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Today (Tuesday), the Jardin Éducatif held its annual fundraiser BBQ. CHIP 101.9 was on site to talk to the director, Martin Riopel, who said that despite the rain, the turnout was surprisingly very positive: Approximately 60 people were in attendance at 12pm and more were pilling in. The full interview with Martin Riopel is available […]

CHIP 101.9 is continuing a series of interviews with candidates for the upcoming federal elections in the October for the Pontiac election district. CHIP recently spoke to Claude Bertrand, the candidate for the Green Party of Canada, who talked about the priorities for his campaign. Retired now for a few years, Bertrand also talked about […]

The Bonnechere Museum’s 3rd and final fossil hunt of the year is happening this Saturday August 17th starting at 10:00 AM in the courtyard! Young and old can enjoy the fun filled morning of hunting for fossils throughout Eganville and even discover new ones.

The White Water rocks music festival will be held Friday and Saturday, August 09-10, in Westmeath at 1002 valley view rd. Recently, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to the key organizer of the festival, Mike Graham, or MEGA Mike as he is know on CHIP, who talked about the event and his goal […]

Recently, the federal member of parliament for the Pontiac, Will Amos, has had several interviews with different media in the Ottawa-Gatineau area where he spoke in favor of an inquiry looking into the management of the hydro dams. Over the last few weeks, CHIP 101.9 has followed this story closely and although the file started […]

During an interview with CHIP 101.9, the mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, said that he regularly gets approached by the public on the issue of the use of the bike bath (PPJ). Allard sits on the PPJ committee at the MRC Pontiac which is currently examining the use of the bike path and according to […]

The Organizing Committee of the Festival international du cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge issued a press release, yesterday, regarding the Festival’s 2019 program. In the release it is said that it is possible to obtain a weekend pass $ 25 Festival by sending an email to culturephareouest@gmail.com and buy tickets at www.phareouest.ca and via their […]

The Outaouais Senior A Hockey League will undergo a few changes for this upcoming 2019-2020 season. CHIP 101.9 recently spoke to one of the organizers of the league and owner of the Pontiac Senior Comets, Dannick Boiverts, who talked about the newest addition to the league this year: the Mont-Tremblant Diables. This is now the […]

The 2019-2020 Senior Comets season should kick off at the beginning of October and, in preparation for the next season, the Comets are looking in to hiring on a few people to fill administrative positions with the team. In an interview with the owner of the team, Dannick Boisvert, he explained that they are looking […]

The mayor of the municipality of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, voice his opinion regarding the Special Intervention Zone specifically for the municipality of Fort-Coulonge. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Allard said that the municipality has no place within the ZIS Map, that it should be removed all together and that he is currently questioning the […]