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The mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, told CHIP what are the projects for the municipality in 2019 : Gaston Allard also told CHIP the name of the new executive director who was recently hired at the municipality. It is Ellen Boucher, formerly the General Manager at Bouffe Pontiac: The full interview with Gaston Allard is […]

The municipality of Mansfield has issued a public notice regarding the collection of household garbage for the holiday season, for Thursday, December 27th and January 3rd instead of Tuesday. The collection of recyclable materials remains the same, December 26th for residents on the west side of the Coulonge River and January 2nd for those on […]

The Mansfield-et-Pontefract fire department managed to collect 65 gifts that will be donated to local children across the Pontiac for Christmas. The fire department wanted to thanks its’ donors and organizers: Sylvain Bégin, Danielle Boucher, and Mansfield / Fort-Coulonge Home Hardware The tree of angels is an initiative created by Mansfield-et-Pontefract fire department that aims […]

The Pontiac MRC recently published a list highlighting its’ 2019 budget, which was adopted by the Regional Council of Mayors at the last month’s meeting. For 2019, this budget totaling $ 6.5 million will allow the MRC to increase its investment in economic development. The Council’s budget choices include maintaining the municipalities’ share of $ […]

The winners of the annual CHIP 101.9 coloring contest were announced live on the air, last night, during a special broadcast. This year, the theme was “Draw us your best Santa Claus workshop”. The winners each received a monetary prize: first prize was awarded $ 200, the second prize $ 75 and third place $ […]

The Pontiac International dog sled and skijoring dog race held every year in Bristol will be on January 5th and 6th, and as for the event itself, the key organizer, Denis Rozon, says that everything is ready to go: In addition to competitors from across North American and the European continent, there’s also three teams […]

Farmers from across the province have begun to show their disapproval of the increase in farmland property valuations across several regions of Quebec. The Pontiac is no exception to this increase; in l’Isle-aux-Allumettes, specifically, farmers have received significant increases in their tax bill. The President of UPA Pontiac, Philippe Lamontagne: The creator of the CANAMEX […]

Last week, the Maniwaki Senior Foresters were devastated to learn that Shawn Tremblay, one of the team’s players, died earlier last week. According to a news story published by our sister community radio station in Maniwaki, based on public comments on social media, the cause of death could have been a pulmonary embolism.

In an entertaining comeback, the Comets of Pontiac won 9 to 7 last night against the Maniwaki Foresters. Among the brilliant performances during the Match, notably are two Comets hat tricks, the first from Stéphane Paré and the second from Guillaume Grégoire. As for in the net was the shared performance of Danick Boisvert who […]

The Sûreté du Québec is asking the public to help find a Gracefield couple who was last seen in October in the Pontiac. The individuals in question are Greta Schultz, 32 years old, and Mathew Kluke, 36 years old. Their disappearance was reported on December 10th, 2018, but according to reports, they were last seen […]