Author: Eric O'Brien
As part of our annual coverage of municipal budgets in the early days of each year, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Litchfield Mayor Colleen Larivière about this year’s plans in her municipality. Revenue According to Mayor Colleen Larivière, there wasn’t a huge difference from last year’s budget, with overall revenues decreasing from $2.5 million in 2023 […]
The Sûreté du Québec issued a statement yesterday announcing that they had seized guns and drugs in a raid in Mansfield on January 10. Members of the MRC Pontiac station under coordination of the Ouaouais Level One Drugs force were tipped off by a member of the public, which led to a raid on a […]
The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) announced yesterday (January 9) their decision to modify the operating license of Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ (CNL) site at Chalk River to allow for the construction of a “near surface disposal facility” (NSDF). The NSDF project has been in the works for years, with CNL having initiated the environmental assessment […]
Ole Hendrickson, a researcher with the Concerned Citizens of Renfrew County, talks about the newly approved near surface disposal facility at Chalk River Laboratories.
Local theatre troupe the Pontiac Community Players have a new performance in the works that they’re nearly ready to show the world. Named “The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong”, the play follows the misadventures of an amateur theatre troupe who, as the name suggests, have quite the time staging their production. Director Greg Graham explained […]
Pontiac Community Players President Greg Graham talks about their first production of 2024, The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong.
At Loisir Sport Outaouais’ annual gala at the end of December 2023, Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan was named the male athlete of the year for the second consecutive time. The title comes with a $1,200 scholarship and appreciated recognition for the young athlete, who completed his last year in the junior category and is continuing his […]
Online introduction to manga drawing FREE workshops In these fun and creative workshops, you will explore the basics of manga drawing and create your own drawings. The workshops are online and live for 90 minutes. Hosted by O-Taku Manga Lounge, the workshops will take place on the ZOOM platform. The workshops offered for ages 8 […]
After 11 days of strikes and weeks of intensive negotiations, the Front Commun, a coalition of Quebec public service unions has published some details of the proposed agreement in principle which will be submitted to members during the tour of general assemblies taking place from mid-January until February. On its website, the Front Commun invites […]
Environment Canada has issued a winter storm watch for the Pontiac as snow is expected Tuesday into Wednesday morning. “Heavy snow with significant snowfall amount, strong winds and blowing snow are expected especially from Tuesday night into Wednesday morning. Snowfall amounts ranging between 20 and 40 centimetres are possible,” the statement reads. “Areas from the […]