Author: Marie Gionet
The Fort-Coulonge Comets midget team is off to a beautiful start of the 2022-23 season. Over the weekend, the Comets were able to clinch Silver during their first tournament in Pembroke. The Midget season hasn’t officially started yet, however, coach Pascal Graveline, assistant coach Guy Boisvert and manager Tim Ferrigan’s team stood out on the […]
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) emailed a follow-up report to media regarding the disappearance of Michael Scandiffio, 57, of Ottawa, Ontario. He was last seen in Ladysmith on October 1, driving a black 2017 Ford Escape SUV with an Ontario license plate BNXP701, and was headed in the direction of Otter Lake. The SQ has […]
Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan talks about winning gold at the Junior Pan-American Championships in Lima Peru. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Xavier Lusignan – Peru
MRC Pontiac and the Municipality of Waltham are seeking a solution to the flooding caused by frazil ice on the Black River, which has happened intermittently for years. This has caused frustration for local residents using the Black Rive Road to access their cottages, some of whom blame Evolugen a private company that operates a […]
Dr. Raymond Desjardins, a local agricultural meteorologist, was named a member of the Order of Ontario on Monday, just one of many accolades he’s collected in his lifelong career as a scientist. Originally from the francophone town of Carlsbad Springs, Ontario, he currently resides in the Breckenridge community in the Municipality of Pontiac. The Order […]
Pontiac MNA André Fortin was recently given his role in the Quebec Liberal’s shadow cabinet, where he will handle the Economy, Energy and Regional Economic Development files. As a critic, he will face off against Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon. The nomination of the shadow cabinet was not without some hurdles however, as Vaudreuil MNA Marie-Claude Nichols, […]
In a vote held yesterday afternoon (October 27), the employees of MRC Pontiac overwhelmingly rejected the agreement in principle with the MRC, announced earlier this week by their union, the Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ). Negotiations for the new five-year collective agreement come after the employee’s previous contract expired on […]
Do you know anyone who needs healing? We are having a virtual service where you can attend and join us during these 2 days of Healing Streams Live. You may register online using the bar code. You can watch it online or join us at 27 Sikorsky rd in Desjardville/L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Quebec. You may contact us […]
This past Saturday, Xavier Lusignan climbed to the top of the podium at the Junior Pan-American Weightlifting Championships in Lima Peru, taking gold in the 96kg category. He took gold in overall weight lifted and in the clean and jerk, as well as a silver in the snatch. Back in Canada this week, he explained […]
Yesterday, public notice of keeping of a register was published by the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, in order to allow an integrated project, which grants to promoters such as those behind the Gorges de la Coulonge project, to build several buildings on the same land, without dividing it. According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, 34 […]
