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The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) in the Outaouais-Laurentides region is encouraging road users to be cautious, especially in the coming weeks. The return of cold weather coincides with an upsurge of collisions with white-tailed deer. The SQ mentioned that the Outaouais-Laurentides territory sees a very high number of collisions of the kind, and it is […]

On February 1st 2020, the Brauwerk Hoffman brewery will be hosting the Snow Shoe Walk and Race, a 5km and 10km walk and race in benefit of the Special Olympics. The owner of the brewery, Todd Hoffman, gave more details about the event. The first part of the day, between 1pm and 4pm, will be […]

The mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, explained to CHIP 101.9 how the municipality has been involved in the capital project of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac, who could potentially move their branch to Mansfield-et-Pontefract. On October 30th, 2019, the members of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac voted to allow the Caisses’ […]

The interruption of service which occurred over the weekend in the obstetrics wing of the Pontiac Community Hospital, the notable second weekend in a row, has been extended until Wednesday, December 11th 2019, at 8am. The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais issued a notice of extension today, December 9th […]

This Sunday, December 08, the Brauwerk Hoffman Brewery will celebrate its one year anniversary from 11am to 3pm and 4pm to 7pm with the presentation of a new beer, samples and food. For the occasion, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the owner Todd Hoffman, to reflect on the first year of business for the brewery. According […]

During the presentation of the MRC Pontiac’s 2020 budget, the Regional Council of Mayors resolved to allocate a budget of $10,000 for joint promotional activities related to the Ottawa River and to mandate a human resource to work with partners on this issue, under the condition that the County of Renfrew and City of Pembroke […]

Forty volunteers were deployed in three municipalities in the Pontiac this morning to collect donations from drivers as part of the 2019 Bouffe Pontiac food drive. According to Rhonda Perry, the director general of the SADC Pontiac, who was in the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes this morning, she said they allocate volunteers each year to take […]

The organization Phare Ouest unveiled the title of its December film as part of the cinéma répertoire 2019. The film will be: Boréal Express (Polar Express), an American animation released in 2004, directed by Robert Zemeckis. The film will be presented Thursday, December 12th at the salle de l’age d’or in Fort-Coulonge at 7pm. Phare […]

The new access to Laforest road from highway 148, in the municipality of Litchfield, the road leading in to Campbell’s Bay, was opened last week under the name Keon rd. In an interview with the Mayor of the municipality of Litchfield, Colleen Larivière, she explained the reason for the change. According to Larivière, the relocation […]

Several municipalities are organizing activities this weekend. Here is the list: Friday, December 6th: Bryson: Illumination of the Christmas tree at 6:15 pm and Christmas parade at 7 pm Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield: Annual spaghetti dinner with Santa Claus Saturday, December 7th: Campbell’s Bay: Santa Claus Parade at the Mural Park at 12pm Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield: […]