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The Sûreté du Québec is asking for help from the public to identify three people in relation to a break and enter in a trade on Main Street in Portage-du-Fort on January 2, 2018. Around 1:30 am, three suspects entered the business after smashing a window. They fled quickly after hearing the alarm. They tried […]

Pontiac MP William Amos hailed last week a major investment of $ 2 million from Bell to strengthen the telecommunications network in the MRC Pontiac. During an interview with CHIP 101.9, he spoke of some details of the steps he took with Bell. It is expected that Bell will establish an additional link between Chapeau, […]

Members of CFB Garrison Petawawa will soon be in Mansfield and Fort Coulonge for training in the Davidson Mill area from June 1-6. Residents could see military aircraft and vehicles as well as uniformed soldiers carrying weapons and hear explosives and weapons discharge. From June 4th to 5th, training will take place at night and […]

The Ontario provincial election is in full swing and CHIP is interviewing the candidates. Jackie Agnew is the Liberal candidate in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke, when asked about why people should vote liberal, she fell back on the on the party’s accomplishments: When asked about extending Highway 417 westward, the Liberal candidate said that she would do more […]

The MRC Pontiac announced in a press release yesterday (Tuesday), that the person who held the position of Director of Economic Development at the MRC Émilie Chazelas resigned after 10 years of service with the organizations in the MRC. In this release, the director general of the Pontiac MRC, Bernard Roy, said that Émilie’s impact […]

On May 22nd, students from Ste-Anne, Ste-Marie and L’Envolée of l’établissement des Petits-Ponts and English-speaking students from St. John’s School gathered at L’Envolée for their annual Olympics day. Nearly 250 students participated in 12 different team activities during the day. The photos of this day can be viewed here..

High school students are invited to participate in a discussion and juggling activity at St-Pierre Parish, as part of their new group ” Joie et foi”, which aims to encourage participants to reflect in a fun environment, free of charge. One of the organizers, Father Justin explains; The group ” Joie et foi”, will meet […]

The FQM officially composed its jury and launched the call for nominations for the Elsie Gibbons Award, which aims to recognize the influence of a municipal elected representative and encourage women’s involvement, particularly in municipal politics. The award was named in honor of the first female mayor in Quebec history, Elsie Gibbons mayor of Portage-du-Fort […]

On May 19, at around 11:00 pm, police officers from the Sûreté du Québec in the MRC Pontiac were informed that a possibly armed man was behaving aggressively in the parking lot of a business on highway 148 in Shawville. According to preliminary reports, the suspect allegedly smashed a door window and may have been […]

Pontiac MNA and Minister of Transport André Fortin gave an update on the progress of different projects he is working towards, including hemodialysis at the Shawville Hospital. During his conversation with CHIP, he also spoke about the Pontiac Slaughterhouse Project: The full conversation with André Fortin is available here.