Author: Véronique Boulianne
On December 16, staff at Pontiac High School called an assembly during their annual Christmas Cup volleyball tournament to hold an official ribbon cutting for their newly installed bleachers. Darcy Findlay, a phys ed. teacher and one of the instigators of the fundraising drive for the new seats, explained that they had been more than […]
Adresse : 533 rue Baume, Fort-Coulonge Qc Under the general director’s supervision and in cooperation Tasks related to schedules: Tient and update the “Horaire plus” data store and maintain the employees’ daily home schedules. Organize and communicate the work schedule to the relevant parties. Allows for changes to client documents. Verified and recorded in the […]
MRC Pontiac is hosting the opening of a free art exhibition at the Shawville arena on Friday December 27 by local painter Ruby Ewan entitled Suite for a Hill. The MRC has decided to develop an itinerant exhibition that will be shown in each of the venues. Therefore, it is intended that the paintings be […]
Following the announcement last month that the Commonwealth Plywood mill in Rapides-des-Joachims was going to lay off its 23 employees effective December 19, a company representative has clarified that they will remain open for now, but the situation is precarious. In an email to CHIP 101.9, the company’s Vice-President of Forestry Joël Quévillon specified that […]
With the end of 2024 fast approaching, Pontiac MNA André Fortin stopped by CHIP 101.9’s studio for a discussion of the provincial issues that impacted the region over the past 12 months. A good portion of the discussion dealt with the health care issues facing the region, from the fight over imagery technician bonuses over […]
Pontiac MNA André Fortin looks back on the year 2024 and the provincial issues that impacted the region.
Following the Canada Post strike, the Mansfield library decided to install a mailbox to help Santa Claus receive the letters that the children of Pontiac would like to send him. From the Mansfield Library, France Lavoie spoke about the project with CHIP 101.9 in a French-language interview: She also specified that the service is offered […]
After hosting their annual “guignolée” on Thursday, local food bank Bouffe Pontiac has announced that they’ve brought in $11,302, which is more this year than year’s previous. Local participants also donated 227 kg of food items on top of the cash. On Monday (December 9) they also accepted a cheque for $5,000 from local Promutual […]
Residents who will be alone during the holidays are invited to a Christmas buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Sunday December 15th organized by Jane Toller who mentioned she has been thinking about this idea for a while and hoped to be able to organize an event that would bring people together. Gaëtan Forgues’ musical […]
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