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A music festival will take place in Campbell’s Bay this weekend to celebrate the life of Cletus Ferrigan, a well-known resident and influential community member who passed away earlier this year. Ferrigan’s son Tim explained that during the pandemic lockdowns, Cletus had been an active participant in several Facebook groups where musicians shared their music […]

The Municipality of Otter Lake recently held a by-election for a new councillor in seat three on July 10 which was won handily by retired businessman Daniel Lamarche. He claimed an overwhelming majority of the votes with 175, compared to 25 for Roslyn Carter and 5 for Brian McMahon. Lamarche built a cottage in the […]

There’s a new chef in charge of the kitchen at the Bryson’s Bistro du Bûcheron in Fort-Coulonge. Peter Illias, a Montreal chef with 37 years in the industry, will be heading up the back of house at the bistro, which is attached to the Pontiac Conference Centre and the Spruceholm Inn. Illias spoke to CHIP […]

After a hiatus due to the pandemic, the Shawville Parent’s Voice group is once again hosting their popular “Touch-a-truck” event this Saturday. Things will get underway at the Shawville Fairgrounds from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parent’s Voice President Alina Holmes explained that the group hosted their first such event back in 2016 and it […]

MRC Pontiac has posted a list of properties for sale due to the non-payment of taxes. If the taxes remain unpaid, the properties will be sold at public auction, which is scheduled to be held at the Bryson Lions Hall, 660 Main Street in Bryson, on Thursday, September 8 at 10 a.m. The list of […]

Following several last minute changes and unannounced closures, the work schedule on the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating Station in Portage-du-Fort has changed another time with little warning. The provincial Ministry of Transportation had announced on July 7 that the bridge would be closed this evening (July 15) from 8 p.m. to midnight and […]

Officers from the MRC Pontiac station of the Sûreté du Québec are in mourning following the sudden death of one of their new comrades, Audrey Marois-Guité. The 25-year-old died following an ATV accident on Friday in the Lanaudière region. According to initial information from the SQ, she was a passenger on an ATV when the […]

The Conservative Party of Quebec held a press conference this afternoon (July 13) to announce their candidate for the Pontiac in this fall’s provincial elections, real estate broker Terrence Watters. Watters said that his priorities would be to restore services at the Pontiac Hospital in Shawville and to help young people purchase property. Watters will […]

Daniel Lamarche was elected to Otter Lake’s council seat three in a by-election this past Sunday (July 10), defeating Roslyn Carter and Brian McMahon. According to preliminary results, Lamarche obtained 175 votes to 25 for Carter and 5 for McMahon. CHIP 101.9 is expecting to speak with Lamarche in the coming days.

The candidates have been finalized in the by-election race for l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet’s fourth council seat, following Alice Meilleur-Pieschke’s retirement due to health reasons. Rolande Normandeau will be taking another crack at the position, as she was narrowly defeated by Meilleur-Pieschke (182 votes to 148) in last November’s general election. Normandeau will face off against Jean-Guy Brousseau […]