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A brand new exhibition featuring the world of Hot Wheels! ” Hot Wheels – Towards the Podium ” is presented exclusively at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau. James Trépanier, Curator at the Museum, says that they are the only museum in Canada to offer this exhibit: Clip – James Trépanier This traveling exhibition […]

Phare Ouest will launch its cinema nights for the 2017-2018 season on 30 September. Phare Ouest organizer Louis Harvey says that the cinema night’s objective is to allow for engagement and socialization. Louis Harvey – programmation du cinéma répertoire The same evening will mark the official launch of the Fort Coulonge International Women’s Film Festival. […]

At a meeting held last Monday, the municipal council of Fort-Coulonge touched on the infrastructure works carried out on private property belonging in part to local businessman Roy Hérault. The work site would have benefited from work done by the Fort-Coulonge municipality employees, concerning a new entrance to this property. During the discussion the whole […]

The Pontiac Chamber of Commerce has officially announced that it is organizing a forum in French and English for candidates for Warden of the Pontiac MRC. This meeting will take place on Tuesday, October 10, 2017, at the Campbell’s Bay Recreation Center (RA) starting at 6:30 pm at 2 Second Street, Campbell’s Bay. Admission is […]

There should be at least three candidates for the top post at the Municipal Hall in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontrefact. Councillor Gilles Dionne confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that he would be running as Mayor of the Municipality of Mansfield. The current mayor Kathleen Bélec and businessman Terry Lévesque have already confirmed their intention to run. […]

From September 1 to 4, police officers of the Sûreté du Québec carried out numerous operations to ensure the safety of off everyone on the roadways in all regions of Québec during the Labor Day holiday weekend. Despite awareness-raising campaigns, prior to this long weekend, police officers reported over 5,000 violations of the Highway Safety […]

The Carrefour Jeunesse Emploi du Pontiac officially launched its new program, La Défriche, yesterday morning. The program is designed for young people in Pontiac, between the ages of 14 and 29. The goal of the program is to give young people tools to accompany them in school, in their professional life or in personal life, […]

The Pontiac Community Development Corporation, known as the CDC Pontiac, has recently launched a new website, allowing members of the organization to be better informed, equipped and to network. From the CDC Pontiac Michel Vallières says that new site is in place to better reflect the Pontiac: Clip Michel Vallières The site is http://www.cdcpontiac.org/ The […]

CHIP 101.9 met yesterday with Pierre Fréchette, former Mayor of the Grand-Calumet Island, who spoke on among other things, on his resignation as mayor of the island municipality earlier this year. Pierre Fréchette said that after 2 people in positions of power in the municipality asked him to go against his integrity, bend the rules […]

As announced by CHIP 101.9, well-known business woman in the Pontiac Jane Toller will officially announce her entry into the race to become the first warden elected by universal suffrage in the Pontiac MRC. According to a Facebook post from Engage Pontiac, she will hold a meeting this Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Pontiac […]