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The number of 57 power outages since the beginning of the year was reached yesterday in the area of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. As revealed by CHIP 101.9 a few weeks ago in exclusivity, the number of breakdowns has skyrocketed in July. This situation causes several problems, in particular for the Caisse Desjardins des rivières de Pontiac and […]

The Cégep Héritage – Pontiac Campus is organizing an open house on Saturday, August 17th, from noon to 3 pm, to allow those interested to discover the programs that will be available during the next fall session. These include web and desktop programming, early childhood care and education and management of the farm entreprise. More […]

The Festival international du Cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge (Fort-Coulonge International Women’s Film Festival), which wrapped up last Sunday, enabled the region to see several women directors in the Pontiac who, while attending the event, were also able to discover the Pontiac. This is particularly the case of the filmmaker Catherine Veaux-Logeat who presented her […]

The record of blackouts at L’Isle-aux-Allumettes does not seem to be improving. According to the latest information obtained by CHIP 101.9, the number has now reached 56 since the beginning of the year, which is already higher than in some other years. Last year, 63 failures were recorded between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, […]

A new coach has been confirmed for the AA senior hockey team, the Pontiac Senior Comets. It is Jean-François Lavergne, previously involved with various teams in the Outaouais region. The owner of the Comets, Danick Boisvert. In previous CHIP 101,9 news, the Pontiac Senior Comets announced that they are also looking for other people to […]

The Bloc Québécois candidate in the Pontiac will be Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit for the next federal election. The announcement was made during the visit of Bloc leader, Yves-François Blanchet, last Friday in Gatineau. In the last provincial elections, Jonathan Carreiro-Benoit was a candidate for the Parti Québécois in Gatineau, which counts a large part of the […]

An additional power failure was noted on L’Isle-aux-Allumettes this morning. The information obtained by CHIP 101.9 indicates that the total number of interruptions for 2019 increases to 57. Last year, 63 outages were recorded between January 1st, 2018 and December 31st, 2018. The record established in one-year dates back to 2016, when there were 75.

The George Bryson Heritage House announced via its Facebook page that the last official opening day of the season will be Friday, August 23rd, before closing for the winter. The restaurant service of the Café Robina will be available until Sunday August 18th. A special “Chicken Pie” menu will be organized for the occasion. The […]

Campbell’s Bay Cement will now be responsible for waste management on the MRC Pontiac territory. The contract for the receiving, transporting and disposing of garbage in the area was signed at the Pontiac MRC Council of Mayors’ special meeting, held on Monday in Campbell’s Bay. The Director General of the MRC, Bernard Roy. Services with […]