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The Pontiac will be featured in a book that will soon be released. Québec: au cœur de cette province unique du Canada, is a picture book by photographer Mathieu Dupuis. In it Mansfield’s famous Felix Gabriel Marchand Red Bridge is depicted on page 205, described as one of Quebec’s jewels, in the chapter that focuses […]

The management team at l’établissement des Petits-Ponts unveiled its new logo last night at the Council of Commissioners meeting held at Sieur-de-Coulonge. Mansfield resident, Céline Romain’s logo was chosen as part of a contest last October. The drawing is a blue star surrounded by logs forming bridges around the stars corners and green pellets representing […]

On May 19th and 20th, RS Ranch Rodeo will be back again in Mansfield. RS Ranch owner Suzie Carrier spoke to CHIP 101.9 about the event. The cost of entry for is $ 5. The full interview is available here.

With the return of good weather and start of spring cleaning, the Municipality of Pontiac has posted a message on its Facebook page from the Pontiac Fire Safety System (SSI), to remind us of some regulations and advice. It states among others things that; • The risk of a fire increases in April and May, […]

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation raised $ 35,399.35 at the benefit dinner held on April 21 in Fort-Coulonge. According to Anne Bertrand-Amyotte, Chair of the Board of Directors of the organization, the event was a success. You can still donate to the CLSC Pontiac Foundation. Anne Bertrand-Amyotte gives us the details. The President of the Foundation […]

The annual CHIP 101.9 Radiothon will be held this weekend, on Saturday and Sunday, April 28-29. Among other programs this weekend, Nathalie Vassilof will have country artist Yvan Petit on Country en Folie this Saturday and listeners will be able to call in their donations either during Country en Folie or at another time. Earlier […]

The Phare Ouest cinema evenings will draw to a close of their 2017-2018 season with the film Hochelaga : Terre des âmes. Louis Harvey of Phare Ouest spoke to CHIP about the film. The screening will take place on April 25th on the 3rd floor of the École St-Pierre in Fort-Coulonge at 7pm.

The four Outaouais MRC’s as well as the City of Gatineau will share $ 802,170, which has been allocated to the region for isolated emergency services, under the Financial Assistance Program to support the organization of emergency responses in areas without road access. Eligible organizations will receive an amount to implement emergency services without road […]

Several members of the Pontiac Liberal Association, including MP William Amos, attended the Liberal National Convention held in Halifax, Nova Scotia from April 19-21. The purpose of this event is to bring together thousands of members of the Liberal party from across Canada to hear keynote speakers and participate in training workshops on campaigning techniques, […]

L’école secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge participated in a contest that touches the entire continent, the “Slame tes accents” contest organized by the Center de la Francophonie des Amériques. The contest was held from March 1st to March 31st as part of the Month that celebrates the French language in the Americas, La Francophonie. 130 videos have been […]