Author: Marie Gionet
From Wednesday June 12th to Friday June 14th, the Municipality of Campbell’s Bay will be flushing it municipal fire hydrants. This operation may cause the water in the system to turn cloudy or brown due to turbidity causing sand residue in the water. If the water is brown when you open your faucet, let it […]
On May 24th, the Tree and Forests Festival was held at the MRC Pontiac and in the various municipalities across the Pontiac. For the event, the employees and participants of the Pontiac Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi organized a barbecue that raised $ 572 for Bouffe Pontiac. This money will be used to provide a source of […]
Farm Credit Canada (FCC) donated $ 500 to Dr. S. E. McDowell Elementary School in Shawville to purchase school materials and to enhance their cultural programming. This financial assistance, totalling $ 50,000 distributed across the country, is given to organizations with projects in official language minority communities. Special attention is given to projects that are […]
The cleanup process from the 2019 floods has begun. From taking pictures of the damages caused by the floods to declaring claims with the ministry of Public Security, the municipalities across the Pontiac region have continued to update their residents of their current situations. In Bristol, the post flood has presented other difficulties, such as […]
The gymnasium of École Poupore will be renamed the Centre Brizard-Vallières this Saturday, June 8th, in honor of Jean-Louis Brizard and Roland Vallières, who respectively held the position of General Manager and President of the Pontiac School Board. CHIP 101.9 met with Benoit Paré, a local historian and former colleague of the two men. In […]
“Renfrew County Fiddlers Pot Luck supper and dance on June 8, 2019 at Mateway Centre. 6:00 to 11:00 Admission $6.00 Members $4.00
Fay Bennett will be coming the Bonnechere museum to inform those who are interested in how to research your family tree. She had always loved history much like her father and decided to that the love and share it with other people, well also teaching them about their own family history’s. If your interest please […]
Although, it is still not recommending by the municipality, the removal of the sandbags in Bristol (Pine lodge, Norway bay and Pontiac station) has begun. However, the cleanup process could take close to all summer. Councilman Phillip Holmes spoke to CHIP on Friday and gave more details in this interview with Eric O’Brien.
The organizers of the 2019 Fort Coulonge / Mansfield Country Festival, which took place from Thursday to Sunday, gave it a very positive review. The main organizer, Phil Denault: Excerpt Phil Denault For the fifth edition of the Festival, the event will take place from June 4th to 7th. The full interview with Phil Denault […]
One of the upcoming projects for the Ottawa Riverkeeper in the Pontiac is a project for the conservation of a marine species; the hickorynut (Scientific name: Obovaria olivaria). Patrick Nadeau: The organization will have a team in Portage-du-Fort to study this species. Patrick Nadeau said that given the distance of the area and the fact […]