Author: Marie Gionet
The number of power outages has decreased in recent weeks in the Upper Pontiac compared to July, where 22 outages were recorded. However, so far the month of October has already seen the same number of power outages recorded in October of last year: 4. Last Saturday, an interruption of several minutes occurred. This year […]
The Pontiac Senior Comets lost 6-3 on Saturday night at home at the Centre de loisirs des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge. All three of the Comets goals were scored by Matthew Warren, with 3 assists by David Croteau. The loss went to goaltender Danick Boisvert who gave up six goals in 32 shots. Note that during […]
The various radio stations across Quebec reacted strongly to the government’s decision not to include radio stations in the media financial aid program. The reactions were met following a speech made by Quebec Premier François Legault: These comments were made by François Legault, even though the Parliamentary Committee on the future of media is still […]
On International Teachers’ Day, October 5th, the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (SPEHR FSE-CSQ), which represents the teachers of the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO), wishes to pay a warm tribute to the teachers of Quebec who “do an extraordinary job every day and who successfully accompany the students, despite conditions that are not […]
With environmental consciousness of students on the rise, inspired by the actions of Greta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish activist for the fight against global warming, the students of the Pavillon Notre-Dame du Sacré-Cœur in Chapeau and their teachers organized a march to raise awareness on the issue of Climate Change Friday, September 27th. During this […]
The Sûreté du Québec’s Major Crime unit, in collaboration with officers from the MRC Pontiac, arrested a man on Wednesday for a robbery that occurred on September 6th in a business on Front st. in Campbell’s Bay. Marc Vilon, 34, of Campbell’s Bay appeared in court yesterday in Gatineau to face charges of robbery and […]
The CLSC Pontiac Foundation began its annual fundraising campaign today (Friday, Oct 4th, 2019), to raise funds for the different service points across the MRC Pontiac, as well as a part of the Municipality of Pontiac (Quyon). The President of the Foundation, Anne Bertrand-Amyotte, talked about what the money raised will be used for; Boxes […]
Five of the candidates in the riding of Pontiac for the federal election talked about the environment, Thursday, during a non-partisan debate on climate change organized by the Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO), in Wakefield, MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais. Participants included William Amos (Liberal Party), Claude Bertrand (Green Party), Dave […]
The new Captain of the Comets, Darcy Findlay, in this interview with our host Jacob Lavigne.
Yesterday, the Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac held an extraordinary general meeting to deal with the perceived conflict of interest recently reported on by the CHIP 101.9 newsroom. In the interest of Conflict, the Mayor of the municipality of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet failed to report owning two small islands locate near the proposed National […]