Society

Over the past few weeks, municipal councils across the MRC Pontiac have been developing and adopting their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 will be discussing with municipal officials about their budgets and the realities of their municipalities. Here is a look at: The Municipality of Chichester As one of the MRC Pontiac’s smallest municipalities with 350 […]

Québec solidaire MNA for Rosemont and second opposition critic for health Vincent Marissal was in the riding of Pontiac to tour health care facilities in the region. He told CHIP 101.9 that he wanted to see what the situation was like on the ground and meet with staff. Marissal visted the Pontiac Hospital as well […]

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to help the family of Renée Gagnon, a former employee of the Centre de services scolaires des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais who died suddenly on January 3, 2023 at the age of 31. In the description of the campaign, the organizers noted that Gagnon suffered from chronic pancreatitis for the past six […]

Since December 22, the Municipality of Pontiac has adopted a new by-law allowing citizens of the entire municipal territory (Quyon, Onslow, Luskville, Eardley, Breckenridge) to have laying hens, under certain conditions. This new regulation stipulates that laying hens must be for personal use and it is permitted to keep a maximum of five (5) hens […]

In the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, David Gillespie, a local farmer, has been keeping detailed statistics on the number of Hydro Quebec power outage for over 14 years (since 2009). In his yearly update to CHIP 101.9, Gillespie revealed that the number of power outage for 2022 went down once again to 32 power outages, as […]

As CHIP 101.9 previously reported, the first-degree murder trial of Johan Mitchell Blake MacLennan in the bludgeoning death of his landlord, Harold Plugowsky, ended on December 14 with the verdict that MacLennan was not criminally responsible due to mental illness. MacLennan was charged with the first-degree murder of Plugowsky, 61, who was found with severe […]

In the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, David Gillespie, a local farmer, has been keeping detailed statistics on the number of Hydro Quebec power outage for over 14 years (since 2009). In his yearly update to CHIP 101.9, Gillespie revealed that the number of power outage for 2022 reduced once again to 32 power outages, as compared […]

The latest Statistics Canada’s Census for 2021, recently made public, shows that the population in the MRC Pontiac has increased for the first time in 15 years. The population has increased from 14,251 in 2016 to 14,764 (2021), i.e. 513 additional residents. This is still far removed from statistics in the 90s, where the MRC […]

The Pontiac Chamber of Commerce will hold a Black Tie Gala on February 18 at the Pontiac Conference Center, 204 rue Principale in Fort-Coulonge. You can buy your tickets online for $75 ($84.62).  The Chamber of Commerce is hoping the Gala brings together business people from across the region. This is the first gala the […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais has officially announced the Outaouais region’s 2023 first baby of the year. Èva-Rose Vachon, was born at 1:23 a.m. New Year’s day, she weighs 5.6 pounds (2.27 kg) and the CISSS de l’Outaouais says both the mother and child are in great shape. […]