NEWS

At the last MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on February 15, the council passed a resolution in support of the Municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes (full text at the end of the article) regarding the lengthy power outages that hit the Upper Pontiac during a cold snap at the beginning of the month. The resolution calls […]

The members of the Shawville 150 committee have decided to extend the deadline for their logo drawing contest to Canada Day (July 1). Councillor Katie Sharpe explained that they had originally planned to end the contest in February, but extended the deadline to get more participation. The contest has both a youth (under 18 as […]

After being cut off from all means of communication during the intense cold in early February, residents of Isle-aux-Allumettes are still experiencing problems with the communications infrastructure. Between Monday and Wednesday (February 20 to 22) the landline for the Raymond Line sector was down. During a French-language live interview with the local farmer David Gillespie, […]

In addition to the ongoing issues with electricity service and cellular coverage in the Municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, there is also the longstanding issue of shoddy landline service in certain sectors as well. Residents of the Raymond Line area on the island have been having interruptions to their service every spring for the past few years. […]

Students from École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge took part in a long-distance ski activity at the Patro in Mansfield on February 22. Organizer Martin Bertrand explained that they weren’t able to do the ski to parliament trip that they normally do this time of year for a variety of reasons, including the ice conditions on the Ottawa […]

A pavilion will be installed by the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract at Amyotte Park for the Mansfield en fête celebrations, before being moved to the Pont Blanc beach. Rentals for the summer months are currently available. As municipal leisure agent Louis Harvey explained, it is possible to rent directly by calling the municipal office or the […]

At the last MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on February 15, council approved the activity report for the PPJ trail for the year 2022. The former rail bed turned multi-use trail is open to non-motorized traffic during the warmer part of the year and snowmobiles during the winter. CHIP 101.9 spoke with newly appointed […]

MRC Pontiac is looking for a student to fill the position of local tourism ambassador. The person hired will see to welcoming visitors, providing tourist information, writing and managing a blog and updating the database of the Bureau d’information touristique (BIT). “This is a very independent position that requires a motivated and autonomous person with […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on February 15, the schedule of application periods for various funding distributed by the MRC was approved by the council. In an earlier resolution, the mayors approved a new call for projects to distribute surplus funds from the 2021 FRR stream 2 budget, totaling $189,339. The FRR […]

The Pontiac Chamber of Commerce held its Black Tie Gala on Saturday (February 18) at the Pontiac Conference Center in Fort-Coulonge, bringing together nearly 150 people from business, politics and various Pontiac organizations. Chamber of Commerce President Sébastien Bonnerot expressed his satisfaction following the event and said he hopes that local businesspeople will have the […]