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In a press release sent on Friday, the Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) invites parents and guardians to watch 5 video clips that offer advice to parents to support their children in completing school work at home. The purpose of these capsules is to guide parents in setting up conditions that promote […]

Throughout the week, Hydro Quebec began rebuilding a section of the 120 kilovolt (kV) line at the Bryson-Des Chenaux generating station in the MRC Pontiac in the Litchfield sector. Hydro Quebec has started dismantling the cables at the powerhouse, above the Ottawa River, which will interrupt navigation on the river until September 17, between 7 […]

The public health department of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais continued to issue an early warning level (yellow) for the Outaouais region this week. For the moment, no new restrictions apply to this level of alert. The CISSS de l’Outaouais is however asking for the collaboration of the […]

As part of the ACCES-Cannabis program, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) and its partners carried out on Wednesday, September 16, a vast operation to dismantle outdoor cannabis production sites in several sectors of the province, including the Outaouais. The eradication day resulted in the seizure of 5,210 plants. Eight (8) people were arrested (including 3 […]

A water blessing ceremony, organized by First Nations organizations off reserve, will take place this Saturday, September 19 at 1 p.m. One of the organizers, Roger Fleury, mentioned that this kind of meeting was organized to make residents aware that the region is the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabeg nation. CHIP101.9 · Clip […]

The petition to support the revival project of the Davidson sawmill, namely Energy Davidson, which wants to set up a co-generation project, was given to the provincial deputy for Pontiac André Fortin. 1007 people took the initiative to sign this petition. For one of the organizers of this petition, Claudette Béland, the public’s response was […]

The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, said she had received several calls concerning private gatherings that took place in the Pontiac, not respecting the instructions and health rules in the context of the pandemic. Jane Toller is worried about the second wave. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Jane Toller – Parties Jane Toller is […]

The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU), in collaboration with the ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP), announced in a statement that they are again supporting the United States, which is facing to a particularly difficult forest fire season. A new section of 20 forest firefighters, along with […]

All the police services of Quebec, in collaboration with the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) and Contrôle Route Québec (CRQ) will unite to make drivers aware of the dangers associated with distracted driving in the framework of the concerted national operation (ONC) Distraction 2020. In a press release sent by the Sûreté du […]

In an recent interview, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller gave her opinion regarding the Quebec government’s new regional Alert and Intervention system and the new citation protocol for individuals not wearing a mask in public indoor establishment. According to Toller, in addition to these new announcements, she believes that moving forward regular […]