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The Gatineau Flames Junior AAA hockey team recently announced a restructuring of their organization that would see Martin Dubé, originally of Fort-Coulonge, take charge as General Manager. Dubé was named the team’s director of hockey operations at the end of last year. In this latest staff shuffle, outgoing GM Martin Lahaie will stay on as […]

The Flying Elbows Hockey Tournament wrapped up at the Shawville Arena on Saturday evening (March 29), bringing to a close one of the rink’s long-standing traditions. There were 18 teams who participated across two divisions, from Wednesday to Saturday. In the A Division, Pontiac Thunder bested the Breckenridge Red Wings 5-2 to win the James […]

While the majority of Bloc Québécois candidates have been selected and announced for the upcoming federal election, they still have yet to announce a candidate for the riding of Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi. According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, a few people have already been approached but declined. The party finished third in the last two […]

With Quebec’s 2025/26 budget released last week, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Pontiac MNA André Fortin about its impact on the Pontiac and the region as a whole. The budget contains a record deficit of $13.6 billion, partially due to the impact of actions to counteract US tariffs, though the government said they’re aiming to balance […]

On March 26, representatives of Hydro-Quebec held a public consultation at the Quyon Community Centre regarding their plans to replace a 10 km section of high-voltage (120 kV) power lines connecting the Quyon and Wyman substations. A detailed PDF map of the impacted area is available here. HQ community relations councillor Caroline Milliard explained that […]

As this year’s spring freshet period on the Ottawa River and its tributaries flows on, local officials are working to keep their residents informed of the situation as the water rises. The memories of the flooding in 2017 and 2019 are fresh in many people’s minds with last week’s warm weather and rain spurring a […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on March 19, council voted on a revised bylaw for the management of meetings. The new bylaw passed 14-2, with Otter Lake Mayor Jennifer Quaile and Alleyn-et-Cawood pro-Mayor Sidney Squitti voting against. There were no representatives of the municipalities of Bryson or Fort-Coulonge present. While the original […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on March 19, council passed a bylaw in support of expanding the existing student firefighter training program to the area’s English schools. Speaking after the meeting, MRC public safety coordinator Julien Gagnon explained that the two year pilot project at the region’s French high school, École sécondaire […]

Local brewer Todd Hoffman will be the candidate for the People’s Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi in the upcoming federal election. The party, started in 2018 by former Conservative MP and leadership candidate Maxime Bernier, was represented in Pontiac in the last election by David Bruce Gottfred, and received 2,813 votes […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on March 19, council voted down a resolution requesting a pause in the MRC’s legal proceedings against the Municipality of Alleyn-et-Cawood for their unpaid 2024 shares. Shares are the fees that municipalities are charged by the MRC for various services, and Alleyn-et-Cawood’s surged by more than 150%  […]