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The Sphinx mining company, which owns the rights to Calumet South and Grand Palladium projects in the Pontiac region, held its annual general meeting on Grand-Calumet Island yesterday. As a result of this meeting, the company visited the work that has been carried out over the past few months. Sphinx Resources President Normand Champigny says […]

You can expect a race on November 5th for the position of Mayor in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Current Mayor Kathleen Bélec confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that she intends to run again. Terry Levesque, a native and local businessman from Mansfield, also announced his intention to submit his candidacy for the November 5 election. Terry […]

CHIP 101.9 launched a new Facebook page. By clicking like, you can now also get local news or articles that will allow you to follow regional news with ease. CHIP 101.9 made efforts during the summer to offer more interactive services via social media. From now, local news will be regularly posted via Facebook, which […]

Following the introduction of the federal bill on the legalization of cannabis in April, the Government of Quebec has decided to hold public consultations for a greater understanding of public opinion. These consultations are taking place in different cities across the province, one of which in Gatineau will be held soon. Lucie Charlebois, Minister Responsible […]

In an open letter published in the Pontiac Journal, one of the members of the Residents Committee for amalgamation, Benoit Paré, explained that the committee and its members, who support the proposed consolidation between Fort-Coulogne and Mansfield, hope to ramp up activities in the coming weeks. He said that the committee will invite potential candidates […]

Pontiac business woman and owner of the Sprucehlome Inn located in Fort-Coulonge, Jane Toller, confirmed to CHIP that she intends to run for the position of warden of the MRC. Jane Toller told CHIP that she is in the process of filling out the Registration papers and is hoping to get her candidacy approved before […]

In an article in the Pontiac Journal, the mining company Sphinx confirmed that it was interested in the zinc potential that could be found a little further north of the Calumet South project, but this time in the municipality of Waltham. The mining project, which bears the name of the former Algonquian chief Tessouat, is […]

The meeting for women interested in municipal politics, postponed until September 14, will still be held at the Elsie Gibbons Hall of the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. The coordinator of the AGIR group, Hamida Melouane says that women from the Pontiac have been invited to network with women from the region, who have experience […]

Yellow buses are back on our roads with several hundred students all over the Pontiac who are the returning to class. The Sûreté du Québec reminds all on Pontiac roads to be particularly vigilant in the vicinity of school zones. Sergeant Marc Tessier of the Sûreté du Québec says that drivers need to remain vigilant […]

The MRC Pontiac posted an article published by Danielle Bélec Pontiac Journal on August 16th on its website. In the article, Danielle Belec explains that the study leading to the Wardens elected by universal suffrage revealed that most MRC’s that opted for this option are small (less than 25,000 inhabitants), remote, do not have a […]