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The organization Committee of the Alumni Montreal Canadians hockey Game, which was held on March 30th, during the Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Carnaval, announced the financial results of the day as ”negative.” The deficit of the day was $624 with almost 300 people fewer than last time the retired Canadians were in Fort-Coulonge. Despite the reported deficit, the […]

The founder and president of the CANAMEX project, the initiative of an international tourist circuit between the Northeastern States of the United States as well as Quebec and Ontario, including the Pontiac, David Gillespie gave an update of the latest developments in the Pontiac. The most recent developments is that recently, during his time in […]

LiveWell Canada, the company that plans to establish a cannabis research and development center in Litchfield, has recently merged, as of April 11th, with Vitality CBD Natural Health Products Inc., and they have since been named “Eureka 93”. The new company haves plans to become a fully integrated leader in the cannabidiol (CBD) sector, among […]

The Outaouais Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSSO) issued a statement that the Shawville Hospital will face another rupture of services: In general surgery from Saturday to Monday, April 13th to April 15th, and in obstetric from Friday to Monday, April 12th to April 15th. There will be no surgeon on duty […]

The Board of Directors of the Pontiac Agricultural Society (PAS) (The Shawville Fair) announced in a press release, yesterday April 11th, that it has hired Sara McCann Richardson as its new General Manager. According to the press release, Sara will bring exceptional experience with customer service and is currently involved in many community organizations. The […]

Bake sale for the Litchfield leisure committee Saturday April 13th 9:00am Location is at the Litchfield municipal office situated at 1362 HWY 148 Campbell’s bay We are raising money for phase 2 of our halt project. Now that we have completed the splash pad we wish to get a play structure. There will be some […]

As of today, Wednesday April 10th, at 5:30am, the Quyon Ferry is now open use for 2019. For more information about scheduling, weight of vehicles, length or any additional information visit their website or their facebook page.

The 9th edition of the Coupe Pontiac Cup will be held this weekend, starting Thursday, at the Centre des Loisirs des Draveur in Fort-Coulonge. The key organizer of the tournament, Danick Boisvert, was in the CHIP 101.9 studio yesterday to give a last minute update of the weekend to come: The Pontiac Cup parties this […]

For this spring, CHIP 101.9 has its’ focus on the mandate of the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Commission about how their team is conducting updates and clarification of the water levels and flow in the Ottawa River. From the Secretariat for the commission, Manon Lalonde. Recall that a gradual increase in the water level of […]

Due to the power outages in the region of Mirabel QC, where there Journal’s print shop, Imprimerie Mirabel (Quebecor) is located, this week’s edition of the Pontiac Journal has been delayed until Thursday. The power outages in Mirabel were cause by an accumulation freezing rain that had and severe affect on the power system resulted […]