Author: Marie Gionet
An additional power failure was noted on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes this morning. The information obtained by CHIP 101.9 indicates that the total number of interruptions for 2019 increases to 57. Last year, 63 outages were recorded between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018. The record established in one-year dates back to 2016, when there were 75.
The George Bryson Heritage House announced via its Facebook page that the last official opening day of the season will be Friday, August 23rd, before closing for the winter. The restaurant service of the Café Robina will be available until Sunday August 18th. A special “Chicken Pie” menu will be organized for the occasion. The […]
Campbell’s Bay Cement will now be responsible for waste management on the MRC Pontiac territory. The contract for the receiving, transporting and disposing of garbage in the area was signed at the Pontiac MRC Council of Mayors’ special meeting, held on Monday in Campbell’s Bay. The Director General of the MRC, Bernard Roy. Services with […]
With the intention of stimulating the forest industry in the region, the Pontiac Forest Products Producers’ Board, and the Groupement Forestier du Pontiac Inc. (GFP) are working together to inform woodlot owners that have 4 hectares or more, who wish to realize development work and thus become a forest producer. The director general of the […]
An extraordinary meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac is scheduled for this Monday, August 12th at 7:30 pm in the Elsie Gibbons Room at the MRC Pontiac office in Campbell’s Bay. Among the items on the agenda, note the results of the call for tenders for the reception, transportation and elimination of garbage […]
The Sûreté du Québec presented the road and recreational tourism records in the area over the construction holidays, in which many police operations took place during that time, from July 19th to August 4th. In total, there were 20,844 reports of violations of the Highway Safety Code where more than 13,000 of which were reports […]
The Festival International du Cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge kicks off tonight. A few hours before the event, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to one of the key organizers of the festival, Suzanne Vallières-Nollet. The complete interview in French is available here. For more details on this event, visit the Festival’s Facebook page […]
Yesterday, a 5@7 event was held in honor of Denis Rozon, the organizer of the Bristol Dryland International Dog Races and recipient of the Dollard-Morin Award last spring for his contribution to making a great event which has gained international success over the last several years. The ceremony was organized by Sport Loisir Outaouais and […]
Recently, the federal member of parliament for the Pontiac, Will Amos, has had several interviews with different media in the Ottawa-Gatineau area where he spoke in favor of an inquiry looking into the management of the hydro dams in this interview with Eric O’Brien.
The White Water rocks music festival will be held Friday and Saturday, August 09-10, in Westmeath at 1002 valley view rd. Recently, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to the key organizer of the festival, Mike Graham, or Mega Mike as he is know on CHIP, who talked about the event in this interview […]