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The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais confirmed a Covid-19 outbreak at the Pontiac Hospital in the 37-bed short-term unit (second floor). According to the CISSS de l’Outaouais, 9 patients and 3 employees tested positive for Covid-19. Expanded screening is underway to get a full picture of the outbreak situation. […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais confirmed a Covid-19 outbreak at the Pontiac Hospital in the 37-bed short-term unit (second floor). According to the CISSS de l’Outaouais, 9 patients and 3 employees tested positive for Covid-19. Expanded screening is underway to get a full picture of the outbreak situation. […]

Schools are closed, but members of the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-rivières (SPEHR) will start an afternoon strike on Tuesday, April 27, 2021 from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. Virtual classes will therefore be disrupted and, as SPEHR president Daniel Boisjoli explains, teachers will stop providing services as soon as the strike begins. […]

Dr Brigitte Pinard repeated it, despite a certain stability of cases in the last days, the COVID-19 situation in the Pontiac is under close surveillance. CHIP101.9 · Extrait Brigitte Pinard – Pontiac Since the start of the pandemic, the community of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield has had a total of 72 cases, the majority of which […]

For the first time in nearly six months, at the regular meeting which took place yesterday (April 21), the council of mayors of the MRC Pontiac was not divided 9 against 9 on a proposal. Warden Jane Toller cwas satisfied with this kind of meeting which she qualifies as a business meeting. CHIP101.9 · Extrait […]

Police officers from the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) in the Outaouais-Laurentides region say they want to raise public awareness of the vulnerability of pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists on the roads. “It is important to specify that all users are responsible for their own safety and that of others and that each user of the road […]

Two young entrepreneurs from Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield, Maryse Vallières-Murray and Trevor Rivet, stood out brilliantly at the 23rd edition of the OSEntreprendre Outaouais Challenge. Their project, Fromagerie La Drave, won first place in three categories: Bio-food, the Coup de coeur Étudiant creator award and above all the Young entrepreneur honor award. “Super grateful because it […]

The Conservative Party of Canada (CPC) candidate for the riding of Pontiac for the next election, Michel Gauthier, called the federal government’s budget “electoralist”. Michel Gauthier nonetheless mentioned that there were good things, but accuses the Liberals of targeting a clientele for the next election. “Part of the budget priorities are based on clienteles for […]

The traffic controls installed by the Ontario Provincial Police have caused several frustrations to some residents of the Pontiac, used to shopping in the Pembroke area. CHIP 101.9 spoke to David Gillespie, a farmer from L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, who went through traffic controls to go to a store specializing in agriculture. “They asked me what I was […]

The Centre de services scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSSSHBO) informed students in general adult education and vocational training in the Pontiac, that the measures taken due to the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Outaouais must be maintained. The CSSHBO mentions that Public Health must renew the application of the measures previously established, given the […]