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Jean-Pierre Landry announces intention to run for MRC Pontiac warden
Campbell’s Bay councillor Jean-Pierre Landry will be seeking the position of MRC Pontiac’s warden in this fall’s municipal elections. Originally from Shawinigan, Landry’s family moved to the Pontiac in 1967, as his father worked to start up Consolidated-Bathurst’s mill in Portage-du-Fort. Now retired, he worked for many years for the provincial government at Services Québec. […]
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Josey Bouchard talks intention to run for Pontiac warden
Josey Bouchard announced last week that she intends to seek the position of MRC Pontiac warden in this fall’s municipal elections. Bouchard is currently an elementary school teacher in Campbell’s Bay, and said that she’s spent most of her professional career in the area. In addition to being elected to Campbell’s Bay council in 2021, Bouchard […]
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25-year old Campbell’s Bay man drowns near Otter Lake Saturday evening
The body of a young man was pulled from the water in a lake in the Municipality of Otter Lake on Sunday afternoon (July 13), after he was reported missing on Saturday evening. According to Sûreté du Québec Sergeant Stéphane Tremblay, the 25-year old man from Campbell’s Bay was swimming with friends and went missing […]
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BEI closes investigation into fatal 2024 incident at Campbell’s Bay police station
On July 10, Quebec’s police watchdog the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) announced that they had closed their investigation into a woman who was seriously injured while in police custody at the Sûreté du Québec station in Campbell’s Bay last year, and died several days later in hospital. The BEI is called to investigate whenever […]
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Josey Bouchard announces intention to run for Pontiac Warden
Earlier this week, Campbell’s Bay councillor and community volunteer Josey Bouchard announced her intention to seek the position of MRC Pontiac Warden in this fall’s municipal elections. “New challenge for me this fall, I am running to be the next Warden MRC Pontiac,” she wrote in a post on social media. In addition to being […]
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MRC Pontiac to hold special meeting on recycling tenders Thursday
MRC Pontiac announced earlier today that there will be a special sitting of MRC Pontiac council on Thursday July 10. The meeting will take place in the Elsie Gibbons Room at 6:30 p.m. The only item on the agenda is “Calls for tenders – recyclable materials”.
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Repeated power outages following storm cause frustration in Upper Pontiac
Residents of the Upper Pontiac have recently had more headaches caused by power outages, after heavy rainfall on Monday seems to have resulted in another widespread outage that was only resolved mid-day Tuesday. The region is known for its numerous power outages, which have long frustrated residents and elected officials. Hydro-Quebec announced major upgrades in […]
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Fire service agreements for Bryson and Ile-du-Grand-Calumet released
Following the recent agreements that the municipalities of Bryson and Ile-du-Grand-Calumet signed to retain the services of the Campbell’s Bay-Litchfield Fire Department, CHIP 101.9 has obtained the full text of the documents. The documents are available here: Bryson Calumet. Though the 5-year agreements are quite similar, Bryson is obligated to pay 20% of the department’s […]
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Pontiacers discuss supply management’s role in trade talks
Canada’s trade relationship with the United States has been making headlines for some months now, due largely to President Donald Trump’s chaotic implementation (and scrapping of) various tariffs. More recently the president’s ire has been directed at Canada’s supply management system, which governs Canada’s dairy, egg and poultry sectors, prompting numerous headlines in Canadian media […]
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New DG at CSSHBO
The Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Services Centre has announced that its council appointed Nadine Carpentier as Director General at its meeting on June 25. Carpentier, who officially began work on June 30, 2025, spoke to CHIP 101.9 about her appointment: Carpentier has been serving as interim Director General since November 2024 following the retirement of Denis Rossignol. […]
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