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The École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge high school (ESSC) had a simulated election recently in regards to the provincial elections. The Students were able to vote for the Candidates of the Pontiac electoral district. As a result of these elections, the MNA for Pontiac according to students remains the liberal André Fortin, in second place is Olive […]

The Friends of Sault-des-Chats is preparing a hike to the former Union village (Bristol), Saturday, October 13th from 10AM. The length is about 1.5 km, which should take between 1:30 to 2 hours to complete. According to the organization, this outing will allow participants to discover the remains of the railway and to discover the […]

The town of Fort-Coulonge is looking for a new General Manager/Secretary-Treasurer that would assume the municipal administrative responsibilities. The Mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, explained the qualities the municipality is looking for: You can apply for the position via the Fort-Coulonge website and the application deadline is on October 29..

Sandstone reconstruction work will take place until October 12 on Lionel-Beausoleil road in Lac-des-Loup, La Pêche. During the hours of 7 am and 6 pm, one lane will be closed and traffic will alternate with a traffic light.

The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) and municipal firefighters have issued a warning regarding the burning of dead leaves and other residues during the fall period. According to SOPFEU and the municipal firefighters’ information, they intervened on about twenty forest fires that are a result, in part, of burning leaves. In […]

The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) seized more than 3,200 cannabis plants and more than 105 kilos of cannabis in recent weeks by postal police of the MRC Pontiac, Vallée-de-la-Gatineau and Antoine-Labelle, in collaboration with the Major Crimes Investigation Service. They also arrested 11 people who are facing cannabis production charges. The SQ added that they […]

The movie Mad Dog Labine was produced last year in the Pontiac by Renaud Lessard and Jonathan Beaulieu-Cyr. The Film debuted Tuesday, October 9, at the new cinema festival in Montreal under the Focus Quebec/Canada category. In an interview with CHIP 101,9 the two artists said that the project took on another life here in […]

The Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie of Canada, Mélanie Joly, unveiled a fund to support official language minority media. The Member of Parliament for Pontiac, Will Amos, gave additional information during an announcement. CHIP was on site to capture the details: There will be 58 internships created in different minority French and […]

The Picture-Rally (Photo Rally) has become a well appreciated tradition among students at l’Envolée Elementary School in Campbell’s Bay. For the occasion, this year, the teachers divide the school into 8 teams, from kindergarten to grade 6. Then, each team made their way around Campbell’s Bay looking for 12 objects to capture. The results for […]

The 2018 Hunting season has begun and in an interview with CHIP 101,9, the spokesman for Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs du Québec, Bruno Chartrand, explained the different hunting rules and regulations for this 2018 season, although he covered all types of hunting methods, he specified certain regulations on moose hunting: […]