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The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) announced that yesterday (October 7) that they intensified their interventions around road construction sites. This large-scale day of operations aimed to ensure that all road users exercise extra caution when approaching road works areas in order to ensure everyone’s safety. The SQ issued 295 tickets for excessive speeding, 126 tickets […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) updated the statistics of COVID-19 cases in its report by municipality. A total of 19 positive cases have been confirmed so far (October 8th at 9 p.m.) in the territory of the Local Service Networks of the Pontiac (which includes the MRC Pontiac, […]

A number of reoccurring topics were discussed during last night at the 11th public consultation on the strategic planning vision statement. Among the priorities of the residents attending the zoom conference, better internet and cellular services, the forestry industry, tourism and economic development were highly discussed. During the public question and discussion period, a new […]

In a press release, the Public Security Service of the MRC des Collines-de l’Outaouais would like to warn citizens who intend to buy firewood through social media. According to what the Public Security Service of the MRC des Collines-de l’Outaouais has observed, these seemingly legitimate ads are often misleading, and the citizens end up being […]

In a press release, the MRC Pontiac announced new funding programs for tourism businesses. PROGRAMME SANITAIRE DES ENTREPRISES TOURISTIQUES DE L’OUTAOUAIS (PSTO) 2020-2022 This program aims to financially support enterprises adapting their operations to the pandemic context in accordance with recommendations for each sector issued from sanitary plans published by the tourism industry. This program […]

The anticipated Haunted Walk at the Parc des Chutes Coulonge in Mansfield was forced to be cancelled for 2020 Halloween season. Although cancelling the event due precaution, the Director General of the Chutes Coulonge, André Piché explained the cancellation brought on by the rising of cases in the Outaouais region and to the confusion of […]

CHIP 101.9 has learned that the Pontiac Comets, a senior hockey franchise that has played in the Quebec Senior AA Hockey League for two years, are about to leave that league to join the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League. The team, which plays its games at the arena of the Center de Loisirs des Draveurs […]

Statistics of the real estate market in the Pontiac show that a significant increase in the number of residential and commercial sales took place for the first 9 months of the year. In comparison to last year, more than 120 more sales were recorded in 2020. In 2019, at the same date, 126 sales had […]

Public consultations on strategic planning and the draft strategic vision statement for the Pontiac were held last Monday (October 5) in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. The ten people who took part in this meeting insisted on different subjects. The importance of diversifying the region’s economy in the future was stressed by the participants. This is […]

For the past two weeks, positive cases of COVID-19 have appeared on the territory of the MRC Pontiac, reaching 9 cases according to the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller. This increase worries the Warden who hopes to see the statistics stabilize and asks citizens to respect public health instructions. Once again, Jane Toller […]