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It’s that time of the year again, drivers across Quebec must have winter tires on their vehicles starting on December 15th, according to the Highway Safety Code. Sgt. Marc Tessier, of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), stated that after the 15th, the SQ will proceed to check vehicles on a regular basis. Owners of non-compliant […]

Today, in a press release, the ministry of Transportation informed the public that on Thursday, December 13th, roadwork will be done on Highway 301 on the bridge that crosses the Ottawa River, facing the Limerick Island dam in Portage-du-Fort. As a result, the road will be closed overnight from 8 pm to 6 am the […]

The Fort-Coulonge Knights of Columbus annual Food Drive is this Friday, December 14th at the Parish Hall of Fort-Coulonge. Volunteers will be going door to door collecting donations of food or money to help families in need in the community. This is a particularly hard year for the Food Drive as the main organizer of […]

A few weeks before the holidays, the organization Phare Ouest will present its last film before the holidays: La Bolduc, the 2018 Bio-Drama directed by François Bouvier, as part of the cinéma répertoire program. For the occasion, the showing won’t be given at École St-Pierre, as is normally the case, but instead at l’École Poupore. […]

The Génies en Herbe grand finale starts this evening (December 11th) at 6:30pm at Sieur-de-Coulonge (ESSC) for the Pontiac elementary students participating in this annual event. A teacher at Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur school, Isabelle Nadeau, described the types of questions that would be asked of students. The competition is in two parts: tonight and tomorrow night at […]

On November 30th was the swearing-in of the Primary Parliament of the students of Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur School in Chapeau. The Primary Parliament has been at this school for several years now and it should be noted that the students elected Annabelle St-Cyr as Prime Minister, Julia Kaiser as Vice Premier, Paige Allard and Summer […]

Yesterday, December 10th, 4-H Canada announced that the Farm Credit Canada (FCC) 4-H Club Fund provided $114,250 to 223 clubs across Canada. It is a part of the Club Fund’s annual $250, 000 commitment to 4-H Canada. Although, the Shawville 4-H club did not benefit from this year’s funding, the Director of Marketing and Communications […]

The new Brauwerk Hoffman brewery opened last Friday, December 7th, in Campbell’s Bay. The owner, Todd Hoffman, told CHIP that he was hoping to do well but was not expecting one beer to do as well as it did: According to Hoffman, the event was a success, and an estimated 170 people made it out […]

On December 13th, the Société d’aide au développement de la collectivité (SADC) Pontiac invites its partners and Pontiac residents to its annual brunch and open house at its Campbell’s Bay office. The SADC Pontiac’s business advisor and event organizer, Brittany Morin, explained why the company holds this event annually. For the theme, SADC Pontiac has […]

Today was the funeral of Carl Morin who died suddenly last Wednesday. He was a host at CHIP 101.9 and was heavily involved with the Knights of Columbus’ Food Drive and several Knights activities of the Councils 7221. The funeral mass was celebrated today, Monday, December 10th, at the St. Pierre Church, in Fort-Coulonge, at […]