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The new ArtPontiac Board of Directors is set to work and is preparing for a 2021 season full of colours and nuances, which will blow your mind. The past year has been full of challenges for the organization, and it is with great enthusiasm and determination that the Board and the committees are planning the […]

Tax season kicks off this week and Canadian taxpayers have until April 30 to submit their tax return. The Minister of National Revenue, Diane Lebouthillier, was a guest on the Bonjour Pontiac program on CHIP 101.9, where she stressed, among other things, the exceptional nature of this tax period in the context of the COVID-19 […]

This morning, around 5:30 a.m., a heavy truck transporting wood chips (empty load) went off the road northbound at 1193 route 105 in La Pêche, the driver was unhurt in the accident. No other vehicles were involved. A gasoline spill also required the presence of the La Pêche Fire Department. The slippery road would be […]

As part of the project to build a municipal garage for the Unorganized Territory (TNO) Lac-Nilgaut, the MRC Pontiac wishes to update its list of general contractors, whose head offices are located in the territory of the MRC Pontiac. The Engineering and Infrastructure Director at the MRC Pontiac, Kim Lesage, gave more details. CHIP101.9 · […]

The former mayor of Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Pierre Fréchette officially announced that he was going to present his candidacy to run for mayor of this municipality for the elections next November. Pierre Fréchette said he hoped that his candidacy could be focused around a common vision and he especially insisted on eliminating the divisions which marked the […]

The search to find the 30-year-old snowmobiler who disappeared in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes was stopped last week and has not resumed since. Divers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) dove several times after receiving information from the public, but dangerous conditions prevented them from continuing the search. The SQ asked residents to pay particular attention to the […]

It is this evening that the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) will consult the Outaouais within the framework of the Charter of the regions. The leader of the QLP and spokesperson responsible for the Charter of Regions, Dominique Anglade, explained to CHIP 101,9 that this vast tour of virtual regional consultations aims to take into consideration […]

It is confirmed, Pierre Fréchette, who held the post of mayor of Île-du-Grand-Calumet between 2016 and 2017, confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that he will try his luck once again in order to obtain voters’ confidence in view of the municipal elections next November. He had intervened a few times in recent weeks to challenge the […]

For the second time in two months, an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac will take place, this time this Wednesday, February 24 at 6 p.m. During the regular meeting on February 17, the mayor of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Winston Sunstrum, had already indicated that he wanted to see three subjects on […]

Statistics from the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais revealed that the number of COVID-19 cases in the municipality of Shawville is now 6 since the start of the pandemic. Of the 71 cases of COVID-19 declared in the Pontiac since the start of the pandemic, the municipality of Pontiac […]