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Environment Canada has issued a special weather alert for the Pontiac region from Thursday evening (December 22) until Saturday (December 24). “Significant snowfall amounts, strong winds and blowing snow are expected over areas north of the St Lawrence River, while over the areas to the south, some of the precipitation will fall as rain,” the […]

MRC Pontiac has posted a job listing for the position of Director General, a little over a month after the departure of Bernard Roy on November 4. The post has been filled in the interim by engineer Kim Lesage.  Among the requirements, applicants are asked to have a minimum of five (5) years of relevant […]

Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary spoke with CHIP 101.9 about some questions that have been circulating on social media regarding the availability of the town council’s minutes and the possibility of water meters being required in the future. The questions originated from the community Facebook page Hello Shawville, which is run by resident Carolann Barton. McCleary […]

By next year, there will be a new dentist handling things at the Centre Dentaire du Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay, as Drs. Marie-Josée Lupien and Marc Chretien are stepping away from their practice and into retirement after serving the community for decades. Dr. Lupien, originally from Montreal, said that she and Chretien opened the practice […]

The Fort-Coulonge Knights of Columbus Guignolée (Christmas food drive) will take place this Friday, December 16 between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. collect food and cash donations. Those interested in getting involved can communicate directly with organizer Ken Hobbs. “Yes, I will need maybe 6 people if possible. We have 11 areas where we go […]

MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller met the new owner of the Pontiac Industrial Park, Pascal Proulx from the firm Carrera, this week. She said she discussed her proposed energy from waste project with him, and added that he seemed interested in the project. Toller has repeatedly touted the site in Litchfield as the host of […]

The jury has returned a verdict in the trial for the murder of Harold Plugowsky, which occurred on rue Principale in Fort-Coulonge on September 2, 2020. The accused, Johan Mitchell Blake MacLennan, who was 37 at the time, was declared not criminally responsible for the murder by the jury in this trial, which began in […]

On December 13, CHIP 101.9 spoke with Charles Beaudet, the Vice-President for government relations with the company Xplore, which is currently rolling out fibre internet service in much of the Pontiac area. Beaudet said that they’d recently made a number of connections in the Portage du Fort area, and would be moving on to the […]

The Fort-Coulonge Fire Department celebrated their 65th anniversary at the Club l’age d’Or on Friday evening. Both former and current members of the brigade were present, along with their families and members of municipal council. Several firefighters were recognized for their years of service, and many stories were shared of memorable calls and some of […]

On Wednesday afternoon (December 7), a man was arrested on Hwy. 148 in Shawville due to several outstanding arrest warrants in Ontario. At around 5:30 p.m., Sûreté du Québec officers from the MRC Pontiac station were notified that a person sought by police in Ontario would be in a vehicle on Hwy. 148 in Shawville. […]