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Pontiac MNA, André Fortin, expressed reservations about returning elementary school students to class in an interview on the Quebec government’s economic recovery plan. According to him, tests to detect COVID-19 should be put in place to ensure the safety of teachers. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Andre Fortin – Schools Asked about the economic recovery plan, […]

Access to quality phone service and Inernet connection in the Pontiac, for teleworking or distance education, remains an important challenge in several sectors which still do not have these services. A student from the Cégep de l’Outaouais and resident of Bristol, Anaïs Gionet-Laflèche, had to be creative in order to finish some schoolwork. She told […]

Daily update from the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19. CHIP101.9 · May 01 2020_ Jane Toller daily update

The police checkpoints in the Outaouais, excepting in Gatineau, will be lifted on May 11th, if the situation surrounding COVID-19 remains stable. The Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister of Public Safety, Geneviève Guilbault, announced the gradual reopening of several regions of Quebec in the coming weeks. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Geneviève Guilbault – Gradually […]

When the reopening of the regions was announced on this Wednesday, the Deputy Premier of Quebec and Minister of Public Safety, Geneviève Guilbault, gave more details regarding the different access points to Ontario on inter-provincial bridges. In particular, she insisted that the borders were never completely closed outside Gatineau since the start of the crisis. […]

Quebec Health Minister, Danielle McCann, praised the regions least affected by COVID-19 for quickly integrating the instructions requested by the government. Although she assures that a follow-up will be made in these regions when they reopen, she said she is relying particularly on the population to continue applying social distancing and hygiene measures. CHIP101.9 · […]

Daily update from the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19. CHIP101.9 · April 30 2020_ Jane Toller Update

The Quebec government holds a daily press briefing to update its citizens regarding the situation surrounding COVID-19 across Québec. These press briefings are broadcast live on the air in French at 1 p.m. on CHIP 101.9. During The Drive on CHIP 101.9, after 5p.m., the following English report is presented to summarize the briefing and […]

In her daily update, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller reviewed the situation of the floods that took place in 2019. Where she had to, like several Pontiac residents, evacuate her residence, on April 28, 2019. However, despite the precipitation forecast for the next few days, the 2020 spring water level will come […]

In the context of COVID-19, the Maisons des Jeunes du Pontiac have had to modify the services they offer. The director general of the Maisons des Jeunes Stéphane Durocher explained the adjustment they have had to make to meet the needs of certain Pontiac youth. CHIP101.9 · Extrait – stephane covid maisons Stéphane Durocher also […]