NEWS

Visitors to the Pont Blanc beach in Mansfield-et-Pontefract will have a new activity to try out at the end of the month: axe throwing. The beach site, which is operated by the coopérative Aventure Hélianthe will officially open of the new lanes on May 29. Guillaume Lavoie-Harvey explained that while he understood the reservations some […]

There’s only a few more days for the public to comment on the MRC Pontiac’s Integrated Resource Management Plan, known by its French acronym PAIR. According to a press release from the MRC, the PAIR “is a short and medium term planning tool for the intramunicipal public territory of Pontiac (TPI). Its scope is to […]

At around 6:45 p.m. last night (May 8), MRC des Collines Police received two 911 calls from the same cell phone. According to a press release the police issued May 9, the reception was poor and the operator wasn’t able to determine exactly what was going on except that two people were in the water […]

Canadian Special Operations Forces Command issued a series of press releases today warning the public of several training exercises taking place in the area next week. On May 10 and 11, they will be in the area of the Chenaux Dam near Portage-du-Fort, and residents may see military vehicles and troops, as well as hear […]

Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan is currently competing at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships, which are taking place on the island of Crete in Greece from May 2 to 10. He will be in competition on Sunday May 8 at around 8 a.m. Lusignan told CHIP 101.9 before he left that he was aiming to place […]

The Bryson Revitalization Committee is continuing its tradition of a village-wide spring cleaning tomorrow morning. Mayor Alain Gagnon said that it’s something they’ve done in the community for approximately six or seven years and estimated that roughly 20 people participated last year. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Alain Gagnon – Bryson clean up Gagnon said that […]

The peak height of the Ottawa River looks to be behind us for this spring, according to an expert with the Ottawa River Regulation Secretariat, an organization that monitors the levels of the river’s watershed. Manon Lalonde is the executive engineer with the organization, and she told CHIP 101.9 that while there was some minor […]

Earlier this afternoon, MRC Pontiac issued a press release announcing that Economic Development Director Cyndy Phillips would be stepping down from her position, effective May 27. Phillips was hired on as the head of the department in February 2020, taking over from Danielle Newman, who herself left the MRC in January 2020. She is the […]

The Groupe l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet is back this year with another “treasure hunt” on Saturday June 4. The group has a mission of promoting the culture and history of the island, and the treasure hunt is a popular fundraiser. Registration is required by May 29. Organizer Guylaine La Salle explained what attendees could expect. “This year, we […]

A petition has been launched to reinstate the license of a local veterinarian, Dr. Melissa Jowett, who recently lost hers due to a lack of fluency in French. Chantal Chrétien, a local farmer who started the petition, said that once she found out about Jowett’s situation, she sprang into action, as she is the only […]