NEWS

A local citizen activist is helping organize a public information session on radon next Saturday in Campbell’s Bay with a group of experts, to mark the beginning of Radon Action month. The free event will take place on Saturday November 2, at the Campbell’s Bay RA Hall (2 rue Second) from 1 p.m. to 3 […]

After more than 500 days without a collective agreement, the union representing Quebec’s nurses as well as other health professionals (FIQ) announced last week that their membership had voted to accept a mediator’s recommendation. The turnout among the FIQ’s roughly 80,000 members was 75%, with 66.3% voting in favour. The provincial government and the FIQ […]

The Pontiac Senior Comets home opener will be played at 5:30 p.m. this Sunday, October 27 at the Shawville arena. The game was supposed to take place at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite in Fort-Coulonge, however a due to an issue with the arena’s refrigeration system, plans had to change quickly. […]

Next week, regional health advocacy group SOS Outaouais will be holding a demonstration in Gatineau to decry the disparity between health care funding in the region and the rest of the province. The event will take place on Wednesday October 30 at Espace Canevas (425 boulevard Saint-Joseph in Gatineau) from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. […]

Late last week, a 49 year-old man from Sturgeon Falls Ont. was arrested twice in two days for suspected drug-impaired driving by the Pontiac detachment of the Sûreté du Québec. On Thursday evening (October 17) at around 7 p.m., police were called to the scene of a minor 2-vehicle accident on rue Main in Portage-du-Fort. […]

The Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay was overflowing on Wednesday night (October 16) as around 50 citizens attended the monthly meeting, mainly to voice their support for changes to the way the MRC calculates its municipal shares.  This is the second meeting in a row with a large attendance related […]

The committee in charge of the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite announced earlier this week that the opening of the arena would be delayed by around three weeks due to issues with their refrigeration system. Committee member Christine Bourque explained that they had just replaced their condenser and when they turned on […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on October 16, council approved several contracts for maintenance and upgrades at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, as well as work on two sections of the PPJ trail. Electrical panels: the resolution notes that due to the addition of four new electric vehicle charging stations in […]

Today (October 17), after only three weeks, the first ace of CHIP 101.9’s Chase the Ace lottery has been found. The big winners were Nicholas Boisvert and Chantal Gagnon of Fort-Coulonge who purchased a block of 80 tickets as a team. The mother/son duo will now receive the weekly prize of $768 plus the progressive […]

Last evening (October 15) at around 7:30 p.m. a malfunctioning heating system at the station caused some alarm and interrupted CHIP 101.9’s bingo. Emergency crews were called after an employee smelling something burning and saw smoke coming from the ceiling of the conference room. The office was not damaged and firefighters determined the cause of […]