Author: Marie Gionet

Following the announcement of the passing of former Campbell’s Bay Mayor Cletus Ferrigan on April 14, CHIP 101.9 spoke with current Mayor Maurice Beauregard to pay homage to the well-known and very active member of the town. “There’s not an event that went on in the Pontiac that Cletus Ferrigan did not have his nose […]

Former Pontiac political candidate and activist Roger Fleury has died. His obituary states that he passed away on April 15 at the Marionhill Nursing Home in Pembroke Ont. at the age of 80. His funeral mass will take place April 20, 2022 in St. Alphonsus Church in Chapeau at 11:30 a.m. Fleury, who identified himself […]

Regional health authority CISSSO has announced that they will soon be offering sample collection services at the Quyon CLSC. Earlier this month, a petition had been launched demanding that the collection of blood and other samples be offered at the clinic. The service is scheduled to commence on May 6, and will be offered to […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais, announced a ban on hospital visits Friday (April 15, 2022) for the entire Outaouais region, including the Shawville Hospital. “This is to insure that our most vulnerable patients, health workers and the entire population remains safe during the emergence of another wave of […]

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel has filed a request to intervene regarding Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ application to amend the Chalk River Laboratories operating license to authorize the construction of a “near surface disposal facility” for low level waste. She begins the document by specifying that she would like to intervene on environmental and safety issues as […]

Citizens of MRC Pontiac can now submit questions for the next council of mayors meeting which will take place on April 20. The forms to submit electronically can be found here. The deadline to submit is April 19 at 1 p.m and questions are limited to one per person per session.

With the CAQ government’s overhaul of the province’ s language laws, known as Bill 96, being debated in the National Assembly, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Gordon McIvor, the director general of Cégep Heritage College to discuss some of the ways that this mammoth piece of legislation will affect Quebec’s students. He explained that despite he […]

Pontiacers have likely seen plenty of trucks stringing fibre optic internet cable along telephone lines throughout the region as part of the federal and provincial governments’ “Operation High Speed” initiative, which aims to connect all Quebecers to high-speed internet by this fall. CHIP 101.9 spoke with Charles Beaudet, the Vice-President of Quebec and Eastern Canada […]