Author: Marie Gionet
To highlight its’ 40 years of service, the ZEC St-Patrice is organizing a Poker Run on its territory on June 22. Registration will take place between 8:00 am and 10:00 am at kilometer 4 chemin Schyan in Sheenboro. It’s $ 20 per person and the flag raising ceremony will take place at St-Patrice Lake. Note […]
During this year’s syrup season, CHIP 101.9 was interested in the production of maple syrup in the MRC Pontiac and its sugar shacks, which are quite small despite the vast territory of the region. The maple syrup producer and owner of La Paysannerie farm, Marc Bergeron, answered a few of these questions. Marc Bergeron has […]
A accident occurred this morning (March 28th) on Highway 148 close to Murtagh Road in the Vinton sector in Litchfield. Sergeant Marc Tessier of the Sureté du Québec, in media relations, confirmed that they ”received a call from citizens mentioning a vehicle driving erratically on the highway. About ten minutes later, we were informed that […]
The Pontiac Chamber of Commerce will be holding its’ Annual General Meeting on April 18th at 5:30 pm at the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. Members of the organization are invited to attend a presentation by the MRC’s Economic Development Director, Danielle Newman, on the MRC’s Vision for Strategic economic development. A light snack will […]
As part of its’ 2019 Radiothon, on Saturday, April 27th, CHIP 101.9 unveiled its’ special guest who will accompany the listeners during the afternoon during Country en Folie. The host Nathalie Vasiloff gave more details. Remeber that tickets for CHIP 101.9 Mega 50-50 draw are still available at Dépanneur Beau-Soir in Mansfield.
The Big WOW Poker Run, organized by the Pontiac Quad Club and held on March 23rd, raised $ 2,877 for Bouffe Pontiac. The event, which gathered a total of 173 entries, was a “great success” according to the organizers and the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller. In 2018, the Big WOW Poker Run […]
The Association de la Presse Francophone (APF) and Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA), two associations who represent official language newspapers in minority communities in Canada including English minority newspapers in Quebec, namely The Equity and the Pontiac Journal, responded on March 21st to the tabling of the 2019 federal budget. While welcoming some of the […]
Les Pièces d’auto Bois-fort inc.(Napa Autopro) in Mansfield recently signed an agreement with the St-Jérôme based company, ProLite, who known for trailer manufacturing. The agreement states that Boisfort will be the only company authorized to sell this product in a defined territory. Sylvain Fortin gives us more details in this interview with Eric O’Brien.
Maurice Beauregard talking about the Sewage System in Campbell’s Bay in this interview with Eric O’Brien.
In recent months, the MRC Pontiac has built bonds with the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) so that Pontiac companies can profit from more contracts with the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. A meeting will be held soon between the MRC and the CNL. The Economic Development Commissioner at the MRC, Claudee Galipeau gives us all the details […]