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A new fund will be created to support the artistic community of the MRC Pontiac. The MRC Pontiac wishes to encourage the practice of the arts in the Pontiac and the accessibility of arts and culture to the population of Pontiac, it was resolved by council to develop a new fund to support artists and […]

The number of power outages in the Upper Pontiac has dropped by more than half in 2020 compared to last year, according to statistics from L’Isle-aux-Allumettes farmer David Gillespie. Gillespie, who has kept the data on power outages up to date since 2009, reveals that 47 outages occurred on this Hydro-Quebec network in 2020, compared […]

Council supports resolution to move towards the decentralization of healthcare in the RSL Pontiac. It was resolved by council to ask the Ministry of Health and Social Services to consider the following initiatives for the decentralization of healthcare for the Réseau local de service (RLS) Pontiac: – the reinstatement of a local administrator position (President […]

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirmed this morning that Madison Faught, 17, of Isle-aux-Allumettes was found safe last night in the Ottawa area. The SQ had asked the public for help in locating her. This is not the first Madison Faught has been researched. The SQ also asked the public for help last summer in […]

The number of COVID-19 cases has remained stable in the Pontiac, according to data available from December 28 from the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSS). Only two new cases have been added since December 23. It is now 53 cases, since the start of the pandemic, which have been […]

It was resolved by council to adopt draft by-law 269-2021 aiming at authorizing the use of snowmobiles and summer quads on the former Canadian National Railway corridor within the municipalities of Bristol, Clarendon, Litchfield, and Portage du Fort. The public comment period on this draft by-law will run from December 17, 2020 to January 10, […]

CHIP 101.9 has announced the winners of the drawing contest at CHIP 101.9. In the presence of Santa Claus, the children were able to learn about the winners of the competition for the 2020 edition. CHIP101.9 · Concours de dessin 2020 The list of winners is available here. https://chipfm.com/IMG/xls/gagnants_2020_-_anglais.xls

The MP for Pontiac, William Amos, judges that it is the issue of accessibility to high-speed Internet in the rural areas of his riding that will be the priority for the next year on the local and regional scene. The member for Pontiac in Ottawa mentioned that he supported the Connexion Fiber Picanoc (CFP) project, […]

The president of the Centraide Outaouais fundraising campaign, Bob Rioux, highlighted certain realities of the Pontiac that have an impact on the population. Bob Rioux mentioned that it was important, in a time of a pandemic, to be able to provide financial assistance to non-profit organizations that serve the population of Pontiac. CHIP101.9 · extrait […]

The Pontiac Community Radio (CHIP 101.9) held its Annual General Meeting of Members last Thursday (December 17, 2020), via Zoom. The excellent results, both in terms of listening statistics and the station’s finances, drew attention. The station reached, on average, 12,000 listeners each week and a surplus of $ 158,096 that was reached during the […]