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The record of blackouts at L’Isle-aux-Allumettes does not seem to be improving. According to the latest information obtained by CHIP 101.9, the number has now reached 56 since the beginning of the year, which is already higher than in some other years. Last year, 63 failures were recorded between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, […]

A new coach has been confirmed for the AA senior hockey team, the Pontiac Senior Comets. It is Jean-François Lavergne, previously involved with various teams in the Outaouais region. The owner of the Comets, Danick Boisvert. In previous CHIP 101,9 news, the Pontiac Senior Comets announced that they are also looking for other people to […]

The Bloc Québécois candidate in the Pontiac will be Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit for the next federal election. The announcement was made during the visit of Bloc leader, Yves-François Blanchet, last Friday in Gatineau. In the last provincial elections, Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit was a candidate for the Parti Québécois in Gatineau, which counts a large part of the […]

An additional power failure was noted on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes this morning. The information obtained by CHIP 101.9 indicates that the total number of interruptions for 2019 increases to 57. Last year, 63 outages were recorded between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018. The record established in one-year dates back to 2016, when there were 75.

The George Bryson Heritage House announced via its Facebook page that the last official opening day of the season will be Friday, August 23rd, before closing for the winter. The restaurant service of the Café Robina will be available until Sunday August 18th. A special “Chicken Pie” menu will be organized for the occasion. The […]

Campbell’s Bay Cement will now be responsible for waste management on the MRC Pontiac territory. The contract for the receiving, transporting and disposing of garbage in the area was signed at the Pontiac MRC Council of Mayors’ special meeting, held on Monday in Campbell’s Bay. The Director General of the MRC, Bernard Roy. Services with […]

With the intention of stimulating the forest industry in the region, the Pontiac Forest Products Producers’ Board, and the Groupement Forestier du Pontiac Inc. (GFP) are working together to inform woodlot owners that have 4 hectares or more, who wish to realize development work and thus become a forest producer. The director general of the […]

An extraordinary meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac is scheduled for this Monday, August 12th at 7:30 pm in the Elsie Gibbons Room at the MRC Pontiac office in Campbell’s Bay. Among the items on the agenda, note the results of the call for tenders for the reception, transportation and elimination of garbage […]

The Sûreté du Québec presented the road and recreational tourism records in the area over the construction holidays, in which many police operations took place during that time, from July 19th to August 4th. In total, there were 20,844 reports of violations of the Highway Safety Code where more than 13,000 of which were reports […]

The Festival International du Cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge kicks off tonight. A few hours before the event, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to one of the key organizers of the festival, Suzanne Vallières-Nollet. The complete interview in French is available here. For more details on this event, visit the Festival’s Facebook page […]