Author: Caleb Nickerson
JOB OFFER GARDENING ASSISTANT LE JARDIN ÉDUCATIF DU PONTIAC is a non-profit community organization that offers services to young people aged 8 to 17 with academic, social, and family adjustment difficulties. During the summer, we operate a day camp for youth aged 12 to 17 years old focusing on ecological agriculture, vegetable production and lawn […]
The Pontiac Senior Comets are returning to the Fort-Coulonge arena next season, now as part of the Eastern Ontario Super Hockey League. One of the team’s promoters Sébastien Bonnerot explained that there had been a few ups and downs over the past few years after the team’s playoff run was cut short by the pandemic […]
Sébastien Bonnerot discusses the return of the Pontiac Senior Comets for the 2023/24 season.
With the melting snow and warmer weather comes the time for spring yard cleaning and brush fires. CHIP 101.9 spoke with Melanie Morin, a communication and prevention specialist with the provincial forest fire fighting service SOPFEU to discuss the dangers of spring fires. She explained that while it might be counterintuitive, spring is period with […]
Melanie Morin of the SOPFEU discusses spring fire prevention.
The news regarding the spring freshet in Mansfield is encouraging, in particular on the Coulonge River. According to the Municipality of Mansfield, the company Evolugen does not foresee a significant increase in the coming days. Mayor Sandra Armstrong said the news is encouraging for the Coulonge River, but people are still being asked to keep […]
On Sunday morning (April 23), MRC des Collines police arrested a man for impaired driving following an accident in the Municipality of Pontiac. Police arrived at the scene on chemin Tremblay at around 8:30 a.m. Following a test for alcohol, the driver, a 23 year-old from Gatineau, was found to be twice the legal limit. […]
In the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board’s latest update, issued on Monday afternoon (April 24), the organization announced that levels and flows on the river’s main stem between Mattawa and Montreal were stabilizing. “The volume of meltwater from the central part of the basin is decreasing,” the statement notes. “Additional water is entering the river […]
On Saturday (April 22), a woman was arrested in Otter-Lake after allegedly driving her vehicle into a dépanneur and assaulting someone. At around 1:30 p.m., police were called to dépanneur Beauchamp on rue Martineau after a vehicle collided with the building. Police allege that the suspect deliberately drove into the building before assaulting someone on […]