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The arena in Fort-Coulonge officially reopened on Monday, January 31, 2022, for 18 year-olds and younger under Québec’s new public health guidelines. The Coopérative du Centre des loisirs des Draveurs will also be able to welcome back in adults as soon as February 14th. However, the reality for the arena in Fort-Coulonge could have been […]

Residents of the Municipality of Shawville are being advised to boil their water for at least a minute before consuming it. The municipality put the notice out on their Facebook page Sunday afternoon, stating that the advisory had been caused by work at the water tower. CHIP 101.9 spoke with Mayor Bill McCleary Monday morning […]

Early on a chilly Saturday morning, a group of about 15 big rigs and another 20 or so other vehicles met at the Giant Tiger in Shawville to take part in the truck protests taking place in the nation’s capital. CHIP 101.9 spoke with one of the organizers of the local group, Ralph Lang, as […]

Restaurant Francoeur will now be known as the Restaurant Francoeur pizza-bar and is changing locations to 235 rue Hérault in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Owner Chantal Sirard explained that while some aspects of the business are changing, they wanted to keep the name that locals will recognize. “Restaurant Francoeur not only changed location, but changed its name to […]

The COVID-19 outbreak at the CHSLD Manoir Sacré-Coeur in Mansfield will officially end shortly, according to regional health authorities. CHIP 101.9 broke the news of the situation on January 14, and at its peak, 37 of the long-term care facility’s 40 residents had tested positive for the virus. According to the most recent information available, […]

The MRC Pontiac is sticking to its promise to continue supporting local artists in 2022. Last year, with the support of the council of mayors, Warden Jane Toller expressed a desire to encourage Pontiac based artists by proposing a new financial aide program. With this in mind, the MRC created the Fonds de développement créatif, […]

The ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux, Christian Dubé, has announced a the new online platform for self-declaring the results of a COVID-19 rapid test is now up and running. This new platform allows Quebecers to upload the results of their rapid tests in order for the government to keep track of the […]

Many health employment positions are currently available in the Pontiac according to the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais. During the Omnicron wave of pandemic, many employees are forced to isolate and the CISSS de l’Outaouais is now looking to fill temporary positions as quickly as possible. Nadine Courchesne, agente […]

The MRC Pontiac will be holding a free seminar on food waste alongside the organization Jour de la Terre to officially launch the ‘Plan de gestion des Matières résiduelles.’ The MRC’s Environment Coordinator Thierry Raimbault believes this conference will help guide Pontiac residents towards being less wasteful and to start thinking about the potential for […]

Officials at MRC Pontiac are in the final year of putting together the new fire safety cover plan, which is the administrative framework detailing the rules and regulations that departments across the region must conform to. MRC Public Safety Coordinator Julien Gagnon explained that the plan covers things like jurisdiction and the maximum time allowed […]