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A training of the Petawawa military base will take place in Oiseau Rock and Sheenboro on March 7th, between 8am and noon. Local residents may see military snowmobiles, uniformed personnel with weapons and hear noises related to these weapons. Training organizers are asking residents, particularly snowmobile owners, to avoid the area of the Ottawa River […]

The student cross-country skiers from Sieur-de-Coulonge High School finished their three days journey to Parliament Hill in Ottawa, a trek of more than 120 km. The group of about ten students of the Skiing at School program and their guides were greeted on the hill by several dignitaries, including Pontiac MP William Amos.

The organization Phare Ouest will present the movie “Charlotte a du fun”, within the framework of the cinema répertoire for February. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Louis Harvey of Phare Ouest talked about the comedy/dramatic: The screening will take place at the St-Pierre school in Fort-Coulonge starting at 7pm.The full interview in French with […]

Following the meeting on forestry management held on January 26th, in order to boost the activity in the Pontiac, the Anishinaabek Fort de Coulonge Kichesipirini community decided to start new community to create a cooperative for the forest industry. The main organizer of the group, Ronald Godin, is currently collecting names to carry out this […]

After three days of cross-country skiing, the students of the Skiing at School program from ESSC will reach their destination today to attend the launch the annual Ski Day on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. As a reminder, the group left ESSC early on the weekend, traveling about thirty kilometers in cross-country skiing every day. The […]

The MRC Pontiac Youth Council held their first official meeting Monday night in Elsie Gibbons room at the MRC Pontiac, in the presence of the Warden Jane Toller. In interview to CHIP 101.9 she gave more details of the meeting. The students also made the decision to meet every two weeks rather than every month, […]

The MRC Pontiac, in collaboration with the Table Agroalimentaire de l’Outaouais and Croquez l’Outaouais, is organizing a 5@7 networking session on Agrotourisme and Gourmet Tourism. The theme being ”What you need to know to develop agrotourism in your business”, the networking session will proceed with a follow-up of the agrotourism and gourmet tourism plan, a […]

Martin Deschamps will again be the headliner this summer for Canada en Fête; the annual event celebrated at the Parc Amyotte in the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract on June 29th. The official programming was unveiled Monday via the organization’s Facebook page. It was revealed that Martin Deschamps will be accompanied by two guest artists on the […]

The Pontiac Comets finished their first season with the Outaouais Senior “A” Hockey League over the weekend, losing in the first round of the playoffs against the Cornwall Prowlers. The owner and Comets goaltender, Danick Boisvert, gave CHIP a brief review of the series: Although out in the first round, Danick Boisvert said that overall […]

The Voix du PONTIAC – PONTIAC Voice group posted on their Facebook page their satisfaction with the change in leadership at the Centre intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux de l’Outaouais (CISSSO) by the Quebec government, following the filing of a special report on the Outaouais region, sent to Health Minister Danielle McCann by […]