Politics

Over the past few weeks the municipal councils across the Pontiac have developed their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 will be discussing with officials about the process of developing these documents within the realities of their municipalities. First up is Mansfield-et-Pontefract Mayor Sandra Armstrong and DG Éric Rochon.  Armstrong explained that the first order of […]

The MRC Pontiac council of mayors unveiled 27 local projects through the Regions and Rurality Fund (FRR) – Part 4 – Support for vitalization and intermunicipal cooperation. These projects are funded under the first call for projects for the FRR Section 4. A second call for projects should be launched in April 2023. Here is […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting on Wednesday evening (December 21), Warden Jane Toller presented Portage-du-Fort Mayor Lynne Cameron with a plaque of recognition from the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) recognizing her 20 plus years of service as a municipal elected official. Cameron received the award from Toller alongside her husband and […]

MRC Pontiac has posted a job listing for the position of Director General, a little over a month after the departure of Bernard Roy on November 4. The post has been filled in the interim by engineer Kim Lesage.  Among the requirements, applicants are asked to have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant […]

Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary spoke with CHIP 101.9 about some questions that have been circulating on social media regarding the availability of the town council’s minutes and the possibility of water meters being required in the future. The questions originated from the community Facebook page Hello Shawville, which is run by resident Carolann Barton. McCleary […]

On December 13, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Charles Beaudet, the Vice-President for government relations with the company Xplore, which is currently rolling out fibre internet service in much of the Pontiac area. Beaudet said that they’d recently made a number of connections in the Portage du Fort area, and would be moving on to the […]

This morning (December 8) SADC Pontiac held their annual “Mingle and Jingle” breakfast at the Café Downtown in Fort-Coulonge between 7:30 and 9:30 a.m. The breakfast was a networking event to bring together entrepreneurs, elected officials and representatives of organizations throughout the region. This was the first time they’ve been able to host the event […]

An agreement in principle was accepted by 89% of MRC Pontiac’s unionized staff for the renewal of their collective agreement last night (December 7). Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) regional President Michel Girard explained that the offer contains a salary increase of 14.75% over 5 years. In return, the employees […]

MRC Pontiac is delaying their public consultation on the waste management plan for 2023-2029 until January. Originally planned for December 20, the consultation will now take place on January 10, 2023 at 6 p.m. in the Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay (602 Route 301 North). The draft of the plan […]

The Municipality of Campbell’s Bay is on track for a by-election for the mayor’s seat, following the death of Maurice Beauregard in October, however, council is seeking to avoid holding the contest in the dead of winter. According to Pro-Mayor Tim Ferrigan, they recently requested an extension from Ministry of Municipal Affairs in order to […]