Author: Marie Gionet
The Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield Country Festival starts next weekend and despite the challenges of the 2019 floods, the organizers say that they will be ready to welcome the thousands of visitors expected for this years’ event. From the Festival, one of the key organizers, Phil Denault, gave more details with our host Eric O’Brien.
The MRC Pontiac will have 1,000 trees to be distributed for free this year during the annual tree and forest festival, which will take place on May 24th 2019, in the parking lot of the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. MRC Pontiac’s Strategic Communications Advisor, Jérémi Vaillancourt, explained the events of the day. A full […]
The 2019 floods will have had consequences in the field of real estate in the Pontiac. Sébastien Bonnerot, a real estate agent from the region, gave advice to homeowners who have had to deal with this situation. Sébastien Bonnerot also mentioned in the interview that the floods will have consequences on both the affected owners […]
The 2019 floods, which will have affected many people in the Outaouais region and in the Pontiac, have had its’ impact on the mental health of those affected, and on the people involved. In the field since the first wave of floods, psycho-social worker Marie-Claude Blanchard talked to CHIP 101.9 about the situation she observed […]
Floods have created complicated situations for residents across the region. CHIP 101,9 met with a few residents that were evacuated by the Canadian Red Cross, who were in Fort-Coulonge yesterday. The evaluations were in regards to the $600 grant from the Red Cross as a way to live on a daily basis. Velma Hérault, a […]
The water levels of the Ottawa River have stabilized in the Coulonge Lake area over the last few hours, but according to the Ottawa River Regulation Board, the water is expected to continue to drop again in the coming hours, but slowly. The municipalities in the Pontiac have begun to talk about the collection of […]
The Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield Country Festival is ready to welcome the many visitors and artists who will come from everywhere to attend the event which will begin on Thursday, May 30th. In a Facebook post, the organizers announced that the stage is set and that preparations have been made. The work will continue in the […]
Shortly after 1:00 pm, on May 19th, the Sûreté du Québec made their way to Chichester, at the intersection of Nichabau Road and the old Nichabau Road, in regards to a vehicle that had gone off the road. The driver, a 19-year-old man, was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. The two people who […]
Former Director General of the municipality of Fort-Coulonge Martine Durocher passed away last Saturday at Shawville Hospital at the age of 61. She was the wife of Roy Hérault. She is survived by her two beloved sons: Eric (Marie-France Laroche) and Maxime. The funeral service will be celebrated at the Church of Faith, Praise and […]