Author: Marie Gionet
Here is the summary from the Sûreté du Québec for the territory of the MRC Pontiac for the period of March 22 to 28. The SQ indicates that for legal or security reasons and in order not to compromise ongoing investigations, certain events and activities cannot be included. Monday March 22 • Fraud, Denault, in […]
The Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) carried out air quality tests in all of its establishments and the results are now available via their website.The results were previously communicated to the Ministry of Education as well as to all parents and staff. “It is essential for us to ensure the quality of the […]
The Service de la Sécurité publique of the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais confirmed on Friday (March 26), the death of Gaëtan Derouin, a 21 year old from l’Ile du-Grand-Calumet, who was the front passenger of the car involved in an aciident that occurred on Saturday March 20 on the Chemin de la Montagne in Chelsea. This […]
Tributes to Nathalie Soucie, a woman greatly involved and appreciated by the community of Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield, continued over the weekend. In addition to many colleagues and present and former students of the Sieur-de-Coulonge High School (ESSC), the Municipality of Mansfield to pay tribute to her on last Friday. “There are no words to express how our […]
The MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin, commented on the tabling of the 2021-22 budget of the government of Quebec. Here is the interview with André Fortin. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Andre Fortin – Quebec Budget
The tabling of the 2021-2022 budget provoked several reactions across the province. Here are the different reactions collected by CHIP 101,9. The Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) highlighted certain measures which should have a positive impact on the development of the regions. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the president of the UMQ, Suzanne […]
Opération haute-vitesse is a joint initiative of the governments of Canada and Quebec to ensure the connection of 150,000 homes, in particular through unprecedented agreements with six of the largest telecommunications companies (Videotron, Cogeco, Bell, Xplornet, Sogetel and TELUS). In this context, the entire Pontiac should be connected by September 2022, according to government deadlines. […]
There were numerous reactions following the announcement by Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Legault on the Opération haute-vitesse program, which aims to connect all of Quebec to high speed Internet by September 2022. In the Outaouais, the Minister of Families and Minister responsible for the Outaouais region, Mathieu Lacombe, as well as the MP for […]
In order to reconcile the conservation of the many waterways in the Outaouais region, four MRCs, including the Pontiac, as well as the conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO) have launched a public consultation process. Citizens are invited to participate in this initiative which will influence land use planning for […]
The MRC Pontiac launched an online marketplace called FlavoursofthePontiac.ca this week to promote sales for local farmers and producers of the region. CHIP 101.9 spoke to the director of economic development at the MRC Pontiac, Cyndy Phillips, about this new website. She notes that the COVID-19 pandemic influenced the MRC to go virtual with this […]