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An announced was made at the MRC Pontiac regarding the appointment of Travis Ladouceur as the new clerk at the MRC. Travis Ladouceur holds a bachelors degree from the University of Quebec in the Outaouais, and previously served as clerk of the proceedings in the House of Commons on Parliament in Ottawa. Note that the […]

CHIP 101.9 recently spoke with Hector Junior Soucie, a Mayor of Fort-Coulonge for more than 30 years and partly behind the initialization of the project of establishment of a bridge between l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet and the Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield community. A project that dates back to the 1980s. He explained in an interview the steps that were […]

The Warden of MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, has began making steps in order to revive the discussion about the establishment of a bridge between l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet and the Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield community. The Ile-du-Grand-Calumet municipal office said to the CHIP 101,9 newsroom it was interested in moving forward with discussions and hopes there will be development […]

On April 10th, Pontiac companies, as well as sectoral and territorial stakeholders from the MRC Pontiac, are invited to participate in a consultation organized by the Table Agro-Alimentaire de l’Outaouais (TAO), to discuss the directions, objectives and possible courses of action for regional in biofood planning. From the TAO, Charles Séguin gave more details. The […]

A public notice containing sales of property for failure to pay tax has been recently published and is available on the MRC Pontiac website. Designated properties will be sold at the public auction at the Campbell’s Bay RA located at 2 Second Street, Campbell’s Bay, on Thursday May 9th, 2019, at 10:00 am, to satisfy […]

In a press release issued yesterday, Pontiac MP William Amos said he was pleased to announce that, as part of the 2019 budget, the Government of Canada will provide an additional $ 2.2 billion directly to Canadian municipalities through the federal Gas Tax Fund. As a result, an additional $ 1.6 million will be made […]

On Sunday March 31st, at l’Ancienne Banque in the muncipality of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes, around 40 people were in attendance for the nomination of the Pontiac Member of Parliament, William Amos, as the candidate for the Liberal Party in the Pontiac for the upcoming elections next fall. Notably, a few mayors of the MRC were there, including […]

In a press release, the Table agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais (TAO) reminded citizens about the launch of the process for developing the ‘Plan de développement bioalimentaire de l’Outaouais (PDBO) 2019-2024’, back in January. In this perspective, it will resume the Agri-Food Strategic Planning for the Outaouais for 2013-2018 (Planification stratégique agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais 2013-2018) and renew […]

In a press release issued Friday, by the WQSB or Western Quebec School Board, they expressed their opposition to Bill 21 or the Act respecting the laicism of the state, in particular to the sections prohibiting ‘teachers and school principals from wearing religious symbols while performing their duties.’ They specified their school board’s belief in […]

Approximately 500 people were in attendance for the 2019 Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Carnival and former Montreal Canadians Hockey Game over the weekend. In this entertaining game, the local team was no match for the retired Canadians as they started off the game scoring 7 goals in the first period. The second, wiping the board clean, the Canadians […]