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A young hockey player from Bryson, Jonathan Presseau-Pieschke, has been traded to the Renfrew Wolves Junior A squad. The 18-year-old right winger had been playing with the Gatineau Flames and before that Gatineau L’Intrépide. So far this season, he’s notched two goals and four assists in 11 appearances with the Flames. The Wolves announced the […]

Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating Station in Portage-du-Fort will be closed overnight for upgrades on several upcoming dates. The bridge will be closed from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. on: – November 7, 8, 9 and 10 – November 14, 15, 16 and 17 OPG notes […]

The Shawville Curling Club has added a virtual golf simulator to its list of services, allowing golf fans to continue playing throughout the winter. Members and non-members are able to play a number of different courses from all across the world, and play all 18-holes. According to the curling club director, Jeff Russell, this is […]

MRC Pontiac has published a notice that they will be holding a public consultation on the regional waste management plan next month. The public consultation will take place on December 20 at 6 p.m. in the Elsie Gibbons Room at the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay. The document notes that the draft management plan for […]

Friday, November 04, 2022 — During Tuesday’s media briefing at the MRC Pontiac, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to ask Warden Jane Toller about the recent visit to the Covanta site, which many of our local elected officials participated in. This visit was directly linked to the idea of creating an industrial incinerator in the […]

On Friday afternoon (November 4), MRC Pontiac announced the departure of their Director General Bernard Roy, effective today. Roy started at the office in May 2016 as the assistant DG, and rose to his current position in July 2017, switching roles with the DG at the time, Gabriel Lance, who eventually departed in May 2019. […]

According to the organizers, Saturday’s Halloween Party at the Knights of Columbus Hall was a major success, drawing in about 150 people. The funds raised have yet to be officially counted, but all proceeds from the Halloween Party will be given directly to the Knights of Columbus. The organizers wanted to thank all those who […]

Phare Ouest has unveiled it’s 2022-2023 « Soirées Cinéma répertoire » programming which will take place at Café Dowtown in Fort-Coulonge. The project head, Louis Harvey, says Café Downtown will even accommodate for the films by adjust its menu to the presentation of the film on display. “It’s always on a Tuesday, from 7 to 9:30. We […]

The organizer of the 2022 Bristol Dryland Canadian Championship Dog Race, Denis Rozon describes this year’s event as a major success, going so far as to say that it may be the best edition of the event since it’s inception. For this twelfth edition of the Bristol Dryland, which occurred over the weekend of October […]

The Centre de formation profesionnel (CFP) du Pontiac, confirmed that their new Caregiver training course (programme Assistance à la personne en établissement et à domicile) which has sometimes been called DEP en santé or préposé aux beneficiaries, is officially set to start on November 07. This training will take place at the CFP located in […]