Public Announcements
William McCleary Mayoral candidate in Shawville
In Shawville, outgoing councillor William McCleary is running for mayor. Although he says that the municipality is not doing so badly as to need immediate intervention, he sees the need for improve infrastructure and more jobs: Extrait – William McCleary Mr. McCleary has been out and about talking to people on the streets during his […]
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Yesterday’s rain and strong winds damaged roads in the Pontiac
Rain and strong winds from last Sunday and Monday have caused damage, some roads are still affected in the municipality of Pontiac. The 148 did not have any major damage. In the MRC Pontiac, some secondary roads have also been affected. The situation has been more critical for the Municipality of La Pêche where some […]
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No medium level radioactive waste at Chalk River nuclear waste dump site
One of the issues that was raised during the election campaign, is the possible construction of a nuclear waste site in Chalk River. Last Friday, the Canadian Nuclear Laboratories said it was abandoning its proposal to include medium level radioactive waste in its Chalk River nuclear waste disposal project. Canada’s nuclear laboratories plan to manage […]
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Reactions to Bell’s Communications failure last week
After another breakdown in Bell’s communications infrastructure last Thursday, several people in the Pontiac shared their thoughts on the matter. Councillor and mayoral candidate in Mansfield, Gilles Dionne, finds it deplorable that there is no redundancy, especially to reach emergency services. Fortunately, all Pontiac fire brigades share a CB radio frequency that connects the MRC […]
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Quyon Recreation Park; The public consultation suspended
The public consultation that was scheduled for October 28 to build a vision for the development of the Quyon Recreation Park has been suspended because, according to the notice issued by the Municipality of Pontiac, holding of such consultation during the election period is being called into question. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Meghan […]
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Power outage scheduled for tomorrow night
A power outage is scheduled for tomorrow Friday, October 20, between 6:00 pm and 7:00 pm in Campbell’s Bay, Fort-Coulonge, Grand-Calumet Island, Mansfield, Litchfield, OtterLake Thorne, Bryson, Clarendon, Bristol and elsewhere. About 7,000 customers will be cut off from electricity. Until then, the aforementioned part of the Pontiac is connected to Ontario’s electricity grid.
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CHIP interviews candidates for the position of councillor # 3 in Fort-Coulonge
In preparation of the November 5 elections, both candidates for the position of councillor number three in the Village of Fort-Coulonge granted an interview to CHIP 101.9. Mélissa Lemay explained what she would like to accomplish and how she sees her role as councillor if she is elected: Clip – Mélissa Lemay On his end, […]
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BELL COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT
UPDATE ON COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT For any emergencies, please go to the closest fire Hall to the location of the emergency. From there, they will be able to help regardless of needed fire ambulance or police. 🚒 According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, a damaged cable disrupted Internet and telephone services in several areas of […]
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Local Author Luke Murphy release’s new book Wild Card
Pontiac Author Luke Murphy released another book this past weekend entitled Wild Card. The book is a sequel to the first book Luke Murphy had ever published Dead Man’s Hand. The author told CHIP about the book: Clip – Luke Murphy Wild Card is available on Amazon.ca and will be in local stores in the […]
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Swearing in of the 2017-2018 school parliament at ESSC
Last night was the swearing in of the school parliament 2017-2018 at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge. For the occasion, the students attended, in the same fashion as the National Assembly in Quebec City, a swearing ceremony in the presence among others of the director general of the Commission scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais Fernand Paré and the President […]
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