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In a press release on Thursday, Pontiac MNA Will Amos confirmed that one hundred and ninety-seven small businesses, not-for-profit organizations and municipalities in the federal riding of Pontiac have received funding under the 2018 Canada Summer Jobs program to hire 281 local students this summer. The investment represents a total of $ 738,881 in Pontiac. […]

Public transit in the Pontiac could experience an expansion of services. The director of economic development at the MRC Pontiac Émilie Chazelas, said that the establishment of inter-municipal transportation is envisioned: A partnership with the Outaouais Transportation Corporation (STO) is also planned for transportation between the Pontiac and Gatineau. Émilie Chazelas’ full interview is available […]

The Regional Council for the Environment and Sustainable Development of the Outaouais (CREDDO) is working with the MRC Pontiac to create projects related to the environment in order to increase CREDDO’s influence in the territory. In an interview during the special broadcast from the MRC offices last Wednesday, the recycling management project coordinator, Nicolas Greugny, […]

The Caisse Desjardins de Fort-Coulonge held its annual general meeting this week. The volume of business has increased since the Laurentian Bank closed in Fort coulonge, having a positive growth impact at its local competiton, the Caisse Desjardins. Director of the Caisse Desjardins de Fort-Coulonge Stéphane Labine explains: CHIP 101.9 has learned, that the increase […]

LiveWell Foods Canada announced yesterday that it has completed the acquisition of the land in Litchfield, with the goal of establishing a world-class research and innovation center for cannabis production. Mayor of the Municipality of Litchfield, Colleen Larivière: The acquisition of more than 450 acres of land is expected to continue the LiveWell project, whose […]

Renfrew County Fiddlers monthly dance and Pot Luck will be held at Mateway Activity Centre on Saturday May 12, 2018 from 6pm to 12pm featuring fiddle and country dance music. General admission $6.00 and Members $4.00. Thank you for your support.

As part of the annual customer service awards competition at the Outaouais SAQ, the Mansfield SAQ stood out by finishing 2nd overall for the Outaouais. In fact, the Mansfield SAQ obtained this second place thanks to the various comments and surveys carried out by the customers who highlighted the excellent service by the staff.

Yesterday during a special broadcast live from the MRC Pontiac, an interview conducted with the MRC Pontiac Warden Jane Toller, who confided that she met recently with the Commonwealth Plywood President, William T Caine, whose company still owns a mill located in Rapide-des-Joachims. When it came to the forest industry, she said she hoped to […]

Senior hockey should be back in the Outaouais and Pontiac. One of the organizers of this new league, Dannick Boisvert, confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that a franchise should be established in Fort-Coulonge. He confirmed in Le Droit Journal yesterday that there is a good chance we will see a team also in Shawville as part […]

Martin Bertrand, a teacher and also a municipal councilor on Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, is currently fulfilling his dream by going to Mount Everest’s base camp in Nepal. CHIP 101.9 spoke with him by phone. This full interview with the école secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge teacher and municipal councilor on Ile-du-Grand Calumet Martin Bertrand is available here. To follow the […]