NEWS

During an extraordinary general meeting Monday, the members of Caisse Desjardins des Collines-de-l’Outaouais, which gathers the Luskville Service Center and the head office located in the municipality of La Pêche, voted in favor of a merger with the Caisse Desjardins de Hull-Aylmer. In a secret ballot, some 204 members exercised their right to vote. 174 […]

Yesterday, at the Pontiac Conference Center, Greg Piasetzki gave a presentation on the time period between 1680 and 1854 regarding the Fort Coulonge which was located in Davidson in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Present for the lecture were the current owners of the site; Vella Boisvert and her husband Daniel Lefebvre, who said that they […]

The Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO) has informed the CHIP 101.9 newsroom of the renovation projects that will be carried out during the 2019-2020 year in schools across the region. An investment of $ 3,273,870 from the Government of Quebec for the next school year will allow, among other things, work on the following buildings: Pontiac: […]

Today, the municipality of Campbell’s Bay issued a water boil advisory for Second St, McLellan St and River Rd as a result of work being done to the main water line near the Recreational Center on Second St. As a preventative measure, the municipality is asking residents to boil their water for at least one […]

The candidates in the Pontiac Electoral district for the upcoming federal election continue doing door-to-door and various activities to convince voters to vote for them on October 21st. 8 candidates are officially registered in the riding of Pontiac. Candidates in the District Candidates in the District Candidate Party Official Agent William Amos Liberal party of […]

At the Fédération Québecoise des Municipalities (FQM) conference, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, had the chance to quickly meet with the Quebec Premier François Legault. Toller was present for the Conference in Quebec City, among other things, to deliver the MRC Pontiac resolution calling for an investigation into the floods and the […]

Last Friday at around 4:20 pm, a school bus from the Hauts-Bois de l’Outaouais school board was involved in an accident at 345, Route 148, in the municipality of Shawville. The bus was carrying three students from Sieur-de-Coulonge High School, including the driver, at the time of the accident. They were transported by ambulance to […]

Another interruption of service occurred over the weekend with the Obstetrics Department at Shawville Hospital. Potential patients were called last Friday to be notified of this situation. The MNA for Pontiac and Official Opposition Critic Health, André Fortin, told CHIP 101.9 that he is still waiting for a real plan to deal with the reality […]

On Sunday, September 29th, at around 7:30 pm, police officers from the MRC Pontiac’s Sûreté du Québec, received complaints from citizens that a person was driving at high speed, with no lights, on a motocross, in the village of Fort-Coulonge in the area of Laroche Street. A problem that had been raised in the past. […]

Fraudulent text messages on school taxes are currently being sent to taxpayers of the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO). The message, without directly naming the CSHBO, suggests that a refund is due to the taxpayer. The CSHBO wishes to remind residents that it never communicate with its taxpayers by text messaging. It is therefore recommended to […]