NEWS

In a press release, the MRC Pontiac announced new funding programs for tourism businesses. PROGRAMME SANITAIRE DES ENTREPRISES TOURISTIQUES DE L’OUTAOUAIS (PSTO) 2020-2022 This program aims to financially support enterprises adapting their operations to the pandemic context in accordance with recommendations for each sector issued from sanitary plans published by the tourism industry. This program […]

The anticipated Haunted Walk at the Parc des Chutes Coulonge in Mansfield was forced to be cancelled for 2020 Halloween season. Although cancelling the event due precaution, the Director General of the Chutes Coulonge, André Piché explained the cancellation brought on by the rising of cases in the Outaouais region and to the confusion of […]

CHIP 101.9 has learned that the Pontiac Comets, a senior hockey franchise that has played in the Quebec Senior AA Hockey League for two years, are about to leave that league to join the Eastern Ontario Senior Hockey League. The team, which plays its games at the arena of the Center de Loisirs des Draveurs […]

Statistics of the real estate market in the Pontiac show that a significant increase in the number of residential and commercial sales took place for the first 9 months of the year. In comparison to last year, more than 120 more sales were recorded in 2020. In 2019, at the same date, 126 sales had […]

Public consultations on strategic planning and the draft strategic vision statement for the Pontiac were held last Monday (October 5) in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. The ten people who took part in this meeting insisted on different subjects. The importance of diversifying the region’s economy in the future was stressed by the participants. This is […]

For the past two weeks, positive cases of COVID-19 have appeared on the territory of the MRC Pontiac, reaching 9 cases according to the Warden of the MRC Pontiac Jane Toller. This increase worries the Warden who hopes to see the statistics stabilize and asks citizens to respect public health instructions. Once again, Jane Toller […]

One new case of COVID-19 has been confirmed in the Pontiac Local Services Network (RLS) over the last 24 hours. According to the infromation on the Centre intégré de santé et service sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais’ website, there are now a total of 17 confirmed cases in the Pontiac RLS. In her most recent update, […]

During a joint press conference held by the Centre Intégré de Santé et de Service Sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) and the Ontario Public Health (OPH) on Monday, Dr. Brigitte Pinard the interim Director of Outaouais Public Health, stated that the Outaouais region would remain in the Orange or moderate alert for another week. CHIP101.9 · […]

The president of the Hautes-Rivières Teaching Staff Union (SPEHR) Daniel Boisjoli, said he was disturbed by the results of a survey completed by more than 300 teachers, including the Centre de services scolaires Haut-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO), showing that 74% of respondents say they have suffered violence. At the CSSHBO, 49% of respondents mentioned having suffered physical […]

In her October 5 update, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, talked about the rising number of cases specifying that the Pontiac RLS now has a total of 13 confirmed cases with 13 to be determined. This translated to the municipality of Pontiac having a total 7 cases and the only two municipalities […]