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The NDP team launch for the Outaouais: this Saturday
The Outaouais NDP team, including NDP candidate for the riding of Pontiac, Denise Giroux, will officially launchn their campaign this Saturday, September 14th at 2:30pm at 24 boulevard Montclair in Gatineau (Hull sector).
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The Conservative Candidate for the Pontiac, Dave Blackburn, officially launched his campaign
The Conservative candidate in the riding of Pontiac, Dave Blackburn, officially launched his campaign at the Little Red Wagon Winery on Thursday evening, where, according to him, around forty people were in attendance. Note that Dave Blackburn’s team has opted for a mobile campaign office with the goal of visiting all municipalities in the riding […]
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André Fortin answers question from CHIP auditor 101,9 about the pool
As part of the live interview on CHIP 101.9 with the MNA for Pontiac, André Fortin answered questions that came directly from listeners who either called in or wrote. Regardless, on in particular sparked interest among listeners, as the question was in regards to the Regional Pool Project in Fort-Coulonge. The question: Do you think […]
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Power outages in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes: Hydro-Québec will do repair work this fall
Hydro-Québec claims to have found in part a few explanations for the numerous power outages lasting more than 5 minutes in the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes since the beginning of the year. The regional spokesperson for Hydro-Quebec, Anna Rozanova. Although Hydro Quebec has been working on finding solutions to the current Hydro issues in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes and […]
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Another Legal Mortgage filed against Eureka93
Another legal mortgage has been filed against Eureka93 in the last hours coming from G.C.M Consultants, an engineering firm with offices in Montreal. The registered amount of the legal mortgage under construction is $329,610. This mortgage has been filed for services provide at 211 highway 301 in Litchfield and for LiveWell, now known as Eureka93 […]
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Gaston Allard and Gilles Dionne satisfied with Z Télé’s stay in the region
The Mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract Gilles Dionne and the Mayor of Fort-Coulonge Gaston Allard are both satisfied with meeting the comedian Guillaume Wagner, who was in the region shooting the television series « Comédie sur mesure ». In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the Mayors said they were impressed with the Z Télé team. During Wagner’s […]
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Martin Bertrand will attempt to climb America’s highest mountain: the Aconcagua
Martin Bertrand, a teacher at Sieur-de-Coulonge High School and a municipal councillor for Île-du-Grand-Calumet, will soon attempt to climb the Aconcagua, a mountain 6,962 meters above sea level located in Argentina, a few kilometres east of the Chilean border. Martin Bertrand: In a previous expedition, Bertrand has already been to the base camps Mount Everest, […]
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The MRC Pontiac wants to protect its relationship with businesses
The MRC Pontiac told the CHIP 101.9 newsroom that it wants to “maintain a relationship of trust with the companies,” while refusing to confirm whether or not there were financial payments from the MRC to Eureka93. On March 20th, the Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac stated that it wants to maintain “its […]
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Eureka93 : bills remain unpaid for local contractors
Pontiac local contractors told CHIP 101.9 that debts remain unpaid by Eureka93, formerly known as LiveWell Food. According to the owner of the local company Brian Stanton LTEE, Mike Stanton, the current sum of unpaid bills from Eureka93 is totalling around $32, 000. ”I guess I have no choice but right it off as a […]
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Municipality of Pontiac: Work in Progress on Eardley-Masham Road
The Quebec Ministère des Transports (Ministry of Transportation, MTQ) informed the Municipality of Pontiac that the roadwork on Eardley-Masham road started on Monday morning. The MTQ is expecting to work continuously for the next six weeks, reopening the road by the end of autumn 2019.
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