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A press conference was held at the office of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac on Wednesday morning (January 17) to unveil a new ski lending program that will be run out of a cabin next to their office. The project is a part of Projet Circonflex, an initiative through Loisir Sport Outaouais along with Ski At […]

Preliminary poceedings in the case of Emily Rumleskie, accused of dangerous driving and impaired driving in the accident that took the life of Sylvain Bégin in September 2020, are scheduled to conclude  at the end of February. However, Rumleskie has already been behind bars for several months due to not respecting the conditions of her […]

An elderly Pontiac man was sentenced to 78 months in prison at the Campbell’s Bay Courthouse on January 9 for sex offences against a child. A publication ban is in effect for this case, meaning that certain identifying details are not made public in order to protect the privacy of the victim. The Crown prosecutor […]

This past weekend (January 12-14), the Shawville arena once again was host to the Pontiac Provincial U15/U18 Hockey Tournament, bringing in minor hockey teams from both Ontario and Quebec to battle it out for trophies and bragging rights. There were 16 teams competing in this weekend’s action, while 15 turned out to the annual U11/U13 […]

Regional sports and recreation body Loisir Sport Outaouais is launching a new initiative to offer sporting equipment sharing across the region, with locations in the Pontiac as well. Sylviana Geoffray, a development officer with LSO, explained that Project Circonflex, as the program is known, is meant to offer equipment like cross-country skis and snowshoes to […]

As part of our annual coverage of municipal budgets in the early days of each year, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Litchfield Mayor Colleen Larivière about this year’s plans in her municipality. Revenue According to Mayor Colleen Larivière, there wasn’t a huge difference from last year’s budget, with overall revenues decreasing from $2.5 million in 2023 […]

The Sûreté du Québec issued a statement yesterday announcing that they had seized guns and drugs in a raid in Mansfield on January 10. Members of the MRC Pontiac station under coordination of the Ouaouais Level One Drugs force were tipped off by a member of the public, which led to a raid on a […]

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced yesterday (January 9) their decision to modify the operating license of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) site at Chalk River to allow for the construction of a “near surface disposal facility” (NSDF). The NSDF project has been in the works for years, with CNL having initiated the environmental assessment […]

Local theatre troupe the Pontiac Community Players have a new performance in the works that they’re nearly ready to show the world. Named “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong”, the play follows the misadventures of an amateur theatre troupe who, as the name suggests, have quite the time staging their production. Director Greg Graham explained […]

At Loisir Sport Outaouais’ annual gala at the end of December 2023, Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan was named the male athlete of the year for the second consecutive time. The title comes with a $1,200 scholarship and appreciated recognition for the young athlete, who completed his last year in the junior category and is continuing his […]