NEWS

The Municipality of Pontiac has published its budget for the next year. In this balanced budget of $ 9,631,820, it should be noted that even if there is a growth of over $ 400,000 compared to last year’s budget, certain budget items have seen their expenses decrease. For example, the municipality plans to spend nearly […]

Every week, the Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais offers CHIP 101.9 listeners a column on the progress of students in their school career but also in their personal development. This week, psychoeducator Dominik Patry-Boisvenue broached the subject of the upcoming holiday break and argued that it is sometimes important to give children free time […]

Police officers from the MRC Pontiac station of the Sûreté du Québec carried out, on Friday, December 4, an arrest and a search for narcotics in Bristol. A 43-year-old man was arrested and then released with a warning. He is due to return to court, at the Cambell’s Bay Courthouse, at a later date where […]

The plan for educational support days for the holiday season is taking shape at the Centre de service scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO). As announced by the Ministry of Education, December 17, 18, 21 and 22, 2020 as well as January 7 and 8, 2021 will be remote pedagogical support days for all students. The management […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais indicated that there were eight active cases of COVID-19 in the territory of the Pontiac Local Service Network (RLS). The number of active cases for each of the RLS Pontiac municipalities has not been given a figure. Since the start of the pandemic, […]

The general management of the Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO), Denis Rossignol, reported on the measures in the school environment that were developed by the government of Quebec for the holiday season. The instructions relating to home learning and distance education will be communicated to you by each school or center according to […]

The Félix-Gabriel-Marchand Bridge illumination project would have raised more than $ 145,000 to hold a sound and light show to mark the reopening of this symbol of the MRC Pontiac. According to Louis Harvey of the Phare Ouest organization, business support is very important and the contract to ensure the illumination of the bridge should […]

A petition asking the government to change the status of the MRC des Collines-de-l’Outaouais is currently circulating. The officials behind this petition are asking to move this territory, which is in the red zone, to the orange zone. The municipal councilor of La Pêche, Michel Gervais, recently launched this petition in order to put pressure […]

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the December 16 meetings of the TNO Council and the Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac will be held virtually on ZOOM. In this context, residents of the Pontiac are invited to submit their questions electronically for the public question period. People are to submit questions for the […]

Following the articles published by CHIP 101.9 about the actions of Roger Fleury and the reaction of the Algonquin Anishinabeg Nation Tribal Council, the National Executive of the Green Party of Quebec (PVQ) issued a press release in order to dissociate and denounce the cultural and historical appropriation of one of its members, Roger Fleury, […]