Author: Marie Gionet

Newly elected Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary said that waking up as the new representative of his community was a strange feeling. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Bill McCleary – reaction McCleary had served on council for the majority of the past eight years and narrowly lost the mayoral race in 2017, coming up 16 votes short […]

Outgoing Thorne Mayor Karen Daly Kelly won a second term at the helm of council, prevailing over former mayor Terry Murdock, the same opponent she faced off against in 2017. She improved her margin of victory from her first campaign, garnering 69% of the vote compared to 65% four years ago. She said that she […]

The MRC Pontiac invites all registered voters to go vote this Sunday, November 7, in your municipality, between the hours of 9:30 a.m. and 8 p.m. It is possible that your name will not appear on the MRC’s electoral list for the vote for the position of Warden. In any case of doubt, please speak […]

The Centre de loisirs des Draveurs and local real estate broker Sébastien Bonnerot have reached a sponsorship agreement to spruce up the Fort Coulonge arena. New signage has been added, both on the building and at the rue Baume entrance, courtesy of Bonnerot’s firm Century 21 Élite. Speaking to CHIP 101.9, Bonnerot said that with […]

With election day coming up this Sunday (November 7), CHIP 101.9 is closing out its election coverage with the warden’s race in MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais, which includes the Municipality of Pontiac. This is the first time that the warden has been chosen through universal suffrage and there are three candidates: outgoing Warden and Chelsea Mayor […]

L’Institut de recherche et d’informations socioéconomiques (IRIS) published a study on November 4 highlighting the disparities in health care services between the jurisdictions in the Outaouais. This latest publication builds on a previous study that IRIS published in 2018, which showed that health care in the Outaouais is underfunded compared to the rest of the […]