Politics

Several organizations and politicians met yesterday at the Lions Club in Bryson to unveil the various projects in the new $2.5 million agreement slated for vitalization and development in the MRC Pontiac. A sum of $2,623,469.64 to be exact was granted  to support 29 vitalization projects in the MRC Pontiac. The MNA for Pontiac, André […]

In a letter addressing Litchfield residents, Municipal officials made a point to remind citizens that the Government of Quebec officially delegated the responsibility of ensuring swimming pool safety to individual municipalities. According to Litchfield public officials, letters have already been sent out to residents who own a swimming pool. And, some homeowners have even received […]

If you are a Pontiac resident, and have a question that you would like the MRC Pontiac’s Council of Mayors to answer during its next MRC and TNO meeting, you’re asked to submit your question by Wednesday March 15, 2023, at 12:00 PM. “Each resident can submit a maximum of one written question per session […]

As is the case elsewhere in Quebec, the Société Assurance Automobile du Québec (SAAQ) in Campbell’s Bay is currently experiencing a lot of growing pains, causing sometimes significant delays in its service. According to the MRC Pontiac’s Strategic communications advisor and media contact, Colleen Jones, the delays are due to the major system update that […]

March 8, 2023 – For International Women’s Day, CHIP 101.9 spoke to Julie Bourdon, the President of the Women’s Commission and Governance of the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ), and Mayor of Granby. In the interview Bourdon talked about the challenges and issues related to women participating in local government and their representation on […]

The MNA for Îles-de-la-Madeleine and health and social services critic for the Parti Québécois, Joël Arseneau, denounced what he describes as the negative effects of the Optilab project, which centralizes laboratory tests and diminishes hospital autonomy. “The fears we’ve expressed for years are being materialize today and the impacts on patients in regional hospitals are […]

Last night (February 27), MRC Pontiac held a public consultation on daycare services in the region at their office in Campbell’s Bay. Three members of the public attended in person, along with a handful more via Zoom. The meeting was led by Warden Jane Toller, along with Pontiac MNA André Fortin. Fortin laid out the […]

Dave Hérault was elected to Fort-Coulonge council seat one in last night’s byelection, CHIP 101.9 has learned. The result of the vote was again close for the other candidate, Freeda Béchamp-Graveline, who received 192 votes against 196 for Hérault. Recall that in the 2021 general election, Béchamp-Graveline also finished 4 votes behind her opponent at […]

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 […]

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, […]