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Quebecers are being called to the polls today. In the riding of Pontiac, citizens have the choice between eight different candidates: the Liberal incumbent André Fortin, Olive Kamanyana of the Coalition Avenir Québec, Julia Wilkie of Quebec Solidaire, Roger Fleury of the Green Party, Louis Lang of the Marxist Party- Leninist, Samuel Gendron of the […]

As part of the AVIVA Community Fund (CAF) Contest, which aims to fund community-based projects across the country, two Pontiac projects have been pre-selected and are in need of Pontiac residents help of to be in the finals of the competition. The Friends of St-Joseph Manor are proposing the expansion of the site to provide […]

The Senior A hockey league game scheduled for this Saturday in Fort-Coulonge is postponed until this Sunday at 6pm. This time the Pontiac Comets will face the Maniwaki Foresters. This is a pre-season games.

In the run-up to the October 1st elections, Pontiac’s Carrefour jeunesse-emploi joins forces with the Carrefour jeunesse emploi de l’Outaouais and the Autonomous collective of Carrefours jeunesse emploi du Québec to ask the next Quebec government to give back to the Quebec Carrefour jeunesse emplois “Ways to improve the services they offer to youths”. The […]

Singer Roxane Bruneau was in the Pontiac last night to give a show to local residents at the auditorium of Sieur-de-Coulonge High School. Remember that the event takes place as part of cultural programming in the Pontiac. CHIP caught up with Roxane Bruneau after the show: The next cultural programming event in the Pontiac will […]

The 2010 Reader Choice Awards Gala, hosted by the Pontiac Journal, was held Wednesday evening at the Pontiac Conference Center, bringing together various Pontiac companies and organizations. For a sixth year, readers of the Journal have selected their favorite businesses and services in the MRC. The list of winners and finalists will be available in […]

The unionized employees of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ) branches held a strike day today across the province. The SAQ Pontiac will be closed for the day. SAQ employees have not had a collective agreement since March 31, 2017. Last June, after 16 months of bargaining, union members voted 91% in favor of […]

Zacharie Leblanc age 16 made the front page of Le Droit this week as the youngest airline pilot in the country. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, he speaks on his background and what motivated him to become a pilot. The Full interview is available via chipfm.com

The students of the Sieur-de-Coulonge High School yesterday afternoon were visited by a Parti Québécois Candidate. The Pontiac candidate, Marie-Claire Nivolon, who had confirmed that she would attend, was absent. The Chapleau nominee, Blake Ippersiel, from the Pontiac, was on hand to answer students’ questions. CHIP 101.9 was also able to speak with him. Among […]

The Board of Directors (CA) Centre intégré de santé et de service sociaux (CISSS) Outaouais invites Pontiac residents to participate in an information and exchange forum on Tuesday, October 9, in the Dale Thompson Hall at Shawville C-H-S-L-D (395 Allan Black Street) at 7pm. This meeting is organized so that the CA can exchange with […]