Author: Jennifer
Late last week, a 49 year-old man from Sturgeon Falls Ont. was arrested twice in two days for suspected drug-impaired driving by the Pontiac detachment of the Sûreté du Québec. On Thursday evening (October 17) at around 7 p.m., police were called to the scene of a minor 2-vehicle accident on rue Main in Portage-du-Fort. […]
The Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay was overflowing on Wednesday night (October 16) as around 50 citizens attended the monthly meeting, mainly to voice their support for changes to the way the MRC calculates its municipal shares. This is the second meeting in a row with a large attendance related […]
The committee in charge of the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite announced earlier this week that the opening of the arena would be delayed by around three weeks due to issues with their refrigeration system. Committee member Christine Bourque explained that they had just replaced their condenser and when they turned on […]
At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on October 16, council approved several contracts for maintenance and upgrades at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, as well as work on two sections of the PPJ trail. Electrical panels: the resolution notes that due to the addition of four new electric vehicle charging stations in […]
Today (October 17), after only three weeks, the first ace of CHIP 101.9’s Chase the Ace lottery has been found. The big winners were Nicholas Boisvert and Chantal Gagnon of Fort-Coulonge who purchased a block of 80 tickets as a team. The mother/son duo will now receive the weekly prize of $768 plus the progressive […]
Last evening (October 15) at around 7:30 p.m. a malfunctioning heating system at the station caused some alarm and interrupted CHIP 101.9’s bingo. Emergency crews were called after an employee smelling something burning and saw smoke coming from the ceiling of the conference room. The office was not damaged and firefighters determined the cause of […]
MRC Pontiac is holding their monthly public council of mayors meeting this evening (October 16). It will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Elsie Gibbons Room at their office in Campbell’s Bay. While the public is invited to attend, the meeting will also be streamed live to the MRC’s Facebook page. Links to the […]
The by-election for mayor of Otter Lake is scheduled to take place in January, after former Mayor Terry Lafleur accepted the position of assistant Director General of MRC Pontiac back in September. Municipal Director General Andrea Lafleur told CHIP 101.9 that the by-election will be held on Sunday January 19, 2025, with the advance poll […]
Last week, Radio-Canada reported that Quebec was considering a change in how patients were assigned to see family doctors, prioritizing those with serious medical issues. If enacted, the change would mean that patients without serious health issues, even if they currently have a family doctor, would have to go through a version of the the […]
JOB DESCRIPTION Reporting to the Director General, the Administrative Agent will carry out various tasks related to the enforcement and control of administrative standards and procedures. These tasks are associated with reception, municipal accounting, taxation, collections, and supplier accounts. DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES • Process accounts payable and receivable; • Perform journal entries and manage collections; […]
