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During the various correspondences unveiled at the MRC Pontiac meeting, a communication from the Ministère des Transports mentioned that the repairs to the Félix-Gabriel Marchand bridge could be completed by fall 2020. However, the schedule predicted that the work would rather end in 2021. The MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller welcomed this news in a […]

Six months after her arrival on the job, the adjointe à la direction des services multidisciplinaires et à la communauté (assistant to the multidisciplinary and community services direction, DSMC) for the Pontiac hospital, Nicole Chaput, takes stock of the actions taken in the region. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Ms. Chaput listed some needs […]

Quebec has announced major deconfinement, notably bars, water parks and spas, which will be able to resume their activities starting today, June 25th. Public health authorities have announced the resumption of almost all sectors still confined, with three exceptions, and under certain conditions. The National Director of Public Health, Dr. Horacio Arruda. CHIP101.9 · Extrait […]

The Outaouais region has new cases of COVID-19 on its territory this week. The total has climbed to 581 since the start of the pandemic, three more than the day before. Still no case has been listed in the MRC Pontiac. The number of active cases in the region stands at 71, while 477 cases […]

This Wednesday, June 24th, the celebrating Outaouais will celebrate St-Jean-Baptiste by organizing a “traveling show” by Émile Bilodeau, who will circulate through Aylmer in a pick-up truck. The president of Impératif français, Jean-Paul Perrault, explains the concept of the project, which was set up at the last minute to celebrate National Day. CHIP101.9 · Extrait […]

All of the aerial and hiking activities have been open for a few days at the Parc des Chutes Coulonge, located in Mansfield. The new manager of the place, André Piché, gave examples of activities that could be carried out this summer: CHIP101.9 · Extrait – André Piché – Parc des Chutes Coulonge ouvert As […]

About 80 people gathered this Monday evening to support the Davidson Energy project. The participants also made it clear that they would like to see an active company again on the site of what was the Davidson Sawmill. The Davidson Power project, which aims to combine a co-generation project and restart the sawmill operations, could […]

The municipality of Île-du-Grand-Calumet has found its new director general. After Sabrina Larivière’s departure from office in 2018, the board voted unanimously to hire Sylvain Bégin, who holds the position of general manager of Rapide-des-Joachims. CHIP101.9 · Extrait -ile Alice -nomination de s begin It was deputy mayor Alice Meilleur-Pieschke who chaired the municipal meeting […]

Investissement Québec has announced that it has completed the consolidation of various services with the regional offices of the Ministry of Economy and Innovation in Outaouais. According to the senior regional director for the Laval and Outaouais region, Marc Langlois, the consolidation will improve the service offer for entrepreneurs and business leaders from our region […]

It is this evening, at the Énergie Davidson site in Mansfield that a Rally will take place in order to build community support for this enterprise. The rally will start at 7 p.m. and several politicians or representatives of the forest industries will speak on this occasion. Recall that according to the main spokesperson for […]