NEWS

Yesterday evening concluded the 14th edition the Christmas drawing contest on CHIP 101.9. A record of 163 drawings were received for this year’s competition. Three children won $200 each in their category. In the 5 to 7 year-old category, Macy Dagenais won first place. For the 8-10 was Abby Dagenais and Léande Bonnerot won the […]

During the press conference held last Friday, the Pontiac Sorting Center explained that they were forced to significantly reduce their services due the delay of the Ministry of the Environment on granting the Center an authorization to bury residual materials on land located near the Litchfield site. During the conference, the Sorting Center gave details […]

As of the most recent update on the hydro Québec website (12:15 pm – Tuesday Dec. 17) a remaining 476 residents were still without hydro in the Pontiac, mainly in Sheenboro with 287 outages (out of 289) and Thorne with 60 (out of 692). Some residents will therefore have been without power for more than […]

The Pontiac Comets won 8-4 in Mont-Tremblant this weekend. Note the performances of Ryan Peck with two goals and one assist, as well as Matthew Warren and Alek Deblois, each with two goals. The Pontiac team is currently ranked first in the league. The Comets will play their next game in Fort-Coulonge this Saturday against […]

The MRC Pontiac and the SAAQ recently issued their hours of operation during the Holiday season as they share the same building in Campbell’s Bay; 602 QC-301, Campbell’s Bay, QC. Specifying that the SAAQ office will be closed from 12-1pm on December 19th. Both offices will be closed from December 24th to 26th and December […]

The Angel Tree initiative created by the Mansfield Fire Department, in collaboration with Bouffe Pontiac will provide many Pontiac children with a present this holiday season. The reason for this initiative, according to Sylvain Bégin and the fire department, is that no child should go without a gift on Christmas: Yesterday, Angel Tree finalized their […]

The Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield Country Festival is already pre-selling tickets for next year’s event which will take place on June 4 to 7 at the Centre de loisirs des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge. Again, this year, several artists will be on stage for the event, as explained by Carole Faubert. More details are available on the Fort-Couonge / […]

The winter storm, which occurred over the weekend, may have delayed the start of the snowmobile season which was set to begin soon, according the Club Montoneige Pingouin. The president of the association, Martin Hérault, explained that more than 500 kilometers of snowmobile network was damaged by the storm. The Association is now looking for […]

At the end of this year, CHIP 101.9 is meeting with elected municipal officials in the Pontiac. This week; the mayor of Campbell’s Bay Maurice Beauregard explained his vision of the economy in the region and the solidarity that is needed to see different economic projects established locally. Maurice Beauregard also mentioned that he would […]

Today, the municipality of Campbell’s Bay lifted its water boil advisory for the entirety of the municipality including the residents of the municipality of Litchfield who reside under the Campbell’s Bay water system. Note that this advisory was issued on the December 11.