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Parents from the Hauts-Bois-de-Outaouais School Board have publicly expressed their disagreement with Bill 40, the bill which changes the school governance; including the abolition of school boards and board members. This is the case for Mélissa Vachon, a mother involved in a school located in the municipality of Blue Sea which reopened after a two-year […]

The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais announced another interruption of service in the Obstetrics unit of the Pontiac Hospital as of today, Friday December 06, at 4pm until Monday, December 09, at 4pm. According to the press release issued by the CISSS de l’Outaouais today, the interruption is due […]

The annual Bouffe Pontiac Food Drive will take place tomorrow, at three locations throughout the MRC Pontiac. Volunteers and partners of Bouffe Pontiac will collect donations from drivers in the area. From Bouffe Pontiac, Kim Laroche, gave more details about the Food Drive. From 6:00 am to 9:00 am, volunteers will collect donations at the […]

Nearly forty people gathered at the Bryson’s Bistro du Bûcheron in Fort-Coulonge, Tuesday night, to attend the first performance of the newly established singer-songwriter Maxime De Wilde (Maxime Galand). He presented a two parts performance of original satirical based songs and a few covers. CHIP 101.9 met with Maxime after the show to get his […]

Last week, the Police officers of the Sûreté du Québec in the Outaouais-Laurentides region intervened in more than 20 cases of impaired driving by alcohol or drugs across the territory. According to Stg. Marc Tessier, last week report was part of the province-wide Holiday operations to target impaired driving in Québec: Several roadside checks are […]

During the most recent meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac on November 27th, the Regional Council adopted a resolution pertaining to the mandate of the Committee at the MRC Pontiac for the creation of a National Park for the Iles Lafontaine located in the municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet. It was resolved, during the meeting, […]

Six months after the devastating floods of 2019, the MRC Pontiac says that the Pontiac Citizens still do not know the real cause of the floods in 2017 and in 2019, despite many requests for independent studies submitted by the Regional Council of Mayors at the MRC Pontiac, including a resolution in September for an […]

The Pontiac Comets brought their winning streak to six game over the weekend, winning two consecutive games against Mont-Tremblant. According to the Comets coach, Jean-François Lavergne, their winning streak is largely due to consistency in the line-up; The Comets will be on the road for the next two weeks; in Maniwaki this weekend, and next […]

The opening hours of the office of the MRC Pontiac will be modified as of January 1, 2020. According to the director general of the MRC, Bernard Roy, these changes are intended to better meet the customers’ needs who visit the Campbell’s Bay office. The opening hours will be from 8am to 12pm, then 1pm […]

The 2020 edition of the Pontiac international dog sled racing event will be held on January 11-12th in the municipality of Bristol. One of the key organizers of the Timberlands Tour Event, Denis Rozon, talked about this year’s competition. For this 4th edition of the Pontiac international, $11, 100 in awards will be given to […]