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CHIP 101.9, Pontiac Community Radio, held its annual general meeting last night in Fort-Coulonge, where the Board of Directors presented the stations financial results for 2017-2018. The organization revenue was $ 610,275 and its expenses; $ 580,738 for a surplus of $ 29,537. This is a sixth consecutive financial year that the organization has had […]

Resources Sphinx announced yesterday that Jeremie Ryan has been newly appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of Sphinx after Normand Champigny stepped down from the position earlier this week. Champigny remains a director of the Corporation. Jeremie Ryan, a resident of Mansfield-Pontefract, was named Vice President of corporate development at Sphinx a few weeks […]

The Sûreté du Québec published their mid-campaign report as part of the « Tous unis contre l’alcool et la drogue au volant » / “All United against drugs and alcohol at the wheel” operation. For the Outaouais-Laurentides region, 60 arrests were conducted for impaired driving and 3 reports were issued for non-compliance with the zero […]

Police officers of the Sûreté du Québec carried out several interventions in licensed establishments located throughout the province under the ACCES-Alcohol program. This provincial operation took place on December 6th and 7th and on December 13th and 14th. In Outaouais, the police carried out 56 inspections in licensed establishments such as bars and resto-bars. During […]

The Mayor of Bonnechere Valley in the Renfrew County, Jennifer Murphy, was re-elected by her peers as the 2019 Renfrew County Warden. In the vote, Murphy won 10 votes, while her opponent, Mayor of McNab/Braeside, Tom Peckett, had 7. The Warden is elected annually by County Council members.

Pontiac Community Radio (CHIP 101.9) will hold its annual general meeting tonight. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the Chair of the Station’s Board of Directors, Diane Grenier, explained the main questions that will be presented during the meeting. The CHIP 101,9 AGM will take place on December 20th at the Salle de l’Âge d’or […]

The Municipality of Campbell’s Bay has issued a interruption notice due to a waterline break near the Highway 148. The affected residents are between Highway 148 and Hayes Rd, houses 1207 to 1287. As a preventive measure, when the water is restored, the municipality is asking its residents to boil their water for at least […]

The two individuals, Greta Schultz and Mathew Kluke, that the Sûreté du Québec have been looking for were found yesterday evening (Wednesday, December 19th). The Gracefield couple had been missing since December 14th and were last seen in the Pontiac in October. According to the SQ, they each made contact with the members of their […]

CHIP 101.9 learned that the by-election in Portage-du-Fort, which was originally suppose to take place on December 16th, has been postponed to March 3rd, 2019. This election must be held as a result of Allan Farrell leaving the #6 municipal council seat vacant in October.

The mayors of the MRC met last night for the last time before 2019. Many items were discussed during the meeting, such as the hiring of a new Director of Economic Development, the 2019 budget and the Youth Council that will be meeting for the first time on January 21 in 2019. All of which […]