News

The website Urgence Québec updated their assessment of the consequences and evacuations of the spring flooding across Quebec, which represents the current state of the situation. It should be noted that this temporary portrait was produced using information provided by the Ministry of Public Security and by municipalities. Residences that are no longer flooded are […]

The MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin, address the 2019 flooding and the strain it could have on citizens in the Pontiac who have been affected:

The Member of Parliament for Pontiac, William Amos, paid a visit to the Pontiac yesterday, Thursday, in some municipalities currently affected by the floods such as Waltham, Mansfield-and-Pontefract, Fort-Coulonge and Isle-aux-Allumettes. There, he met with local authorities to get an assessment of the situation. In an interview with CHIP 101.9 on the subject, Amos said […]

The mayor of the municipality of Mansfield Gilles Dionne gave his impressions of the viral video that shows a motorist on a joy ride through the flooded streets of Mansfield. Gilles Dionne denounced the actions of the individual. The driver of the vehicle was apprehended and will receive two fines totalling $ 2027; one for […]

In a press release issued by the Minister of environment, Benoit Charette ordered the Centre de Tri de Pontiac to stop depositing and burying residual materials in non authorized locations immediately and to proceed with restoring said land as soon as possible. The land in question, at the Centre de Tri Pontiac in Litchfield, has […]

During this 2019 spring flooding, businesses and non-profits from across the Pontiac have been getting involved in divers ways. For example, Bouffe Pontiac with their free thrift shop, Metro Mansfield with free soup and many more, such as Billy T’s Pizza in Shawville, who has been taking their famous Billy T’s truck on the road […]

The municipality of Clarendon has talking action in order to protect residents from Sand Bay from the 2019 flooding. The Director General of the municipality, Patricia Hobbs, gave more details in an interview with CHIP: The full interview with Patricia Hobbs is available here.

As water levels have stabilized in several regions across Quebec, today, the Ottawa River Regulation Board announced that they revised the forecast for the coming days as a rise in water levels Coulonge Lake and the surrounding area. The mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Gilles Dionne, and mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, whose municipalities have been affected […]

CHIP’s François Carrier spoke with Gilles Dionne, the mayor of Mansfield, to get a overview of the current flooding situation in Mansfield and Fort-Coulonge and to know more about the measures that will follow this flood season. The Minister responsible for the Outaouais region, Mathieu Lacombe, being in the region, François Carrier also took the […]

The Commission Scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais, the schools here in the Pontiac will be closed tomorrow and Friday, those schools are: • École des Petits-Ponts (All pavillons); • École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge; • Centre Pontiac; • Centre de formation professionnelle Pontiac. As for the Western Quebec School Board: As requested by the municipalities, the following schools will […]