NEWS
Carrefour jeunesse-emploi looking to expand employer services, youth mental health workshops
On Thursday morning (June 27), the office of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac was packed for their annual general meeting. The non-profit group has a wide variety of programs and courses aimed at youth employment and education. The meeting featured several testimonials from young people who had benefited from their time with the organization. Jessica […]
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Drunk driver arrested in Shawville Monday night
At around 7 p.m. Monday evening (July 1), Sûreté du Québec officers pulled over a vehicle on John Street in Shawville, as the driver wasn’t wearing his seatbelt. After conducting checks, officers arrested the driver, a 47-year-old man from Shawville, as his blood alcohol level was three times the legal limit. A statement from police […]
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Speed limit lowered to 50 km/h in Mansfield as of July 2
Motorists cruising through Mansfield-et-Pontefract on Hwy. 148 should take heed that the speed limit has been lowered to 50 km/h as of today (July 2). In a French-language interview, MTQ representative Jeanne Séguin-Laflamme gave CHIP 101.9 more details about the change. The full (French-language) interview with Séguin-Laflamme is available here.
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MRC announces new Land and Flavours Route
MRC Pontiac just unveiled a new tourism route for the Pontiac, the Land and Flavours Route highlighting agricultural businesses throughout the region. Stephanie Hébert-Potter, with the MRC’s economic development department, explained that the newly announced route features a wide variety of agritourism operations across the Pontiac. The full interview with Hébert-Potter (4m) is available here.
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Land-based salmon farming project looking to make a splash in Pontiac
Samonix, a start-up based out of Chelsea, is looking to create a land-based Atlantic Salmon farming operation in the Pontiac region. At the most recent MRC Pontiac meeting, the project received a letter of support from council, specifically for their application to Hydro-Quebec and the provincial government for a 12 MW electrical hookup. Rémi Bertrand, […]
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Allumettes Mayor asks residents to file complaints with Hydro-Quebec following outages
Residents of the Upper Pontiac are no strangers to hydro issues but were hit by a series of outages during last week’s heat wave and again over the weekend, leaving many upset with the state of the region’s electrical infrastructure. L’Isle-aux-Allumettes Mayor Corey Spence estimated that there are about 3,400 people affected by the outages, […]
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Swisha opens new splash pad in honour of late mayor
On Saturday (June 22) residents of Rapides-des-Joachims gathered at the municipal park for the inauguration of their new splash pad, named in honour of late mayor Doug Rousselle. Rousselle was elected mayor of the small, far-flung municipality of around 150 year-round residents back in 2021 and passed away from cancer in September 2023. The new […]
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André Fortin discusses announcement of new Gatineau Hospital location
Pontiac MNA André Fortin came by CHIP 101.9’s studio on June 20 to discuss the big regional news of the day, which was the announcement of a new location for the proposed hospital in Gatineau. The federal government will be transferring the Asticou Centre, located on Boulevard de la Cité-des-Jeunes to the province for the […]
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MRC contracts out HR services to help choose new Assistant Director
At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on June 19, a resolution was approved to contract the Federation of Quebec Municipalities (FQM) for “support services in human resources and labour relations” to aid their selection of a new Assistant Director General. The price range of these services is between $135 and $215 per hour. […]
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Pontiac imagery technicians apply for jobs in city due to new bonuses
Following the news last week that imagery technicians at the Pontiac and Wakefield Hospitals wouldn’t be receiving bonuses of around $20,000 offered to staff at other hospitals in the region, roughly half of the local technicians have applied to jobs elsewhere. The development was first reported in Shawville’s English-language newspaper The Equity. Health authority CISSSO’s […]
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