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A local Chef originally from the municipality of Bryson, Yannick La Salle, along with his team of Chefs from Les Fougères restaurant in Chelsea, won first place at the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championships. This prestigious culinary award, which aims to raise funds for the Canadian Olympic Foundation, took place last weekend in the city of […]

The Pontiac Quad Club invites the community to participate in its annual event again this year. The BIG WOW Poker Run, which will take place on March 23rd, is a fundraiser for Bouffe Pontiac. The organizer of the event, Pat Gravelle gives us more details about this annual race. In 2018, more than $ 1,000 […]

The Municipality of Shawville is invites you to participate its next Winter Carnival, which will take place on Saturday, February 23rd, starting at 10 am at the Shawville Arena, 215 Lang Street. From 10am and 1pm, the event will be packed with activities such as skating on the ice rink, sliding outside, horse drawn sleigh […]

As part of launching the 2020-2030 strategic planning initiative, the MRC Pontiac is inviting the citizens of the region to participate in an online survey, available through the MRC website and is in regards to the future of the Pontiac. The Warden of the MRC, Jane Toller, gave more details: This information will be used […]

The municipality council of Campbell’s Bay reported to CHIP 101.9 that a misunderstanding occurred during the selection process of their member for the MRC Pontiac’s Youth Council that held its first meeting on January 21st. It would seem that the MRC substituted the municipality’s selection for another to represent Campbell’s Bay on the youth council. […]

Winter time here in the Pontiac haves citizens out by the dozens on their snowmobiles. CHIP101.9 spoke to the region’s administrator at the Outaouais’ Fédération des clubs de motoneige du Québec, Pierre Tremblay, who gave us an overview of the season up until now: The full interview with Pierre Tremblay is available here. Visit the […]

The Economic Development Council of Ontario (EDCO) presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Economic Development to the Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail Partners Group. The award was presented at the annual conference of the EDCO on January 31st in the category “Collaboration and partnership and cross-border for communities of 50,000 to 250,000 inhabitants”. EDCO’s […]

The next Pontiac Chamber of Commerce General Meeting will be held on February 21st at 5:30pm at the Brauwerk Hoffman brewery in Campbell’s Bay. The members of the organization are invited to attend two presentations: the first will be given by Sylvie Séguin of the Saint-Laurent- Mont-Royal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the […]