Transport

Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating station in Portage-du-Fort will be closed overnight from Monday to Thursday for the next several weeks. The bridge will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. on the following dates: July 10, 11, 12, 13 July 17, 18, 19, 20 […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors meeting last Wednesday (June 21), Fire and Public Safety coordinator Julien Gagnon presented a revised resolution to be sent to the Ministry of Transport, asking for a speed reduction on a section of Hwy. 148 in Waltham.  At the last MRC council meeting in May, the mayors sent […]

The labour dispute between local school bus drivers and the bus line Autobus Lasalle is now officially over, as a majority of drivers voted this morning (June 26) in favour of a new collective agreement. Denis Ouellette, a regional rep with Teamsters Local 106, the union representing 96 Autobus Lasalle drivers in the Pontiac area, […]

MRC Pontiac has faced no shortage of environmental crises this year, from an ice storm knocking out power to thousands of homes, to spring flooding that threatened riverfront communities to the forest fires that blanketed the region in smoke these past few weeks. MRC Pontiac Territory Director Jason Durand stopped by CHIP 101.9’s studios this […]

Ontario Power Generation has adjusted the schedule for closures on the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux Generating Station in Portage-du-Fort. While OPG had previously announced closures from Monday to Thursday this week, those dates have been removed and their website now only lists three weeks of closures in July. The bridge will be closed between […]

Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that the interprovincial bridge near the Chenaux generating station in Portage-du-Fort will be closed overnight periodically, starting this week. The reason given for the interruptions is “upgrades to structures on the bridge to Limerick Island.” The bridge will be closed between 8 p.m. and 5 a.m. on the following […]

The Western Quebec School Board has joined the CSSHBO in offering financial compensation to parents affected by the ongoing school bus driver strike. In a letter sent to parents on Friday (May 26), the board announced that they would be paying out parents depending on the distance they had to transport their children to school. […]

The Center de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSHBO) announced in a press release on May 24 that they would be offering financial compensation to parents forced to drive their children to school due to the ongoing school bus driver strike. “The amount paid is calculated according to the CSSHBO Travel Expenses Policy. This amount is […]

The mediated meetings between bus lines and Teamsters Local 106, the union representing striking bus drivers in the Outaouais region, ended in a stalemate. The meetings were the first time the two parties have returned to the bargaining table since the strike began on May 1, and followed on the heels of both parties requesting […]

After nearly three weeks at an impasse, the two sides involved in the ongoing bus driver strike are headed back to the bargaining table, this time with a government appointed mediator. Teamsters Local 106, the union representing the bus drivers and SOGESCO, the parent company of local bus operators Autobus Lasalle and Bigras Transport, have […]