Author: Marie Gionet
The Ottawa Gee-Gees men’s hockey team captain and Vinton native, Quinn O’Brien, will be playing his last regular-season games this weekend with his final home game this Saturday night against Laurentian where he and the other seniors on the team will be honoured for the years they put in with the team. Jacob Lavigne spoke […]
Genevieve Morrison, originally from Campbell’s Bay, was inducted in the Canada West (CW) Hall of Fame Friday, after a decorated Student-Athlete wrestling career for the University of Calgary. Morisson Spoke to CHIP 101.9’s Eric O’Brien on her induction and her journey.
A Campbell’s Bay native, Genevieve (Haley) Morrison was inducted in the Canada-West Hall of Fame Friday, after a decorated Student-Athlete wrestling career for the University of Calgary. From 2007 to 2011, Morrison topped the national podium, claiming the Canada-West gold medal each season, while becoming the first female wrestler to win five consecutive gold medals […]
More than fifty people attended the screening of the 2019 Ski to Parliament documentary last Friday at Sieur-de-Coulonge high school. This documentary summed up the cross-country skiing expedition of a dozen ESSC students from Fort-Coulonge to Parliament Hill in Ottawa in February 2019. The adventure lasted four days and a total of 130 kilometres. One […]
This week, the Syndicat du personnel de l’enseignement des Hautes-Rivières (Teachers union) and the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board are highlighting Teacher Appreciation Week. The theme this year is to thank 1,216,791 times the teachers, one for each students who attend schools in Quebec. The president of the Syndicat, Daniel Boisjoli, hopes above all for concrete gestures […]
The Housing Authority of Pontiac was official launched on January 1st, 2020, bringing together the MRC Pontiac and the municipality of Pontiac (19 municipalities in total). This new office, which has 121 social housing units, received support from the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ), and its partners, along the process of its implementation, which began […]
The Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board released its 2018-2019 annual report, in which we learn that, during the previous year, the CSHBO provided services for 34 municipalities and 2 Aboriginal communities in the MRC du Pontiac and the MRC de la Vallée-de-la-Gatineau, amounting to a little more than 2,700 students. The report also summarized the establishments presided […]
In a press release, the Member of Parliament for the Pontiac William Amos said he was pleased that the Government of Canada released a draft scientific assessment of plastic pollution, which highlights the magnitude of plastic pollution in Canada. This assessment confirms that larger plastics, such as bags and straws can cause physical harm to […]
The Comets’ offense delivered another high scoring game on Saturday, winning 10-6 over the Mont-Laurier Montagnards. During the game, Justin Charbonneau and Matthew Warren both scored two goals, earning respectively the first and second stars of the game. The Comets have now solidified the first place in the league with a record of 12 wins […]
Last week, CHIP 101.9 met with the mini-journalists of l’École des Petits-Ponts, pavillion Notre-Dame-du-Sacré-Coeur in L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, to learn about the subjects they were covering in school. Each of the 5 students were given a school program to write about, which they presented during the interview with France Lavoie, the mini-journalists program coordinator. During the interview, […]