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Students of the Petits-Ponts school in the Ste-Anne pavilion on Île-du-Grand-Calumet have created a book entitled “Le Trésor du Rocher-Fendu”. CHIP 101.9 cultural columnist Marie Gionet spoke to the students about their experience. CHIP101.9 · Extrait Maxime et anabelle The book is on sale for $ 20 and will be officially launched on April 1. […]

Yesterday the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais once again called on the people of the region to redouble their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. Once again public health evoked that a change to the red zone from the orange zone is possible. In Pontiac, there are now […]

The extraordinary meeting held yesterday at the MRC Pontiac once again demonstrated the division between the mayors on the issue of the forest industry. The mayors David Rochon of Waltham and Gilles Dionne of Mansfield presented a proposal to modify the budget of the sums obtained by the Sustainable Forest Management Program (PADF), to create […]

Vocational training sometimes suffers from certain prejudices vis-à-vis the courses offered in the field of post-secondary studies. Businesswoman Sylvie Béland gave a touching testimony on the quality of vocational training in the region and the training offered to students. CHIP101.9 · Extrait- Sylvie Beland The development officer for the regional service of vocational training in […]

Here is a summary from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) of the activities and events that occurred on the territory of the MRC Pontiac. According to the SQ, for legal and security reasons and in order not to jeopardize ongoing investigations, certain events and activities may not be included. Here is the report from March […]

The spokesperson for the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) in the Outaouais and the candidate for the riding of Pontiac, Michel Gauthier, published an open letter to the societe de protection des forets contre le feu (SOPFEU), supporting the MRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau in its efforts so that the process of reorganization of SOPFEU, that […]

The MRC Pontiac has launched a pilot project for the recovery of agricultural plastics on its territory, thanks to a grant from the Fonds du Grand Mouvement Desjardins administered by the caisse Desjardins movement in the province. This financial contribution of $ 113,000 will allow the MRC Pontiac to recover agricultural plastics on its territory […]

A crash involving a single vehicle occurred last Saturday (March 20), around 10 p.m., near 195 chemin de la Montagne in Chelsea. At the time of the incident, three men were in the vehicle. The driver, a 22 year old male, was pronounced dead. As for the front passenger, a man in his twenties, suffered […]

Sphinx Resources announced that Martin Bourgoin has been appointed to the Company’s board of directors as an independent director. The company, which owns the Calumet-Sud (zinc) and Calumet-Nord (gold, silver and copper potential in the Île-du-Grand-Calumet belt) projects, says it wishes to build a team of directors with expertise in the matter. “Sphinx’s strategy is […]

The MRC Pontiac has hired a consultant whose mandate will be to attract businesses to the region. David Cyr was selected to fulfill these functions. Coming from the business world, Mr. Cyr has worked in the public and private sectors for nearly 30 years before joining the municipal world in economic development. He founded six […]