Public Announcements
To residents of Campbell’s Bay and Litchfield served by municipal water
SPECIAL NOTICE September 18 2017 – To residents of Campbell’s Bay and Litchfield served by municipal water: – PREVENTATIVE BOIL ADVISORY Due to a major break of a municipal water pipe and as a preventative measure, we ask that you boil the water for five (5) minutes before consumption and this, until further notice. – […]
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Last Tuesday Internet and Telephone outage a safety risk
There is a lack of trustworthiness for the safety of people in the Pontiac according to the MRC Pontiac who said this in a press release issued yesterday following the outage of telephone, Internet and television services on Tuesday in the MRC Pontiac. This is the 5th large outage in nine years, despite pressure by […]
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New measures for municipalities affected by floods
Martin Coiteux, Minister of Municipal Affairs and Land Occupancy, Minister of Public Safety and Minister responsible for the Region of Montreal, announced on Tuesday morning new measures to help the municipalities affected by the floods last spring. There are plans to hold personalized meetings with victims in major affected areas, create partnership committees between the […]
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La Défriche, a program targeting young people in the region
On September 7th, the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac (CJE Pontiac) officially launched its new program called La Défriche, which targets 14 to 35 year olds. CHIP journalist Élizabeth Séguin met with Suzanne Vallières-Nollet, the Coordinator of La Défriche and Youth Projects Agent for the CJE Pontiac, and Milly Beaulieu, youth worker at the CJE Pontiac, […]
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Forum on the legalization of marijuana in Fort-Coulonge last night
Last night (Tuesday) at the Conference center in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac MP Will Amos held a forum on the legalization of marijuana in the country. Dozens of people, including on resident from the Fort-Coulonge Mansfield area, Pierre Fréchette, not to be confused with the candidate running for Warden with the same name, had some concerns […]
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Gilles Dionne; New candidate for Mayor of Mansfield
There should be at least three candidates for the top post at the Municipal Hall in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontrefact. Councillor Gilles Dionne confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that he would be running as Mayor of the Municipality of Mansfield. The current mayor Kathleen Bélec and businessman Terry Lévesque have already confirmed their intention to run. […]
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Placards promoting municipal amalgamation at Fort Coulonge / Mansfield
Placards can now be seen promoting the municipal merger. This is an initiative on behalf of the Residents Committee open to the amalgamation of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield-et-Pontefract. They have put up signs to promote the municipal grouping and to make the candidates in the November 5 election aware of their initiative. It should be noted […]
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Jane Toller officially launches her candidacy for the position of warden
It’s now official, Jane Toller launched her campaign last Thursday night at the Conference Center in Fort-Coulonge. She believes she is the best person designated to fill the position and says she would like to devote herself full time to the position of warden. During this conference, Jane Toller spoke about how Hector Soucy Jr […]
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Police presences during the Labor Day results
From September 1 to 4, police officers of the Sûreté du Québec carried out numerous operations to ensure the safety of off everyone on the roadways in all regions of Québec during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Despite awareness-raising campaigns, prior to this long weekend, police officers reported over 5,000 violations of the Highway Safety […]
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Outaouais Tourism Summer Review
Outaouais Tourism has released a report of the summer season 2017. In the report they point out that in spite of the lack of good weather the parks remained very busy. Many visitors said they sought out the information offices in Gatineau. Data for July shows new highs, with a 144% increase in ridership. The […]
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