital creators.

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