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This weekend the village of Chapeau on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes will host their annual Islandfest celebrations. All activities are taking place at the Chapeau RA grounds, next door to the Harrington Community Centre. Things get underway Friday night with a performance from Adam’s Buoys. On Saturday, there will be something for everyone, with live music, a ball […]

Last night (August 16), the Homecraft Hall at the Shawville Fairgrounds was packed for the annual tradition of naming an Ambassador for the Shawville Fair. The contest used to be known as the Miss Shawville Fair contest, but the name was changed back in 2011. Organizers Hayley and Holly Campbell explained that each of the […]

Quebec Premier François Legault was in the Outaouais on Friday (August 12) to announced the CAQ candidates for the ridings of Hull and Pontiac. After the press conference introducing Suzanne Tremblay for Hull and Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur for Pontiac, Legualt followed the August 12 tradition of purchasing a book by a Quebec author. He and Canuel-Jolicoeur […]

MRC Pontiac is seeking proposals for projects for the Regionals and Rurality fund for 2022/23. The provincial program has $412,939 available for a variety of community organizations and groups to access to improve community infrastructure or services. MRC economic development officer Claudee Galipeau spoke with CHIP 101.9 about what kind of organizations can apply, and […]

The head of the Villa James Shaw committee, Ken Bernard, has stepped down from his role as president of the non-profit group that’s aiming to build a seniors residence in Shawville. While Bernard will stay on in the role of treasurer, he has passed on his presidential duties to former treasurer, David Gillespie. Gillespie said […]

A drowning took place this past Saturday (August 13) on the Black River in Waltham. As Hélène St-Pierre of the Sûreté du Québec explained, two women were sitting in inflatable tubes when one, a 68-year-old, dropped a personal item in the water. “It happened on Saturday, around 3:45 p.m. the emergency services were called to […]

Bryson hockey player Jonathan Presseau-Pieschke will be taking part in a training camp for the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team the Sherbrooke Phoenix. The 18-year-old forward played 25 games last year with the Gatineau Flames of the Quebec Junior AAA Hockey League, scoring nine goals and three assists for a total of 12 points. […]

Premier François Legault was in Gatineau this afternoon (August 12) to announce two candidates for his party who will be running in the Outaouais ridings currently held by the Liberals, Hull and Pontiac. Real estate agent Corinne Canuel-Jolicoeur will run against two-term incumbent André Fortin in the Pontiac riding. She has also worked for several […]

At around 12:15 a.m. this morning (August 11), Sûreté du Québec officers from the MRC Pontiac detachment pulled over a vehicle on Hwy. 148 near the intersection with Sand Bay Road for a traffic infraction. Police discovered drugs in the vehicle and arrested the driver, a 27-year-old man from Campbell’s Bay. They seized more than 40 grams […]

Local fiddler Justin Bertrand has been invited to the “Olympics” of Canadian fiddling and is fundraising to help with his travel expenses. Earlier this year, Bertrand was selected to compete at the Canadian Grand Masters Fiddling Competition, which is taking place in Winnipeg at the end of this month. He explained that he had competed […]