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From June 7th to 13th, 1319 fines, including 950 for speeding were issued by the police department of the Outaouais-Laurentides region, as part of a national operation focusing on reckless driving. According to a press release issued by the Sûreté du Québec on Wednesday, these findings were issued despite “police presence, harsher penalties, photo radars […]

At the last night’s Meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac, a resolution was passed to ask the Quebec government “to provide support and compensation to all taxpayers affected by the 2019 floods. (including secondary homes and cottagers)”. During the meeting, Warden Jane Toller spoke about the importance of “keeping” non-permanent residents/cottagers in the […]

More than 50 people attended the Regional Council of Mayors meeting last night, June 20th, at the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay office to learn about the latest developments of the possible sharing of the PPJ trail with quads and other recreational vehicles. A resolution was passed by the mayors to create a research committee […]

Denis Rossignol, the principal of the Petits Pont Elementary school, was appointed Director General of the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board, monday night, during a special Council of Commissioners meeting. As indicated by the Council, Rossignol’s appointment was ”a unanimous recommendation by the selection committee.” His appointment is scheduled for June 29th, 2019. The new DG has […]

The CHIP 101.9 journalist, Élizabeth Séguin, was selected by the Offices jeunesse internationaux du Québec to participate in the Quebec delegation of journalists for the 4th annual Festival international de journalisme in Couthures-sur-Garonne in France. The Midis Express Pontiac host and CHIP 101,9 journalist Élizabeth Séguin: For three days, the village of Couthures-sur-Garonne will transforme […]

The Pontiac Community Development Corporation (CDC) held its annual general meeting on Monday morning with the Table de développement social du Pontiac (TDSP). CDC Pontiac’s general manager, Michel Vallières, said in an interview with CHIP 101.9 that the organizations plan to focus on food security in the Pontiac in the coming months. Vallières also took […]

The Pontiac community cleanup is an event organized in collaboration with the MRC Pontiac and Anupaya to clean up an illegal dump site on June 22nd on Picanoc Road at km 36 outside in the Otter Lake municipal boundaries of Klukeville. Anupaya is a company based out of Deep River, Ontario. One of the co-owners […]

Last Monday, Canada Post launched five new postage stamps depicting five covered bridges across Canada, one of which is the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand (the red bridge) in Mansfield-et-Pontefract. In a press release issued by the Canadian service earlier this week, it says: “In addition to recognize these bridges as important symbols of the different community life in […]

Last night, the Patro held its Annual General Meeting in Fort-Coulonge. There were many topics discussed during the meeting such at the Patro’s financial report for the previous year, 2018-19. On site, the director, Frère Marc Frappier, spoke to CHIP 101,9 and gave more details about their financial year: Although in a deficit, Frère Marc […]

Due to the cancellation of Village en Fête last weekend, June 15th in Fort-Coulonge, the organizing team of the Festival international du cinéma des femmes de Fort-Coulonge (FICFFC) had to postpone the release date of their programming for the summer season. The founder of the event, Suzanne Vallières-Nollet, said that an official announcement will be […]