Author: Marie Gionet
Western Quebec Literacy Council Director Michelle Gagnon speaks about the group’s tutoring programs and how to volunteer. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Michelle Gagnon – WQLC tutoring
The Western Quebec Literacy Council (WQLC) is seeking volunteers to help out with several of their programs. The WQLC is a non-profit group that helps English-speakers of all ages in Western Quebec improve their literacy as well as numeracy and other life skills. Director Michelle Gagnon explained that they looking for volunteers to help with […]
Outgoing Clarendon Mayor John Armstrong looks back on 16 years in local politics and talks about his reasons for not seeking re-election this year. CHIP101.9 · Interview – John Armstrong – looking back
With the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation coming up this Thursday September 30, there will be several groups marking the occasion in the area. The date was made a federal holiday by parliament back in June and this will be the first national day to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, […]
Mansfield et Pontefract Mayor Gilles Dionne has decided that he will not be seeking another term. First elected as a councillor in 2009, he said that he’d enjoyed the past 12 years, but wanted to spend more time with his family. Elected mayor in 2017, Dionne has been heavily involved in the attempted relaunch of […]
Quebec’s forest fire fighting agency, SOPFEU, tried to reassure the public and elected officials on the future of their base in Maniwaki during a press conference on September 24. After announcing that the general director would be deployed to Val d’Or, several elected officials in MRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau expressed their displeasure. MRC Pontiac Warden […]
The candidates in the Pontiac region as of 4 p.m. on September 28 (note that CHIP 101.9 will be updating this list regularly): Names in black – incumbent Names in [rouge]red[/rouge] – new candidate Names in [bleu]blue[/bleu] – returning candidate from a different role Alleyn-et-Cawood Mayor: [rouge]Joseph Squitti[/rouge] (former mayor), Carl Mayer Councillor(2): Jason Emery […]
The CAQ government announced yesterday that they would be offering bonuses of up to $18,000 to nursing staff in the province who work full-time. A payment of $12,000 will be given to nursing staff who retired or moved to the private sector to return to the public system on a full schedule. Full-time nurses as […]
The candidates in the Pontiac region as of 4 p.m. on September 27 (note that CHIP 101.9 will be updating this list regularly): Names in black – incumbent Names in [rouge]red[/rouge] – new candidate Names in [bleu]blue[/bleu] – returning candidate from a different role Alleyn-et-Cawood Mayor: [rouge]Joseph Squitti[/rouge] (former mayor), Carl Mayer Councillor(2): Jason Emery […]
Work to replace a culvert on chemin du lac Wright, in between Bertrand and Wright lakes in the TNO will take place from September 27 to October 1.