Author: Marie Gionet
The Pontiac NDP riding association is inviting citizens to attend a panel discussion on the proposed near surface disposal facility at Canadian Nuclear Laboratories site at Chalk River. The event will take place this Saturday, May 14 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (Room E0204, Pavillon Alexandre-Taché). Association President […]
Pontiac NDP riding association President Catherine Emond-Provencher talks about their upcoming meeting on nuclear waste at Chalk River. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Catherine Emond-Provencher – Chalk river meeting
Melissa Piché of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac talks about their new summer jobs pilot project. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Melissa Piché – summer jobs
The Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac recently launched their new student employment days pilot project for the month of May, in order to prepare French and English-speaking students in Pontiac’s high schools and adult education centers for the job market. Project manager Mélissa Piché explained that the intention of this program is to help students aged […]
On Thursday last week, MRC Pontiac announced that their economic development director Cyndy Phillips would be stepping down from her role, effective May 27. Phillips was hired on as the head of the department in February 2020, taking over from Danielle Newman, who herself left the MRC in January 2020. She is the third economic […]
Outgoing MRC Pontiac Economic Development Director Cyndy Phillips talks about her departure. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Cyndy Phillips – stepping down
CHIP 101.9 Bingo, presented every Monday at 7 pm, will soon be getting some major improvements starting in June, as a way to be more generous and offer more money to its clientele. Following an extensive two-year consultation period with a variety of bingo players, CHIP 101.9 decided to raise its total prize pool to […]
Ontario Power Generation is advising motorists that use the bridge to Limerick Island near the Chenaux dam that it will be closed to traffic overnight for several days between June and September. The reason for the closures is work being done to upgrade the structure. The river crossing will be closed between 8 p.m. and […]
Mansfield-et-Pontefract weightlifter Xavier Lusignan finished 11th yesterday in his first appearance at the World Junior Weightlifting Championships, which took place in Greece. The 19-year-old athlete’s performance can be viewed here.
Visitors to the Pont Blanc beach in Mansfield-et-Pontefract will have a new activity to try out at the end of the month: axe throwing. The beach site, which is operated by the coopérative Aventure Hélianthe will officially open of the new lanes on May 29. Guillaume Lavoie-Harvey explained that while he understood the reservations some […]