Politics

Former Pontiac MP Will Amos billed taxpayers more than $10,000 for an executive training course months after he left office. MPs who do not seek re-election or are not re-elected are entitled to up to $15,000 in transition expenses such as career training or education “to help them re-establish themselves”. According to a House of […]

Québec solidaire MNA for Rosemont and second opposition critic for health Vincent Marissal was in the riding of Pontiac to tour health care facilities in the region. He told CHIP 101.9 that he wanted to see what the situation was like on the ground and meet with staff. Marissal visted the Pontiac Hospital as well […]

Note: Some of the audio clips below have been edited for length and clarity. The Municipality of Clarendon is keeping with a longstanding efforts to keep its mill rate at 60 cents per $100 of evaluation, the same as it’s been for years. Mayor Ed Walsh and Director General Patricia Hobbs spoke with CHIP 101.9 […]

Starting tomorrow (January 13), candidates interested in council seat 1 in Fort-Coulonge are able to submit their candidacy for election. The deadline for citizens of the municipality to put their name forward is January 27 at 4:30 p.m. The advance poll for the by-election will take place on February 19 between noon and 8 p.m. […]

Since December 22, the Municipality of Pontiac has adopted a new by-law allowing citizens of the entire municipal territory (Quyon, Onslow, Luskville, Eardley, Breckenridge) to have laying hens, under certain conditions. This new regulation stipulates that laying hens must be for personal use and it is permitted to keep a maximum of five (5) hens […]

The Government of Quebec has announced a new investment of up to $8.2 million for the Fortress mill in Thurso, which has been closed since 2019. This is not the first time that the Legault government has injected funds in this plant, which had received $8 million in 2019. The aid granted to Fortress, which […]

During a special council meeting Thursday, January 5, 2023, the mayor of the Municipality of L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Jean-Louis Corriveau, announced that they have  officially hired Tracey Hérault as the municipality’s new director general. Hérault is the former Director General in Bryson, and will officially be stepping into her new role on the Island January 6. This […]

The latest Statistics Canada’s Census for 2021, recently made public, shows that the population in the MRC Pontiac has increased for the first time in 15 years. The population has increased from 14,251 in 2016 to 14,764 (2021), i.e. 513 additional residents. This is still far removed from statistics in the 90s, where the MRC […]

The Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract is promoting a new emergency preparedness guide, published by the Ministry of Public Safety Canada. As a preventative service and to avoid unexpected disaster like the floods in 2017 and in 2019, the municipality is inviting citizens to consult this guide, which is intended to help families prepare for the first […]

In a public address before the holidays, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller announced that the MRC Pontiac’s Youth Council will return and hold its inaugural meeting on Monday, January 16. “I am also very pleased to announce that the new MRC Pontiac Youth Council will hold its inaugural meeting on Monday, January […]