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After two summers without the Shawville Lions Country Jamboree bringing hundreds of music fans to town, the organizers of the annual festival are planning for a big return in 2022, from Thursday July 14 to Sunday July 17. Clarendon Mayor and organizer Ed Walsh explained that when the provincial government started announcing that public health […]

Quebec’s Culture Minister Nathalie Roy confirmed $10,259,756 in funding for the development and the completion of 22 projects of requalification of heritage places of worship, during her visit to Chelsea on March 3. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Ms. Roy pointed out that there was no such program until her government introduced one in […]

The Municipality of Shawville is in the process of rolling out a new telephone alert system to give residents a heads-up on things like water main breaks or boil-water advisories. Mayor Bill McCleary said that they used to rely on a volunteer telephone tree, but there were difficulties with retaining volunteers and keeping contact lists […]

To celebrate International Women’s Day tomorrow (March 8), CHIP 101.9 has teamed up with La Fée des Bois Apothecary, a Pontiac business that makes natural health products, to give away three gift baskets worth $200 each to our listeners. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, owner Marianne Desjardins Roy spoke about her business and the […]

MRC Pontiac launched a contest at the start of the month asking residents of the region why they chose to come to the area. The contest is part of the MRC’s territorial marketing strategy, launched back in Februrary, which centers around “14,000 reasons to choose the Pontiac”, a reference to the MRC’s 14,000 residents and […]

The Municipality of L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet has published a notice inviting residents interested in urban planning, development, architecture and heritage to apply to sit as a member of their planning advisory committee (CCU). The CCU plays an important active role in the planning of the territory. Its main mandate is to provide advice and recommendations to the […]

The Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) for the Outaouais-Laurentides-Lanaudière region has denounced the government for preparing to award a contract to a bidder for snow removal, de-icing and the supply of materials for Hwy. 148 for the continuation of a public contract which will cost 400% more than the current […]

While anglophone groups across the province have been highly critical of Quebec’s Bill 96, francophone advocacy group Impératif français has encouraged the government to not back down on its promise to limit access to English CEGEPs. The group has launched a publicity campaign on the subject and is asking the population to give their opinion […]

Following premiere François Legault’s news conference Thursday, February 24, 2022, in Maniwaki, Robert Bussière, the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) MNA for Gatineau, spoke to the Pontiac Community Radio Station (CHIP 101.9) about the Government announcing 5,000 public service jobs that is expected to be spread out across the province. In the first phase of this […]

Pontiac MP Sophie Chatel released a statement following her round table on agriculture on January 31 that included Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau. She invited the public to comment on the priorities that had been discussed at the event through a website that they had created for the purpose. “An analysis of the discussions during the […]