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Author: Marie Gionet

11 August 2020 à 12:00 am

On Monday, Jean-François Roberge, the Quebec Minister of Education, issued revisions to the government’s back to school plan for the 2020-21 school year. Among the revision, upon returning to school in the fall, students in grade 5, or higher, will have to wear a mask in all common areas, such as corridors, though masks will […]

11 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Updated on 13 September 2022 à 3:59 pm

The 2020 edition of the Terry Fox Run will begin in the Pontiac on August 22 and continue until September 20. This year, due to COVID-19, the organizers of the Terry Fox run have introduced the individual based theme: ”Try it like Terry.” Under this theme, the runners will be able to outline personal goals […]

11 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Updated on 13 September 2022 à 3:59 pm

An archaeological survey will be conducted in order to uncover the location of the Hudson’s Bay fur trading post in the Pontiac also know as the Fort Coulonge. Greg Piasetzki, a Toronto man with ties to the Hudson’s Bay Company in the Pontiac, spoke to CHIP 101.9 about why he is conducting the survey as […]

11 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Updated on 13 September 2022 à 3:59 pm

A new app was recently developped by the UPA to give direct access to Farms across the country for Agri-tourism purposes and to have access to the products the farms sell. Scott Judd, the President of the UPA Pontiac, spoke to the CHIP 101.9 about the new App and the impact that it could potentially […]

10 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Last Friday (August 7) at around 11 a.m., the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) from the MRC Pontiac were called to the scene of an accident on Brouse Road in Thorne. A 63-year-old man from Clarendon had reportedly been struck by a branch of a tree he was cutting down. The man was taken to the […]

10 August 2020 à 12:00 am

At around 2:00 p.m. Monday (August 10), the Sûreté du Québec helicopter located a body downstream from where the victim of a drowning was last seen. The body was recovered by officers using the helicopter. The formal identification must be done by the Coroner, the identity of the victim can be announced at a later […]

9 August 2020 à 12:00 am

The body of a woman in her sixties was discovered today (Saturday) in the Coulonge River (Plage du Pont Blanc). According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the woman was found around noon near Mansfield-et-Pontefract, just north of Fort Coulonge. The SQ added that her death appears to be a drowning but that they are […]

7 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Several projects resumed this week after the construction holidays and the Commission des normes, de l’équité, dela santé et de la sécurité du travail (CNESST) reiterated the importance of taking the necessary measures to prevent accidents at work. Employers and workers alike must take into account the recurring dangers associated with construction sites, such as […]

7 August 2020 à 12:00 am

Applications for the Pontiac Bursaries are still open for a few days in order to help students in the region to pursue their higher studies through funding or a scholarship. Former recipient of this annual initiative, Travis Narlock, from Otter Lake, shared how the scholarships have benefited him throughout his post-secondary journey. CHIP101.9 · Clip […]

7 August 2020 à 12:00 am

COVID-19 and the confinement of recent months could be factors in the increased activity of the Société de la protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) in 2020. According to the organization’s prevention and communications officer, Mélanie Morin, the final summer 2020 assessment could reveal that the season was “more active than normal” because of […]