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MRC des Collines police are seeking information from the public following the arrests of three youths, aged 12-13, in relation to a break-in at the Notre-Dame-de-la-Joie building of l’École de la Vallée-des-Voyageurs in Luskville on April 13. The arrests took place separately over the previous months, with the most recent taking place this week. Two […]

If you’re down by the docks in Campbell’s Bay after dark, you may notice a different ambiance, as the town has recently installed new strip lighting on the municipal docks and boat launch. In addition to the 220 feet of waterproof LED lighting, the municipality also added some tourism signage for amphibious visitors to the […]

On Saturday morning (July 13), the Municipality of Fort-Coulonge held the opening of their new pump track on rue Baume, attended by several local officials and plenty of local youth. In a French-language interview with CHIP 101.9, Mayor Christine Francoeur spoke about the creation of the track, which was built with the help of a […]

The Municipality of Otter Lake announced on Thursday last week (July 11) that they would be closing the public boat launch on Farm Lake due to the growth of a patch of an invasive plant species, Eurasian Milfoil. The municipality held a public meeting in May to educate residents on how to curb the spread […]

Late last week, the Quebec government announced that it had come to an agreement with the APTS, the union representing imagery technicians in the region, to extend bonuses of $18,000 to technicians working in the Pontiac region. The bonuses are equivalent to the ones offered to staff at the Maniwaki Hospital, however, are $4,000 less […]

Earlier this week, a delegation of local officials met with representatives of Hydro-Quebec to discuss the electrical situation in the Upper Pontiac, which has been plagued with frequent outages for years. The delegation was made up of local mayors, Pontiac MNA André Fortin as well as municipal and MRC staff, while the utility was represented […]

The Chapeau Regional Gallery is hosting a series of Christmas-themed events this month as part of their “Christmas in July” promotion. The gallery sits next to St. Alphonsus Church, at 106 rue Saint-Jacques. Ashlyn Mulvhill, a summer student at the Gallery, explained that they would be holding a number of different activities over the coming […]

This story has been updated from its original version to add further details from police.  A single-vehicle crash on Hwy. 148 in Luskville yesterday afternoon (July 10) caused some alarm, after at least one local resident was told by police that it contained radioactive material. The crash took place at around 3:40 p.m. near 1913 […]

Last week, it was announced that three local ball diamonds would be receiving upgrades with funding acquired through the provincial PAFIRSPA program. The funding covers 66% of the overall project cost, with the remaining 34% being supplied by the local applicants. All three recipients told CHIP 101.9 that the projects still had to go out […]

The Shawville Lions Country Jamboree is returning next week from Thursday to Sunday, bringing dozens of trailers and RVs to Armstrong Heritage Farm just outside town. Lions President and Clarendon Mayor Ed Walsh explained that this is the 11th year that the Lions have put on the event, after taking it on from previous organizers. […]