NEWS

Following the discussion between the candidates for warden in MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller and Mike McCrank, at the Club De L’Age D’Or in Fort Coulonge on October 21, CHIP 101.9 asked both some additional questions off-camera. The topics concerned the possible amalgamation of smaller municipalities in the MRC, options for tourism and the use of […]

Outgoing Shawville coucillor Bill McCleary is once again running for mayor of the municipality, four years after he lost to current Mayor Sandra Murray by a margin of 16 votes. He managed to regain a seat on council this past term in a by-election, following the passing of councillor Peggie Sheppard in 2018. Following Murray […]

Outgoing Shawville councillor Patti Moffatt said that her candidacy for mayor’s seat was a last minute decision, prompted by the sudden withdrawal of Mayor Sandra Murray due to health issues. Moffatt has served the past two terms on council, as well as deputy mayor for the past four years. She will face off against fellow […]

Earlier this year, local eatery the Little Red Wagon Winery in Clarendon was featured in a video by renowned Ottawa chef Mat Beausoleil for his show Cooking Adventures Outaouais. The show features various chefs and cooks from across the region sharing their specialties with Beausoleil. During the episode Beausoeleil got a hands-on lesson from the […]

The Caisse Desjardins des Rivières de Pontiac building at 175 rue Principale in Fort Coulonge is up for sale. There is no fixed price set but the location will likely be vacated in less than a year. The building should be vacant around the month of next July, when the branch is relocated to rue […]

On the deadline for submissions of candidates, another councillor in L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet was elected without opposition. Pierre Jolicoeur became the councillor for seat 3 after Mélanie Dumouchel withdrew her candidacy. Jolicoeur joins Aurel Paquette and Louise Grenier, who were also elected by acclamation. The mayor’s seat and council seats 4, 5 and 6 are all contested: […]

Residents of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes will have three choices for mayor after incumbent Winston Sunstrum announced that he would not be seeking re-election. Jeremiah Nephin, Corey Spence and Louis Lair are all vying for the top job. With a professional background in finance, Lair has been a councillor for the past eight years. He said that he […]

Last week the government of Quebec announced that they would be investing $3 billion into the provincial daycare system by 2024/25, with a goal of creating 37,000 new places in the system by 2025. During the press conference with Premier François Legault and Minister for Families Mathieu Lacombe, the Pontiac region recieved some attention. In […]

A power outage hit the municipalities of Shawville, Bristol and Clarendon, as well as the Municipality of Pontiac on Tuesday afternoon. Hydro Quebec community relations agent Alain Paquette said that the outage was caused by a fallen tree. “At the start of the blackout, around 2,600 customers were without electricity,” he wrote in an email […]

Alain Gagnon is hoping that he can build on some of the projects that council has undertaken over the past eight years if he is re-elected on November 7 to a third term. Gagnon was elected by acclamation in 2017. A former police officer, Gagnon said that he got his start in politics in 2013 […]