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Residents of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes and Upper Pontiac are invited to participate in the 2019 EcoFest on May 11th. The Associate Director General of the Municipality of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Sarah Adam, gave more details. Many activities will be organized during EcoFest such as “Adopt a Street”, #TrashtagChallenge, and a Test Drive of a Hyundai Kona EV Electric. Details […]

In the Municipality of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes remains in high alert as a result of the announcement of a potential second wave of floods for the Ottawa River according to the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the Director General of the municipality, Alicia Jones, along with being a victim of the […]

Animal Aide Pontiac presents “MOTHER’S DAY TEA AND LUNCHEON” Friday May 10 – Mother’s Day Tea and Luncheon, Masonic Lodge, 244 Main St., Shawville, 11am-2pm; serving soups, sandwiches, dessert, tea, coffee. Take out orders available. Also offering bake sale, dress and jewellery sale and Watkins products. Presented by ANIMAL AIDE PONTIAC. Please come out and […]

According to the information published by their facebook page and website, the Quyon Ferry has now been reopened. Recall that the ferry had announced its temporary closure last Monday, April 30, because of the spring flood and the evacuation of the village of Quyon.

The Pontiac Quad Club has announced that the Leslie Lake Trail towards Crawford Road is currently closed. Club members will receive the necessary information upon reopening. The other trails are also closed according to the Club’s publication, which says it wants to ensure the safety of its members. The Club says it plans to start […]

Production of sandbag has now been stopped in Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield. However, work to protect the homes from a possible second wave has begun and further work has been done to try to allow evacuees to return home. The water levels of the Ottawa River remain under high surveillance.

The Municipality of Pontiac has announced that evacuated residents of the village of Quyon have returned to their homes. The municipality wanted to remind the residents that only those mentioned on its Facebook page may return and that until further notice the municipality is asking all sandbags to be kept in place. The Municipality of […]

According to the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board, the water levels associated with the initial peak due to natural spring runoff from the west-central portion of the watershed have now been reached everywhere along the Ottawa River. However, water levels are expected to remain high for the next two weeks. Among others, the Coulonge lake […]

Monday May 6th, the Pontiac Sorting Center responded to the Quebec Minister of Environment, Benoit Charette, about the order to cease all depositing and burying of residual materials in non authorized locations (Litchfield) immediately and to proceed with restoring said land as soon as possible. The answer of the Pontiac Sorting Center stated “we have […]

The Pontiac is breathing a bit easier over the last few hours of sunshine and the water stabilizing on the Ottawa and the Coulonge Rivers. Once again, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Phillip Holmes, a councilmen of Bristol, to get an update of the current state of the municipality in terms of flooding. Yesterday, Wednesday May […]