Author: Marie Gionet
The MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin, address the 2019 flooding and the strain it could have on citizens in the Pontiac who have been affected:
The Member of Parliament for Pontiac, William Amos, paid a visit to the Pontiac yesterday, Thursday, in some municipalities currently affected by the floods such as Waltham, Mansfield-and-Pontefract, Fort-Coulonge and Isle-aux-Allumettes. There, he met with local authorities to get an assessment of the situation. In an interview with CHIP 101.9 on the subject, Amos said […]
The mayor of the municipality of Mansfield Gilles Dionne gave his impressions of the viral video that shows a motorist on a joy ride through the flooded streets of Mansfield. Gilles Dionne denounced the actions of the individual. The driver of the vehicle was apprehended and will receive two fines totalling $ 2027; one for […]
In a press release issued by the Minister of environment, Benoit Charette ordered the Centre de Tri de Pontiac to stop depositing and burying residual materials in non authorized locations immediately and to proceed with restoring said land as soon as possible. The land in question, at the Centre de Tri Pontiac in Litchfield, has […]
Phil Holmes of the municipality of Bristol gives us recent updates in this interview with Eric O’Brien.
Patricia Hobbs talking about the state of Clarendon with our host Eric O’Brien.
During this spring flood in 2019, many volunteers across the Pontiac were able to benefit from the generosity of several companies involved throughout the Pontiac, this is the case of Billy T’s who used his food truck to feed the volunteers everywhere in the Pontiac. Co-owner Brody Telford talk about it in this interview with […]
During this 2019 spring flooding, businesses and non-profits from across the Pontiac have been getting involved in divers ways. For example, Bouffe Pontiac with their free thrift shop, Metro Mansfield with free soup and many more, such as Billy T’s Pizza in Shawville, who has been taking their famous Billy T’s truck on the road […]
The municipality of Clarendon has talking action in order to protect residents from Sand Bay from the 2019 flooding. The Director General of the municipality, Patricia Hobbs, gave more details in an interview with CHIP: The full interview with Patricia Hobbs is available here.
As water levels have stabilized in several regions across Quebec, today, the Ottawa River Regulation Board announced that they revised the forecast for the coming days as a rise in water levels Coulonge Lake and the surrounding area. The mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Gilles Dionne, and mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, whose municipalities have been affected […]