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Over the last few hours, in the municipality of Rapide-des-Joachims, the current carried away certain hydro poles. The municipality has confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that a Hydro-Québec team is on site and is currently working on finding a solution. The affected area is in the ZEC of Rapide-des-Joachims. According to the information obtained, two ‘customers’ […]

The Municipality of Pontiac, along with the various services ensuring the protection of citizens in the municipality, held a press conference yesterday morning at 10 am at the community center in the Luskville sector of the Municipality of Pontiac. The Mayor, Joanne Labadie, first extended her sympathies to the family of Louise Séguin-Lortie who tragically […]

According to the latest update from the Ottawa River Regulation Planning Commission, water flows and levels in the Ottawa River are expected to increase further in the coming days due to snowmelt which is increasing and that rainfall of 15 to 50 mm is forecast for the center and the north of the watershed. Along […]

Following a press conference held Monday April 22nd, by the Municipality of Pontiac, an initial assessment of the spring melt was done with the help of the Canadian Armed Forces, who were stationed in the municipality on Saturday. Public security and the municipality, including the various municipal staff and volunteers on the ground, were mobilized […]

A woman died in the municipality of Pontiac last night due to water levels on Clarendon Street. It would seem that a culvert gave out causing the women’s vehicle to be submerged in a sinkhole. Mayor Joanne Labadie said the culvert, located in west of Quyon, was washed away around 3:30 am on Saturday morning. […]

The Pontiac Job Fair will be held on April 25th at the Campbell’s Bay RA Center from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. One of the organizers of the event, from the SADC Pontiac, Emilie Chazelas, talked about what the public can expect from this year’s event. The information, including a list of all employers and […]

The adventures of Maryse Vallières in Senegal are about to come to an end. This university student from the region, who is currently doing an internship in Africa, should be back in Quebec on May 6th. CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to her about how her internship should end. Maryse Vallières plans to […]

A first unofficial teaser for the documentary that was filmed during the “Ski au Parlement 2019”, was presented to the Mayors of the MRC, last night. The video summarizes the adventure of a dozen students from ESSC during the cross-country skiing trip from Fort-Coulonge to Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Elizabeth Séguin had the opportunity to […]

Last night, for the first time, the meeting of the Mayors was recorded. The reason is to help ease the MRC employees’ work with their various reports. This is an initiative proposed by the new clerk of the MRC Pontiac, Travis Ladouceur, who was also introduced at the most recent meeting of the mayors. There, […]

At a ceremony held last weekend, two Pontiac residents, Charlotte St-Pierre-Boucher from Fort-Coulonge/Mansfield and Tyler LaSalle of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, each received a medal from the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec , Michel Doyon, for volunteering in their community. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Tyler Lasalle explained his volunteer efforts in the Pontiac. The full interview with […]