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When asked about her thoughts on the adoption of Bill 40, amending the Education Act in Quebec, the Warden of the Pontiac MRC, Jane Toller, expressed concerns about the future of Pontiac schools. She hopes the abolishment of school boards in Quebec will have a minimal impact on the schools in the region. Toller also […]

The Observatoire du développement de l’Outaouais (ODO) launched an updated version of the compendium of the communities in the Outaouais, Tuesday, which brings together demographics, the socioeconomic situation and socio-health data, separated into 109 communities, including 5 in the Pontiac. The agente de transfert de connaissances ODO, Madeleine Lefebvre, gave more details on its usefulness. […]

In the February 11th, 2020 edition of the Journal Le Droit, we can learn that the Ricard family, from L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet is suing the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais. Following the death of Philippe Ricard, 73 years old, during an artery operation on January 24th, 2017, his son Marcel believes that […]

During the municipal council meeting Monday, February 10, the mayor of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Serge Newberry told the attending public that the municipal council had a meeting to resolve the internal conflicts which broke out in recent months, events in which had raised a lot of public criticisms. Mayor Serge Newberry provided some explanation during the meeting: […]

The organization Phare Ouest will present the film Le vieil âge et l’espérance this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Golden Age Club in Fort-Coulonge. One of the organizers, Louis Harvey, gives more details. This screening will be preceded by the presentation of a 16-minute short film on the subject of hunting: La voie du […]

The Municipality of Shawville will be hosting its Winter Carnival, once again this year, starting at 10:30 am at the arena on February 22nd. One of the organizers of the event, Helena Hadley gave more details: It should be noted that if the temperature does not allow for the event to be held outside, the […]

The CHIP 101.9 host Marie Gionet was recently on Midi Express Pontiac to discuss her participation in this year’s Défi des Chefs Leucan. As a reminder, the Défi des Chefs Leucan is a culinary competition between teams made up of a chef, a young person who has survived or is currently battling cancer and a […]

last Saturday, at the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge, a rally was held in addition to the Senior Comets game for the Kraft Hockeyville community competition. Several regional personalities attended the event, including the federal member of Parliament for Pontiac, William Amos. As a reminder, winning the Kraft Canada Hockeyville contest could possibly […]

The local singer-song writer, who notably sang the national anthem at the Comets’ game Saturday, Michaela Cahill, was featured on La Voix (The Voice Québec) on Sunday evening. She performed brilliantly in the blind auditions and saw all four coaches turn around for her. Cahill impressed the judges by singing Never Tear Us Apart by […]

The Pontiac MP William Amos spoke to CHIP 101.9 about the return of Parliament in Ottawa and the new dynamic in the House of Commons under a Liberal minority Government. William Amos also invited organizations, SMBs and municipalities in Pontiac to submit applications for the Government of Canada’s student employment summer program. The full interview […]