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In a press release issued by the Minister of environment, Benoit Charette ordered the Centre de Tri de Pontiac to stop depositing and burying residual materials in non authorized locations immediately and to proceed with restoring said land as soon as possible. The land in question, at the Centre de Tri Pontiac in Litchfield, has […]

During this 2019 spring flooding, businesses and non-profits from across the Pontiac have been getting involved in divers ways. For example, Bouffe Pontiac with their free thrift shop, Metro Mansfield with free soup and many more, such as Billy T’s Pizza in Shawville, who has been taking their famous Billy T’s truck on the road […]

The municipality of Clarendon has talking action in order to protect residents from Sand Bay from the 2019 flooding. The Director General of the municipality, Patricia Hobbs, gave more details in an interview with CHIP: The full interview with Patricia Hobbs is available here.

As water levels have stabilized in several regions across Quebec, today, the Ottawa River Regulation Board announced that they revised the forecast for the coming days as a rise in water levels Coulonge Lake and the surrounding area. The mayor of Mansfield-et-Pontefract, Gilles Dionne, and mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, whose municipalities have been affected […]

CHIP’s François Carrier spoke with Gilles Dionne, the mayor of Mansfield, to get a overview of the current flooding situation in Mansfield and Fort-Coulonge and to know more about the measures that will follow this flood season. The Minister responsible for the Outaouais region, Mathieu Lacombe, being in the region, François Carrier also took the […]

The Commission Scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais, the schools here in the Pontiac will be closed tomorrow and Friday, those schools are: • École des Petits-Ponts (All pavillons); • École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge; • Centre Pontiac; • Centre de formation professionnelle Pontiac. As for the Western Quebec School Board: As requested by the municipalities, the following schools will […]

As we approach the end of the floods in the Pontiac during this 2019 spring flooding season, affected residents across the Pontiac major concerns moving forward will be financially. Yesterday, CHIP 101.9 spoke with the General Manager of the Caisse Desjardins des Rivières De Pontiac, Stéphane Labine, who said that the Caisse will be offering […]

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) informed CHIP 101.9 that the police identified the two people who drove a truck in the flooded streets of Fort-Coulonge. The driver of the vehicle was apprehended and will receive two fines totalling $ 2027; for having the endangerment of the properties in the neighbourhood and for distracted driving (using […]

The municipality of Pontiac issued an advisory to its population yesterday. A summary of the current state of flooding in the municipality. Here are the statistics they have available: – The Ottawa River Regulation Planning Board anticipates a 17cm increase in water levels by tomorrow night. – The municipality of Pontiac remains in a state […]

In the west of the Pontiac (Pontiac Ouest), at 2:30pm, CHIP 101.9 spoke with the Mayor of l’Iles-Aux-Allumettes, Winston Sunstum, to get and updated assessment of the current state of the Pontiac Ouest. According to Sunstrum, 12 roads in the municipality have been evacuated and the current priority is public safety; On their Facebook page, […]