NEWS

In the west of the Pontiac (Pontiac Ouest), at 2:30pm, CHIP 101.9 spoke with the Mayor of l’Iles-Aux-Allumettes, Winston Sunstum, to get and updated assessment of the current state of the Pontiac Ouest. According to Sunstrum, 12 roads in the municipality have been evacuated and the current priority is public safety; On their Facebook page, […]

The Pont Blanc(White Bridge) in the municipality of Mansfield remains in high alert. The bridge remains open at this time, but in the event of a road closure, the municipality is advising the population that a detour will be set up on Terry Fox road, crossing Terry Fox Bridge. According the municipal office and the […]

MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller was visiting the CHIP 101.9 studios, eager to share a message for the public.

François Carrier was in Waltham this morning to gather information about the flood. Interviews with Paul Morin and David Rochon (in english, at 3:10 of the video), mayer of Waltham.

Floods have made it difficult for fire departments across the Pontiac. In the municipality of Isle-aux-Allumettes, a cottage on the row H was engulfed in flames on Sunday morning at around 10am, unfortunately, the municipal firefighters could not intervene as the road was inaccessable due to the flooding. The residence was reported as being a […]

The Commission scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais confirmed that tomorrow Wednesday April 30 the schools in the Pontiac will be closed; • École des Petits-Ponts (All Pavillons); • École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge; • Centre Pontiac; • Centre de formation professionnelle Pontiac Students and teachers from the school are asked to stay home during this exceptional time and situation. […]

The Quyon ferry announced a suspension of service on Monday, due to the spring flood and the evacuation of the village of Quyon. The Municipality of Pontiac is asking its residents to evacuate the following streets immediately: – Ferry way – St. George Street – St. Andrew Street – St. John Street – St. Patrick […]

Gaston Allard update of the current state of the muncipality of Fort-Coulonge, Monday April 29th, with our reporter Eric O’Brien.

Forced EVACUATIONS in Fort-Coulonge as of 11am today, April 29th 2019. The municipality of Fort-Coulone issued a forced evacuation notice for the municipality as a result of the 2019 spring flooding threatening the security of its residents. The notice calls for the immediate evacuations of the following roads: Bertrand rd, Desrochers rd, Baume rd (after […]

Municipality of Litchfield, APRIL 27, 2019 – 14:00 HRS. The situation in the Municipality of Litchfield is as follows: Due to the high water levels and damage to municipal infrastructures the following roads and bridges have partial closures: Partial closure of Crawford Road and the bridge near the intersection of Giroux and Crawford roads have […]