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Tonight, Wednesday, December 19th, the regional Council of mayors will meet for the last time in 2018, like usual at 6:30, in the room Elsie Gibbons, in Campbell’s Bay. Today, the elected officials of the MRC including the Warden, Jane Toller, met with the leaders of LiveWell, the company that intends to establish a research […]

Some farmers have complained about the increase in their land value. This is the case, among others, of David Gillespie, who recently gave an interview to the Journal de Montreal, where he said he was rethinking the future of his farm. He gave more details to CHIP 101,9 : The full interview with David Gillespie […]

The Voix du PONTIAC-PONTIAC Voice group showed their support for the elected officials of la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, Santé Outaouais and of other Outaouais stakeholders, for requesting the resignation of the current administrators of the CISSSO, in particular the current director, Jean Hébert. According to the group, “Jean Hébert and his team blindly imposed the reform of […]

The Municipality of Fort-Coulonge has recently purchased a new truck to ensure the collections of the municipalities’ own garbage and recyclables from now on. The mayor of the municipality of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, explains the reasons for this decision: On his Facebook, Gaston Allard wrote that Raymond Charette has been hired to drive the new […]

The mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, told CHIP what are the projects for the municipality in 2019 : Gaston Allard also told CHIP the name of the new executive director who was recently hired at the municipality. It is Ellen Boucher, formerly the General Manager at Bouffe Pontiac: The full interview with Gaston Allard is […]

The municipality of Mansfield has issued a public notice regarding the collection of household garbage for the holiday season, for Thursday, December 27th and January 3rd instead of Tuesday. The collection of recyclable materials remains the same, December 26th for residents on the west side of the Coulonge River and January 2nd for those on […]

The Mansfield-et-Pontefract fire department managed to collect 65 gifts that will be donated to local children across the Pontiac for Christmas. The fire department wanted to thanks its’ donors and organizers: Sylvain Bégin, Danielle Boucher, and Mansfield / Fort-Coulonge Home Hardware The tree of angels is an initiative created by Mansfield-et-Pontefract fire department that aims […]

The Pontiac MRC recently published a list highlighting its’ 2019 budget, which was adopted by the Regional Council of Mayors at the last month’s meeting. For 2019, this budget totaling $ 6.5 million will allow the MRC to increase its investment in economic development. The Council’s budget choices include maintaining the municipalities’ share of $ […]

The winners of the annual CHIP 101.9 coloring contest were announced live on the air, last night, during a special broadcast. This year, the theme was “Draw us your best Santa Claus workshop”. The winners each received a monetary prize: first prize was awarded $ 200, the second prize $ 75 and third place $ […]

The Pontiac International dog sled and skijoring dog race held every year in Bristol will be on January 5th and 6th, and as for the event itself, the key organizer, Denis Rozon, says that everything is ready to go: In addition to competitors from across North American and the European continent, there’s also three teams […]