Author: Marie Gionet
Jacynthe Bélair talks about the memorial bench that was recently unveiled at the Chutes Coulonge Park to honour her friends Karine Marion and Todd “TJ” Vibert Jr., who passed away in March 2020. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Jacynthe Bélair – memorial bench
A memorial bench was unveiled at the Chutes Coulonge Park on Saturday (November 6) in honour of a young couple who passed away in March 2020. Jacynthe Bélair wanted a way to remember her friends Todd “TJ” Vibert Jr., 23, of Campbell’s Bay and his fiancée Karine Marion, 22, of Fort Coulonge, who died in […]
Serena Larivière talks about the return of the Pontiac Day Centre. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Serena Larivière – Pontiac Day Centre
A new musical duo named after a Pontiac landmark released their first EP on Friday (November 5). Bristol Mines, made up of Burke Johnson and Isaac Baronikian, dropped their debut project entitled Easy Target on November 5, and it’s now available on Spotify and Apple Music. The pair met while studying audio engineering in Ottawa […]
The Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ) published its regional panorama of Quebec on November 4, which is a socio-economic portrait of the 17 administrative regions and the regional county municipalities (MRCs) that constitute them. The panorama presents eleven aspects of administrative regions: demography, labour market, education, regional GDP, disposable income per capita, living […]
Here is the list of municipal elected officials in the Pontiac region. *Note that these results are unofficial and could be subject to change* Name in black – Incumbent Name in [rouge] red [/ rouge] – New candidate Name in [bleu] blue [/ bleu] – Candidate back in a different role MRC Pontiac Warden After […]
Newly elected Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary said that waking up as the new representative of his community was a strange feeling. CHIP101.9 · Clip – Bill McCleary – reaction McCleary had served on council for the majority of the past eight years and narrowly lost the mayoral race in 2017, coming up 16 votes short […]
Newly elected Shawville Mayor Bill McCleary talks about his election campaign. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Bill McCleary – election win
Newly elected Thorne Mayor Karen Daly Kelly talks about her election campaign. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Karen Daly Kelly – election win
Outgoing Thorne Mayor Karen Daly Kelly won a second term at the helm of council, prevailing over former mayor Terry Murdock, the same opponent she faced off against in 2017. She improved her margin of victory from her first campaign, garnering 69% of the vote compared to 65% four years ago. She said that she […]
