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In the most recent regular meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac, the Council adopted a resolution to reiterate the importance of supporting the local school governance system and the election of a local Board of directors, particularly in rural areas such as the Pontiac. The Warden of the MRC Jane Toller gave more […]

To learn more about Québec National park , such as to learn more about the idea of creating a National Park in the municipality of Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, the CHIP 101.9 s newsroom looked at another Park in the Outaouais on the Ottawa river: the Parc National de Plaisance. The Director of the Park, from the SEPAQ, […]

As of a few days ago, CHIP 101.9 has issued a new survey question on its website regarding the idea of the national park project on the iles Lafontaines. The question is: Do you think, like Joe Kowalski, that it is possible to create a National Park at the Iles Lafontaine without an environmental study? […]

The community group Équité Outaouais issues another press release denouncing the lack of funding in health, in the region. Équité Outaouais’ spokesperson and family doctor, Gilles Aubé, argued that taxes raised from Outaouais citizens finance health care services elsewhere in Quebec: The full interview with Gilles Aubé of Équité Outaouais is available here.

The organization Phare Ouest, which organizes cultural activities in the Pontiac, particularly in Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield, unveiled its 2019-2020 programming in an interview with CHIP 101.9. New this year at Phare Ouest will be the move of the screenings repertoire, which will now alternate between the Fort-Coulonge Golden Age Club and the George Bryson Cultural […]

The moose hunting season kicks off this Saturday September 21st, in the Pontiac and runs to September 29th in Zone 10 west and to October 6th in Zone 12. Yesterday, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the wildlife protection agent at the MFFP, Bruno Chartrand, who talked about some of the rules related to the upcoming moose […]

The Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac has resolved to submit its request for an independent inquiry into the management of the water in the Ottawa River during the General Assembly of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM), which will be held next week. Note that the purpose of this Independent inquiry would […]

The municipality of Portage-du-Fort has informed its residents that the municipality’s water reservoir is currently dry. Wednesday night in a Facebook post, the municipality asked the citizens of Portage-du-Fort to limit their water consumption, due to the water level in their reservoir, which at the time was very low. The Director General confirmed that the […]

A draft civil security inter-municipal agreement was adopted at the most recent Regional council of mayors meeting on Wednesday. As of November 9th, all the municipalities in the province need to have an emergency response plan that will include alert systems, mobilization strategies and procedures, in addition to the minimum backup resources required to protect […]

The MRC Pontiac is asking the Quebec government to “honor its commitments” by granting the monetary amounts promised under the Local Road Infrastructure Response Plans (PIIRL), which was established in 2016 by the Ministère du Transport du Québec (MTQ). The Director General of the MRC Pontiac, Bernard Roy. “After several years of developing the plan […]