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Tonight, Wednesday, March 20th, the mayors of the MRC Pontiac will meet for the month of March, at 6:30pm, in the room Elsie Gibbons, at the MRC in Campbell’s Bay. Pontiac residents are welcome to learn about the latest developments at the MRC.

This Thursday, March 21st, CHIP 101.9’s Marie Gionet will participate for a third consecutive year in the Défi des Chefs Leucan Outaouais, which is a fund raiser for the organization Leucan Outaouais. A friendly competition where eleven teams, each composed of media personnel from the region, a chef and a child or teenager in treatment […]

The poetic book entitled “La rivière, initiations Outaouaises”, published on February 18th, tells the story of author Joel Pourbaix, who created stone statues along the Ottawa River in the late 1990s. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, the artist mentioned that, during his journey, the Pontiac became for him a place in Quebec that he […]

Finance Minister Bill Morneau tabled the federal government’s budget yesterday. The Pontiac MP, William Amos, said this is a budget that will be well received in the Pontiac, thanks to certain measures: Note that the deficit in this budget is close to $20 billion. The full interview with William Amos is available here.

According to a press release, the Pontiac Member of Parliament, Will Amos spent two days in Washington, D.C., to represent the Pontiac views on the ongoing Canada-US softwood lumber dispute and trade issues. “It was important for me to get an update on this crucial forestry trade file, and to bring the perspective of our […]

CHIP 101.9 learned more details about the screening of Mad Dog Labine in the Pontiac. The film, that was shot in the Pontiac in 2017, will be presented to the public at the auditorium of Sieur-de-Coulonge high school on March 23rd and 24th at 7 pm,(doors open at 6pm) in the presence of the film […]

Le Conseil régional de l’environnement et du développement durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO) mobilized the four Outaouais MRCs, Gatineau and the UPA Outaouais-Laurentides Federation to start the conversation and the creation of an action plan for recovery of agricultural plastics. The CREDDO was given the mandate to access the region in a portrait of the situation […]

The logging company Lauzon agreed to pay for the damage cause on Ch. de La Chute in the municipality of Mansfield by their logging trucks on Thursday and Friday of last week. According to the municipality, last week, a week before the government appointed Harmonization Agreement (the spring defrosting period) comes into effect on March […]

Pontiac companies are invited to a breakfast information session to learn more about Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Under the title “Building Partnership Links for Your Company with Canadian Nuclear Laboratories”, entrepreneurs will also be informed about business opportunities within the Laboratories. The meeting will take place at the Campbell’s Bay Recreation Center at 10:30 am on […]

The Regional Association ofWest Quebecers (RAWQ) recently attended the hearings on the Modernization of the Official Languages Act. During an interview with CHIP 101,9, the director of the RAWQ, Linton Garner, spoke about the hearings and how it will affect the Association moving forward: For more details, visit the Regional Association Facebook page, and the […]