Politics

Last night, MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller held a meeting about the current state of the Pontiac forestry industry. In front of a crowded room at the Club de l’Age d’or of Fort-Coulonge, employees of the MRC, the Warden and forestry industrialists presented updates on the state of the forestry industry in the Pontiac . […]

Mayor of the Municipality of Pontiac Joanne Labadie spoke with François Carrier at the beginning of the year to discuss her plans for 2018 in the municipality of Pontiac: Full interview is available here.

Pontiac MRC Warden Jane Toller invites Pontiac residents to attend a public meeting, the Pontiac Action Forum for Forestry, on January 15th at 7 pm at the Fort-Coulonge Golden Age Club. Mme. Toller hopes to make the MRC’s information more accessible to the public. In an interview with CHIP, the Warden mentioned the projects that […]

The council of the Municipality of Pontiac adopted its 2018 budget just before Christmas. The total amount of the budget is $ 8,062,331. According to the Mayor Joanne Labadie, the main challenge of this latest budget was to minimize the tax increase given the increase in the proportion required by the MRC des Collines. $ […]

For the beginning of 2018, CHIP 101.9 invited MRC Pontiac Warden, Jane Toller, to discuss her plans for the coming year; She also had the chance to talk to one of her partners in the region, Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin, Mayor of Gatineau. She described her expectations for the Tactical Intervention Group in the coming months. Jane […]

Pontiac MP Will Amos also gave a year end interview to CHIP 101.9. He first explained the changing economy in the Pontiac. The nuclear waste site in Chalk River was also discussed. The interview with Pontiac MP Will Amos is available here.

During the meeting of mayors of the Pontiac MRC last Tuesday morning, the Warden Jane Toller was nominated to the board of directors of the Chutes Coulonge Park. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, she explained her interest in taking part and her opinion on the current state of the park. Interview with Jane Toller […]

On Friday, December 15, Minister of Environment and Climate Change Catherine McKenna announced that the Government of Canada will provide more than $ 1 billion for the Low Carbon Economy Leadership Fund. Over the next five years to the provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia will have access to […]

In a press release issued yesterday, the member for Pontiac issued a report from the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development. This report talks about the conservation of Canada’s historic sites. The report Preserving Canada’s Heritage: The Fundamentals of Our Future, offers 17 recommendations to better protect these places. The Committee’s study was spread […]

Pontiac Chamber of Commerce President Mireille Alary has published an open letter in Pontiac Journal urging business people to mobilize the business community to provide guidance on the role and expectations of the Chamber. Mireille Alary: The full interview with the President of the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce Mireille Alary is available here.