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The Board of Directors of the Pontiac Agricultural Society (PAS) (The Shawville Fair) announced in a press release, yesterday April 11th, that it has hired Sara McCann Richardson as its new General Manager. According to the press release, Sara will bring exceptional experience with customer service and is currently involved in many community organizations. The […]

Bake sale for the Litchfield leisure committee Saturday April 13th 9:00am Location is at the Litchfield municipal office situated at 1362 HWY 148 Campbell’s bay We are raising money for phase 2 of our halt project. Now that we have completed the splash pad we wish to get a play structure. There will be some […]

As of today, Wednesday April 10th, at 5:30am, the Quyon Ferry is now open use for 2019. For more information about scheduling, weight of vehicles, length or any additional information visit their website or their facebook page.

The 9th edition of the Coupe Pontiac Cup will be held this weekend, starting Thursday, at the Centre des Loisirs des Draveur in Fort-Coulonge. The key organizer of the tournament, Danick Boisvert, was in the CHIP 101.9 studio yesterday to give a last minute update of the weekend to come: The Pontiac Cup parties this […]

For this spring, CHIP 101.9 has its’ focus on the mandate of the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Commission about how their team is conducting updates and clarification of the water levels and flow in the Ottawa River. From the Secretariat for the commission, Manon Lalonde. Recall that a gradual increase in the water level of […]

Due to the power outages in the region of Mirabel QC, where there Journal’s print shop, Imprimerie Mirabel (Quebecor) is located, this week’s edition of the Pontiac Journal has been delayed until Thursday. The power outages in Mirabel were cause by an accumulation freezing rain that had and severe affect on the power system resulted […]

According to the Équité Outaouais group estimates, there is almost nothing for the Outaouais in the most recent Provincial Budget in terms of health, education and social justice. The health spokesperson for Équité Outaouais and family physician, Gilles Aubé gave more details: During the interview, the Pontiac was also discussed: The full interview with Gilles […]

With the arrival of spring, the Municipality of Pontiac has announced on their Facebook page that they will be conducting road inspections to prioritize certain areas in need of repair, paving and/or levelling gravel roads. The roads repairs, will be carried out as quickly and efficiently as said by the municipality in a Facebook post.

A poetry book called Haiku’ku, written by local author and Pontiac Journal editorialist, Fred Ryan, was published, today, and is available at the Pontiac Journal in Mansfield and at the Aylmer Bulletin in Aylmer. In an interview with CHIP 101,9, Ryan talked about his passion for his new book and the name itself: Haiku’ku. Ryan […]

The Ottawa River Regulation Committee anticipates a gradual increase of the water levels of the Ottawa River in the upcoming days mainly due to precipitation in the southern portion of the river, which would increase the flow along the length of the river. According to information published today, levels will reach its seasonal average depending […]