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Last week, following the announcement of an international workshop on Agritourism in Burlington, Vermont in October 2020, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the Chair of the Canadian American exchange agro-tourism circuit (CANAMEX), David Gillespie, who will take part in the Conference as the representative of Canada on the international steering committee. In the interview, Gillespie talked […]

Mégane Fortin, a 12-year-old from Mansfield-et-Pontefract, had a great experience last weekend representing the Shriners Hospital in Montreal at the “Shriners Hospitals for Children Open”, an official PGA golf event. She kept the scores of professional golfers. Mégane was one of 22 patient ambassadors at this event. She was born with hydrocephalus, and had her […]

The Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, published an open letter in which she speaks to Pontiac citizens, at her mid-term, and invites them to take action and not to “wait for an important investor or a government intervention”. “It’s time to rebuild and to move forward,” says Jane Toller. ” Too often we […]

The Club Quad Pontiac is inviting its members to its Annual General Meeting, which will be held on October 20th, at 2:00 pm, at the Club headquarters, located on 1758 highway 148, in Litchfield. This event will discuss the activities and achievements of the most recent year, as well as the financial results. Note that […]

The Eardley-Masham Road, linking the municipalities of Pontiac and La Pêche, is now reopened to traffic. A section between Bradley Road in Pontiac and Sincennes Road in La Pêche was closed on April 19th, due to the rising water levels. Work done by the Ministry of Transport: • Replacement of 2 culverts damaged by the […]

The CISSSO held an exchange forum Monday as part of its annual Board of directors information tour. During the event, the board members touched on the regional accomplishments during the most recent year. Among the issues affecting the Pontiac region is the introduction of the hemodialysis system and the reopening of the cafeteria at Shawville […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais is still looking for solutions for the need in reliable obstetrics services in the Pontiac, a problem which continues to cause day-to-day logistics difficulties at the Shawville Hospital. The chief executive officer (CEO) of the CISSSO, Josée Filion : During the first interruption […]

A 69-year-old man died Monday in a fatal motocross accident on his private property on Sand Bay Road in the municipality of Clarendon. Emergency services were called to the scene at around 3:30pm. The man, alone on his motocross, made a jump and lost control on the landing. He was later taken to the hospital […]

The municipality of Campbell’s Bay lifted the water boil advisory for Second St, McLellan St and River Rd. The advisory was issued on September 30th as a result of work being done to the main water line near the Recreational Center on Second St.

The Fort-Coulonge branch of the Caisse Desjardins des rivières de Pontiac held a barbecue last Friday to raise funds for the United Way (Centraide) Outaouais campaign. The General Manager of the Caisse, Stéphane Labine, explains why they are involved in such a cause. The full interview with the General Manager of the Caisse Desjardins des […]