NEWS

Residents of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes have long known about the spotty power grid for the island and the surrounding area, but things may be looking up according to data collected by a local farmer. David Gillespie has been tracking the number and length of power outages in the upper Pontiac since 2009 and said that this year’s […]

Residents of MRC Pontiac are invited to submit their questions for the meeting of the council for the non-organized territiories (TNO) or the regional council of mayors meeting next Wednesday (January 19). Online forms are available here. The deadline for submission is Tuesday January 18 at 12:30 p.m. The MRC’s website indicates that there is […]

The work to install lighting on the Felix-Gabriel Marchand Bridge in Mansfield should be completed shortly and the Phare Ouest organization is planning an opening night on Friday January 28. The group’s spokesperson, Louis Harvey, invited the public to participate in the event. Due to the current state of the pandemic, he said that a […]

The Campbell’s Bay municipal council had good news for their citizens as they passed a 2022 budget that lowered the tax and service rates for the town. Mayor Maurice Beauregard spoke with CHIP 101.9 about the budget process and said that they were able to lower their mill rate, from 73 cents per $100 of […]

Two remote Pontiac municipalities recorded their first cases of COVID-19, with Alleyn-et-Cawood going from 0 to 6 while Rapides-des-Joachims recorded 5 or less cases with the latest update. It should be noted that the case counts by individual municipality are updated sporadically and do not represent the active case count. Active cases sat at 213 […]

The Ministry of Health and social services announced changes to screening priorities and the tracking of cases and contacts. “Due to the marked increase in the number of cases of infection with the Omicron variant, which leads to a considerable increase in the demand for screening clinic tests and significant delays, we are now going […]

Environment Canada issued a cold weather warning for the Pontiac for today and tomorrow. The release states that an arctic air mass, combined with brisk wind will produce wind chill factors of -38 degrees Tuesday morning (January 11). “Risks are greater for young children, older adults, people with chronic illnesses, people working or exercising outdoors, […]

Regional health authority CISSSO held a press conference last Thursday (January 6) on the rising case counts due to the Omicron variant. The region has reported at least 7,701 active cases, however officials have said that the actual numbers are higher, since not all cases are recorded. Dr. Brigitte Pinard, the head of Public Health […]

The remote community of Rapides-des-Joachims will have a mobile vaccination clinic in their community tomorrow. The clinic will be held at the local CLSC (48a rue de l’Église) from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Appointments can be made online but aren’t mandatory. As of January 10, all Quebecers over 40 years-old are eligible for a […]

In a press conference on January 6, Health Minister Christian Dubé announced that a vaccine passport would be mandatory for accessing the SAQ and SQDC as of January 18. The minister took a hard line on those who refused to be vaccinated, saying that these new restrictions would limit their contacts. “If you don’t want […]