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The two individuals, Greta Schultz and Mathew Kluke, that the Sûreté du Québec have been looking for were found yesterday evening (Wednesday, December 19th). The Gracefield couple had been missing since December 14th and were last seen in the Pontiac in October. According to the SQ, they each made contact with the members of their […]

CHIP 101.9 learned that the by-election in Portage-du-Fort, which was originally suppose to take place on December 16th, has been postponed to March 3rd, 2019. This election must be held as a result of Allan Farrell leaving the #6 municipal council seat vacant in October.

The mayors of the MRC met last night for the last time before 2019. Many items were discussed during the meeting, such as the hiring of a new Director of Economic Development, the 2019 budget and the Youth Council that will be meeting for the first time on January 21 in 2019. All of which […]

Last night, in a media debrief after the Regional Council of mayors meeting, the warden of the MRC, Jane Toller, said that the meeting that she hoped would take place yesterday between the mayors of the MRC, including the Warden, and a representative of LiveWell Foods Canada was postponed: More information in regards to LiveWell […]

Tonight, Wednesday, December 19th, the regional Council of mayors will meet for the last time in 2018, like usual at 6:30, in the room Elsie Gibbons, in Campbell’s Bay. Today, the elected officials of the MRC including the Warden, Jane Toller, met with the leaders of LiveWell, the company that intends to establish a research […]

Some farmers have complained about the increase in their land value. This is the case, among others, of David Gillespie, who recently gave an interview to the Journal de Montreal, where he said he was rethinking the future of his farm. He gave more details to CHIP 101,9 : The full interview with David Gillespie […]

The Voix du PONTIAC-PONTIAC Voice group showed their support for the elected officials of la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Santé Outaouais and of other Outaouais stakeholders, for requesting the resignation of the current administrators of the CISSSO, in particular the current director, Jean Hébert. According to the group, “Jean Hébert and his team blindly imposed the reform of […]

The Municipality of Fort-Coulonge has recently purchased a new truck to ensure the collections of the municipalities’ own garbage and recyclables from now on. The mayor of the municipality of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, explains the reasons for this decision: On his Facebook, Gaston Allard wrote that Raymond Charette has been hired to drive the new […]

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 […]