Author: Caleb Nickerson
The Quebec Community Newspaper Association (QCNA), which represents English-language community papers in Quebec, recently released the winners of its Better Newspapers Competition, and two local papers picked up some Ws. In Pontiac, the Shawville weekly The Equity picked up three prizes, for Best Editorial Page (Dave Moore, Chris Judd, Shelley Heaphy, Charles Dickson), the Jim […]
SADC Pontiac has launched its calendar of workshops for local business owners in MRC Pontiac and the Municipality of Pontiac. Business advisor Amy Taylor stopped by CHIP 101.9’s studio to discuss what’s coming up in the next few weeks and months. She said that they host a variety of training events for everything from bookkeeping […]
A fire ravaged a residence and damaged a second on Rte. 303 in Ladysmith (Municipality of Thorne) last night. An octogenarian, who was in the home, has currently been declared missing by police. Firefighters were called to the scene at around midnight. Rte. 303 was also closed overnight and reopened earlier this morning (October 5). […]
François Legault’s CAQ cruised to victory on Monday (October 3), with just 41% of the vote winning them 90 out of the 125 seats in the National Assembly. Similarly, the Quebec Liberal Party received less overall votes (591,066) than Quebec solidaire (634,525) and the Parti Québécois (600,691) but formed the official opposition with 21 seats, […]
The Sûreté du Québec are still seeking the public’s help in their search for 57-year-old Michael Scandiffio of Gloucester (Ottawa), Ontario. He was last seen around 8 p.m. on October 1 in Ladysmith, and was supposed to head towards the Otter Lake area. He was in a black 2017 Ford Escape SUV, with an Ontario […]
SADC Pontiac Business Advisor Amy Taylor talks about some of their upcoming workshops for businesses. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Amy Taylor – SADC workshops
After a resident of the cottaging community of Sand Bay reported that a test of their well water had come back positive for E. coli bacteria, the Municipality of Clarendon has ordered test kits for residents to purchase. Mayor Ed Walsh told CHIP 101.9 that after a resident reported the contamination on Thursday, they were […]
The riding of Pontiac was the only seat won by the Quebec Liberal Party outside the Montreal area in last night’s election. The Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) incumbents in the Outaouais, Mathieu Lévesques (Chapleau), Mathieu Lacombe (Papineau) and Robert Bussière (Gatineau), all comfortably held their seats. In the riding of Hull, which, except for one […]
A couple dozen local residents gathered at the Shawville Fairgrounds on Sunday afternoon for the fourth local iteration of the Pontiac Kidney Walk. Organized by Clarendon resident Randy Russell, with the help of his wife Francine and the members of the Shawville Rotary Club, the event served as a fundraiser for the Kidney Foundation of […]
MRC des Collines Police have identified the victim of a fatal accident that took place yesterday afternoon (October 2) at the Luskville Dragway. Emergency services were called to the race track just after 2 p.m. following a single-vehicle crash that took place during a race in the Canadian Bracket Super Tour Fall Finals. The driver […]
