Author: Marie Gionet
Many local Pontiac merchants have taken advantage of the holiday season to promote themselves in various Christmas markets, some of which have even traveled outside of the Pontiac to showcase their products; in urban areas of the Outaouais and in Ottawa. This is the case for Daniel Sempels, of miellerie Sempels, a honey producer in […]
PRESS RELEASE The Bouffe Pontiac food drive took place on December 5th in Campbell’s Bay, Shawville and Allumette Island, from 6:00 am to 9:00 am. Once again, Pontiac residents demonstrated their enormous generosity. In only a few hours the amazing sum of 10 116,65$, along with 406.9kg of food were collected! These donations will allow […]
Parents from the Hauts-Bois-de-Outaouais School Board have publicly expressed their disagreement with Bill 40, the bill which changes the school governance; including the abolition of school boards and board members. This is the case for Mélissa Vachon, a mother involved in a school located in the municipality of Blue Sea which reopened after a two-year […]
The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais announced another interruption of service in the Obstetrics unit of the Pontiac Hospital as of today, Friday December 06, at 4pm until Monday, December 09, at 4pm. According to the press release issued by the CISSS de l’Outaouais today, the interruption is due […]
Eric O’Brien interviews Todd Hoffman on the one year anniversary of Brauwerk Hoffman in Campbell’s Bay.
The Brauwerk Hoffman brewery will celebrate its one year anniversary this Sunday, December 8th, from 11am to 3pm, and 4pm to 7pm with the presentation of a new beer, samples and food. For the occasion, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the owner, Todd Hoffman, to reflect on the first year of business for the brewery.
Last week, the Police officers of the Sûreté du Québec in the Outaouais-Laurentides region intervened in more than 20 cases of impaired driving by alcohol or drugs across the territory. According to Stg. Marc Tessier, last week report was part of the Province-wide Holiday operations to target impaired driving in Québec. He tells us more […]
The annual Bouffe Pontiac Food Drive will take place tomorrow, at three locations throughout the MRC Pontiac. Volunteers and partners of Bouffe Pontiac will collect donations from drivers in the area. From Bouffe Pontiac, Kim Laroche, gave more details about the Food Drive.
The annual Bouffe Pontiac Food Drive will take place tomorrow, at three locations throughout the MRC Pontiac. Volunteers and partners of Bouffe Pontiac will collect donations from drivers in the area. From Bouffe Pontiac, Kim Laroche, gave more details about the Food Drive. From 6:00 am to 9:00 am, volunteers will collect donations at the […]
Nearly forty people gathered at the Bryson’s Bistro du Bûcheron in Fort-Coulonge, Tuesday night, to attend the first performance of the newly established singer-songwriter Maxime De Wilde (Maxime Galand). He presented a two parts performance of original satirical based songs and a few covers. CHIP 101.9 met with Maxime after the show to get his […]