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As part of our ongoing coverage of the Ontario election, CHIP spoke to the NDP candidate for Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Ethel Lavalley. During her conversation, she spoke of the crippling student debt as being the biggest problem with the education system. When speaking about healthcare, the NDP candidate said that drug cost was an issue of concern […]

Members of the Caisse populaire Desjardins Chapeau were invited to participate in its annual general meeting last Monday. There was talk of the Caisse populaire Desjardins Chapeau consolidation project with the Caisse Populaire Fort-Coulonge. The bank said it wanted to explore all possibilities to explore ways to allow members to offer more. In the press […]

The Pontiac MRC has announced the closure of part of the PPJ Cyclopark. Access will be closed between chemins Lionel and chemins Campbell’s Bay in the Clarendon area. Signs were installed at both access points and at the intersection of chemins Campbell’s Bay and chemins Moorhead. A 3.5 km detour is in place on the […]

Mission accomplished for the Fort-Coulonge International Women’s Film Festival, which achieved its goal of raising $ 4,000 as part of its crowd funding program launched a few weeks ago. This Film Festival is an event dedicated exclusively to women directors from near and far. Suzanne Vallières-Nollet is grateful for the generosity of donors. A total […]

Pontiac residents are invited to attend a public meeting on agriculture on June 4th. This event will take place at the Campbell’s Bay Recreation Center from 7 to 9 pm, and will be chaired by the MRC Pontiac Warden, Jane Toller. The objective of the meeting is to bring together the different stakeholders in the […]

Ontarians will go to the polls on June 7th to decide who to send to Queens Park. The Green Party of Ontario candidate in Renfrew-Nipissing-Pembroke Anna Dolan spoke to CHIP about 2 issues that she is passionate about: Anna Dolan also spoke about the Green Party leader Mike Schreiner: The full interview with Anna Dolan […]

The Conservative candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada in the riding of Pontiac was announced this week, Dave Blackburn, a former member of the Canadian Armed Forces who is now a professor at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, in the social studies department. An interview will be conducted soon to get to know […]

Join the Bonnechere Museum Saturday, June 9th at 11AM for an introduction to fly fishing with Tom Adamchick. Learn all the basic concepts you need to know to start out with fly fishing, including the elements of casting and how to tie a fly, complete with a fly tying demonstration. You will be in good […]

The Sûreté du Québec is asking for help from the public to identify three people in relation to a break and enter in a trade on Main Street in Portage-du-Fort on January 2, 2018. Around 1:30 am, three suspects entered the business after smashing a window. They fled quickly after hearing the alarm. They tried […]

Pontiac MP William Amos hailed last week a major investment of $ 2 million from Bell to strengthen the telecommunications network in the MRC Pontiac. During an interview with CHIP 101.9, he spoke of some details of the steps he took with Bell. It is expected that Bell will establish an additional link between Chapeau, […]