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TransporAction’s Annual General Meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 24th at 9:30 am at 1226 A, Route 148, Campbell’s Bay. Those wishing to participate are asked to confirm their attendance by contacting the organization at 819-648-2223 or by emailing at llagarde@transporaction.com. More information here.

To highlight its’ 40 years of service, the ZEC St-Patrice is organizing a Poker Run on its territory on June 22. Registration will take place between 8:00 am and 10:00 am at kilometer 4 chemin Schyan in Sheenboro. It’s $ 20 per person and the flag raising ceremony will take place at St-Patrice Lake. Note […]

During this year’s syrup season, CHIP 101.9 was interested in the production of maple syrup in the MRC Pontiac and its sugar shacks, which are quite small despite the vast territory of the region. The maple syrup producer and owner of La Paysannerie farm, Marc Bergeron, answered a few of these questions. Marc Bergeron has […]

A accident occurred this morning (March 28th) on Highway 148 close to Murtagh Road in the Vinton sector in Litchfield. Sergeant Marc Tessier of the Sureté du Québec, in media relations, confirmed that they ”received a call from citizens mentioning a vehicle driving erratically on the highway. About ten minutes later, we were informed that […]

The Pontiac Chamber of Commerce will be holding its’ Annual General Meeting on April 18th at 5:30 pm at the MRC Pontiac in Campbell’s Bay. Members of the organization are invited to attend a presentation by the MRC’s Economic Development Director, Danielle Newman, on the MRC’s Vision for Strategic economic development. A light snack will […]

As part of its’ 2019 Radiothon, on Saturday, April 27th, CHIP 101.9 unveiled its’ special guest who will accompany the listeners during the afternoon during Country en Folie. The host Nathalie Vasiloff gave more details. Remeber that tickets for CHIP 101.9 Mega 50-50 draw are still available at Dépanneur Beau-Soir in Mansfield.

The Big WOW Poker Run, organized by the Pontiac Quad Club and held on March 23rd, raised $ 2,877 for Bouffe Pontiac. The event, which gathered a total of 173 entries, was a “great success” according to the organizers and the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller. In 2018, the Big WOW Poker Run […]

Although CHIP 101.9 mainly focuses on local news, the newsroom has taken advantage of election in Ukraine next Sunday to speak with Eugène Lakinsky, an Outaouais resident who is originally from Ukraine. Mr. Lakinsky spoke about the main candidates and the issues he considers to be similar to Quebec’s current situation: Mr. Lakinsky has also […]

Tonight, March 27th, the Pontiac Tourism Association’s is holding its Annual General Meeting at Pine Lodge in Bristol at 6pm. The Tourism Marketing Officer at the MRC Pontiac, Chantal Lair, in an interview with CHIP 101.9, gave more details about the AGM: During tonight’s AGM, there will be a special presentation by David Bird, the […]

The Association de la Presse Francophone (APF) and Quebec Community Newspapers Association (QCNA), two associations who represent official language newspapers in minority communities in Canada including English minority newspapers in Quebec, namely The Equity and the Pontiac Journal, responded on March 21st to the tabling of the 2019 federal budget. While welcoming some of the […]