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The Union des producteurs agricoles (UPA) this week launched the “Mangeons local plus que jamais” application, a new initiative that aims to promote local purchasing in Quebec. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the president of UPA Pontiac, Scott Judd, explained that this tool will help identify farms, markets and processors who sell directly to […]

The next council meeting for the municipality of Otter Lake will be open for the public to attend. According to the mayor of Otter Lake, Kim Cartier-Villeneuve, the municipality is asking citizens who want to attend next months meeting to call in advance to confirm their presence. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Kim Cartier-Villeneuve – Council […]

The municipality of Fort-Coulonge will allow a total of 3 residents to attend the next municipal meeting which will be held on August 12th. According to a public notice issued on the municipality of Fort-Coulonge’s website, the seats available will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. The residents who attend the meeting must uphold the […]

The MRC Pontiac is looking for a new director in land use planning and the environment. The MRC office told CHIP 101.9 that this hiring process is preparing the retirement of the current director of the territory, Régent Dugas, scheduled for later this year. DESCRIPTION The sector of land-use planning and management is large. It […]

The president of the Hautes-Rivières Teaching Staff Union (SPEHR), Daniel Boisjoli, believes that the Government of Quebec would have benefited from adding staff to the schools, in particular janitors, who could have ensured the disinfection of establishments during a pandemic. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, he made known his point of view concerning the […]

On August 10th the municipality of Otter Lake posted a survey on their Facebook page concerning a project to build a pharmacy in the municipality. The mayor of Otter Lake, Kim Cartier-Villeneuve, said that the survey is to determine the need of a pharmacy in the town and gave her thoughts on the potential new […]

On Monday, Jean-François Roberge, the Quebec Minister of Education, issued revisions to the government’s back to school plan for the 2020-21 school year. Among the revision, upon returning to school in the fall, students in grade 5, or higher, will have to wear a mask in all common areas, such as corridors, though masks will […]

Last Friday (August 7) at around 11 a.m., the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) from the MRC Pontiac were called to the scene of an accident on Brouse Road in Thorne. A 63-year-old man from Clarendon had reportedly been struck by a branch of a tree he was cutting down. The man was taken to the […]

At around 2:00 p.m. Monday (August 10), the Sûreté du Québec helicopter located a body downstream from where the victim of a drowning was last seen. The body was recovered by officers using the helicopter. The formal identification must be done by the Coroner, the identity of the victim can be announced at a later […]

The body of a woman in her sixties was discovered today (Saturday) in the Coulonge River (Plage du Pont Blanc). According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the woman was found around noon near Mansfield-et-Pontefract, just north of Fort Coulonge. The SQ added that her death appears to be a drowning but that they are […]