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The Pontiac Senior Comets continue to prepare for the upcoming season. This weekend, the Comets will face off against last year’s champions, the Montagnards of Mont-Laurier. The Comets new head coach, Jean-François Lavergne, said, in an interview with CHIP 101,9, that he believes that the Comets’ forwards will stand out this season. This pre-season game […]

As we approach the 2019 Federal elections on October 21st, CHIP 101.9 is continuing to update listeners on their options in terms of candidates in the upcoming elections. Tuesday, the Conservative Party candidate for the Pontiac, Dave Blackburn, answered questions from the public on the air during Bonjour Pontiac. Here is his answer to Jean-François […]

The municipality of L’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet is currently struggling with an internal conflict that has been brought to the attention of the Commission Municipale du Québec (CMQ) over the past few days. A complaint was filed against the councilor of seat #5 at the municipality of Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, Réjean Meilleur, in which he is accused of uttering “threats […]

The new Bouffe Pontiac thrift shop of was inaugurated this Monday afternoon. The renovation project was carried out by youths, who have participated in the program “La défriche” of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac (CJEP). During the launch, the youth workers at CJEP, Emilie Demers and Milly Beaulieu, explained the long-term goal for this project, […]

According to the new chairman of the board of directors for the Pontiac Pool project, Todd Hoffman, the committee is hoping to begin construction next year: During the Pontiac Pool Committee’s Annual General Meeting, which was held on Monday night in Fort-Coulonge at the Golden Age Club, Todd Hoffman explained that the goal for the […]

According to the Ministère des Fôrets, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) it could take many years of studies, analyses and approvals before the municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet could see the creation of a national Park in the Iles Lafontaine. In an interview with one of the chargés de projet de la direction des Parcs […]

The Quebec Government can only use public land to create a national park but there is a possibility of acquiring privately owned land to be included in this kind of project, according to Alain Thibeault, one of the chargés de projet of the Direction des Parcs Nationaux au Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et […]

By analyzing the land and the islands surrounding the proposed national park project site, the CHIP 101.9 newsroom was able to confirm that two of the islands nestled near the envisioned site (lots 3 352 025 and 3 352 026) , are properties owned by one of the members of the MRC Pontiac’s National Park […]

Police operations from September 20th to 26th are currently being held throughout the Province of Quebec to intervene with distracted drivers using a cell phone, a portable electronic device or a display screen. The goal of this initiative, as part of the opération nationale concertée Distraction 2019, is to educate drivers about the dangers of […]

The organization Phare Ouest, recently announced its 2019-2020 programming. They also recently announced an event to celebrate the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge (the red bridge) being repaired for 2021. From the organization, Louis Harvey gave some details. It should be noted that repair work on the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge is currently underway, the work started April 30, 2018. […]