Author: Marie Gionet
Mega Mike, the host of Mega Mike’s Mixtape on Friday evenings on CHIP 101.9 looks back on his history with the station and in radio in advance of his 400th show.
Local food bank Bouffe Pontiac held their annual Christmas food drive between 6 and 9 a.m. this morning (December 1), bringing in $11,877 and around 215 kg of food items. Checkpoints were set up at several high-traffic areas throughout the region, in Shawville, Campbell’s Bay and L’Isle-aux-Allumettes. Bouffe Director Kim Laroche thanked all the volunteers […]
As of December 1st, 2022, the license bureau service centre (SAAQ) in Campbell’s Bay will no longer be taking appointments. We invite clients to come visit us in person or use the online services at the following link: https://saaq.gouv.qc.ca/en/. For more information, please call 1-800-361-7620. Thank you.
This activity will also take place on the 7th of December !
Marie-Josée Corriveau, a dancer from the Pontiac is currently competing on the reality TV dance competition Révolution, which airs on TVA. She and her partner put on a powerful performance in the semi-finals this past weekend, putting them into the finals this coming Sunday (December 4). She explained that they were challenged to base their […]
In the most recent edition of CAA Quebec Magazine, the Nature Conservancy of Canada published an article concerning Fitzpatrick Island, which is situated in the Ottawa River near l’Isle-aux-Allumettes. The western Quebec Director of the NCC, Caroline Gagné, indicated the reasons why the organization was interested in protecting the island. “In particular a particular geology, […]
Pontiac dancer Marie-Josée Corriveau talks about her latest appearance on the reality-TV dance competition Révolution, the finals of which will be airing this Sunday (December 4).
The cohort of graduates from Sieur-de-Coulonge High School (ESSC) were awarded more than $30,000 in scholarships from various Pontiac businesses and organizations during a ceremony held last Saturday (November 26). “On behalf of my school and my students – I wanted to say THANK YOU. Your generosity continues to amaze me year after year. This […]
Sandra Murray, a former administrator at the Pontiac Hospital and long-serving municipal politician, died on Saturday (November 26). She was Shawville’s first female mayor, serving two terms from 2013 until 2021 and had served as a councillor for many years before that. She had filed her paperwork to run for a third term, but pulled […]
It was recently announced that Fort-Coulonge native Frédéric Bisson had joined the team of Mathieu Lacombe, Quebec’s Culture Minister and the MNA for Papineau, in the communications department. Bisson has held several different jobs in media, and also received attention during the pandemic for his career change into trucking. In a post on social media, […]
