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The Pontiac Snowmobile races, which have been organized in recent years to raise funds for the Fort-Coulonge arena (Centre de loisirs des Draveurs Century 21 Élite), will return on March 4. Registration will take place on site, in the field next to the arena. Entry is $15 and children 12 and under get in free. […]

CHIP 101.9 spoke with Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary about the municipality’s recently passed budget for 2023. He said that this year’s budget wasn’t easy, as expenses were up due to pressures from inflation and the increased cost of gas. Revenue ($2,871,945) McCleary said that they raised the mill rate for 2023 to 83 cents per […]

This past weekend (January 14 and 15), the l’Association de hockey mineur de Fort-Coulonge organized an adult hockey tournament that brought out 11 teams from the area. Association President Paul Boisvert explained that they were still counting the total amount raised, but added that it would go towards keeping registration fees as low as possible. […]

Certain services at Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) offices throughout Quebec (including the one in Campbell’s Bay) will be interrupted between January 27 and February 14 as the organization rolls out its new online service portal, SAAQclic. A press release issued by MRC Pontiac states that the public should plan their transactions ahead […]

The Quyon Lions are hosting a comedy fundraiser this Saturday evening (January 21) at Gavin’s Hotel. The event will be headlined by Mike Rita and will also feature Matt Santos and Rob Aaron Morgan. The MC for the evening will be Nick Burden. The event gets underway at 6:30 p.m. and tickets are $25. Lions […]

Recently, municipal councils across the MRC Pontiac have been developing and adopting their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 is in the process of gathering the budgetary information from each municipality in the region and discussing with municipal officials on realities they face this year. Here is a look at: The Municipality of Sheenboro For 2023, […]

Over the past few weeks, municipal councils across the MRC Pontiac have been developing and adopting their budgets for 2023. CHIP 101.9 will be discussing with municipal officials about their budgets and the realities of their municipalities. Here is a look at: The Municipality of Chichester As one of the MRC Pontiac’s smallest municipalities with 350 […]

The Shawville Curling and Golf Club intends to differsifying its services this year, introducing new golf analysis equipement, lessons and something for non-golfers. In an interview, Jeff Russell, a member of the Shawville Curling Club’s board of directors, told CHIP 101.9 about their newly installed golf swing analysis machine, which he says is intended to […]

Citizens are invited to the first public sitting of the MRC Pontiac council of mayors of 2023, which will take place this Wednesday, January 18. Questions can be asked of council during the meeting, or submitted electronically here. The deadline to submit questions is January 18 at noon. The meeting will start at 6:30 p.m. […]

Former Pontiac MP Will Amos billed taxpayers more than $10,000 for an executive training course months after he left office. MPs who do not seek re-election or are not re-elected are entitled to up to $15,000 in transition expenses such as career training or education “to help them re-establish themselves”. According to a House of […]