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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 […]

The return of sports in on the horizon but with a second wave of Covid-19 looming there are still concerns with some athletes on the resumption. I’ll go over a few leagues in North America to see where we stand on getting to watch our favourite teams return to action. In the NHL: The NHL […]

This weekend a fundraiser in the form of a baseball tournament will take place in Mansfield. The fundraiser is to raise money for Denise Duval, who was diagnosed with colon cancer last November. The organizer of the event, Terry Charette said the idea of a baseball tournament came as Denise is a big part of […]

The mining company Ressources Sphinx has finalized the total acquisition of the Calumet Nord property, located on Île-du-Grand-Calumet. President and CEO Jeremy Ryan said after doing some field analysis and finding out the potential of the place, Sphinx made the decision to buy it. CHIP101.9 · Extrait – Jeremy Ryan – Ce que permet l'acquisition […]

The citizens of Mansfield and the surrounding area were surprised, this Tuesday July 7, by a military exercise which took place on the side of the old Davidson sawmill. Noises from helicopters were heard and several citizens seemed to have received no notice to this effect, as did the media. The Mansfield-et-Pontefract city council confirmed […]

A new strategy to raise awareness and encourage people in the Outaouais region to buy locally from local businesses will be launched this week. To highlight this launch, a discussion panel was organized with various entrepreneurs from the Outaouais region, including Mélisa Parenteau, owner of a spa in the Buckingham sector, who explained the steps […]

Cases of Lyme disease in Quebec are increasingly present with the number of ticks on the rise across the province including the Pontiac sector of the Outaouais region. Émily Manthrop, a physician specializing in public health and preventive medicine at the Direction de la Santé Publique in the Outaouais, explained that the risk of contracting […]

An extreme heat wave started today in the Pontiac Region and will continue for the next four days. According to Environment Canada, temperatures will exceed 30 degrees during the day and will not drop below 17 degrees at night. The combined temperature and humidity value ​​will reach a humidex factor between 35 and 39. The […]