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Following the directives of the Québec government allowing the reopening of the exercise facilities, the Pontiac Community Gym in the municipality of Pontiac reopened under certain health and sanitization measures. The Director General of the Quyon Family Center, Silviana Geoffray. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Silviana Geoffray – Gym reopening According to Geoffray, the reopening of […]

Friday, Campbell’s Bay – Approximately 20 stakeholders in the Outaouais were present for the Pontiac Launch of the Outaouais First initiative, which encourages citizens to buy locally. According to the spokesperson of Outaouais First, Anne-Marie Trudel, this initiative was created in January 2019 but received a push due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. CHIP101.9 · Clip […]

A petition demanding the resignation of mayor Serge Newberry will be tabled tonight (Monday July 13) during the municipal council meeting in l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet. According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, this petition, which has collected approximately 340 signatures, was largely collected by the residents who had organized a parade in the streets of L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet in […]

According to statistics from David Gillespie, a farmer from L’Isle-aux-Allumettes who has kept detailed statistics of power outages in Upper Pontiac, the outages have seen a reduction comparable to the same date last year. A total of 22 failures have been listed since the start of the year. In a interview with David Gillespie, he […]

On Tuesday, the Sûreté du Québec arrested a 61-year-old man from Fort-Coulonge for impaired driving following a regular roadside check in Mansfield. According to information released by the Sûreté at approximately 9:00 a.m., the man, who had been driving an off-road vehicle on Poirier Street, was arrested after the Sûreté du Québec discovered that the […]

An employee and three users from the Pierre-Janet hospital center in Gatineau were declared positive for COVID-19 at the start of the week. Josée Filion, president and chief executive officer of the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais, said that this new outbreak occurred on one floor of the facility […]

A man, possibly in psychological distress, physically assaulted a police officer from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), on July 1, in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. According to information provided by the SQ information officer, Sergeant Marc Tessier, the police received a call at around 10:30 am concerning a person in psychological distress who allegedly threw […]

The municipality of Otter Lake is asking its citizens to limit their water consumption, due to the current heat conditions in the region. Those who wish to water their lawns are asked to do so between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. Remember that there is a heat warning in effect for the Pontiac this week.

The Canadian Armed Forces have apologized to the public and to municipalities for the military drill that ended last Tuesday at the Davidson sawmill in Mansfield. They acknowledged that there was a lack of communication on their part and that this will not happen again. They wanted to thank the citizens for their understanding and […]

MRC Pontiac warden Jane Toller said she was satisfied with the response of the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, to the question asked by Élizabeth Séguin of CHIP 101.9 about the project to create energy from household waste. In her daily update, Ms. Toller recalled that she had already met with the Premier during her […]