Author: Marie Gionet
The community of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg is hosting since several weeks the crew of the film “Bootlegger”, which is directed by Algonquin native Caroline Monnet, who spoke to CHIP 101.9 earlier this week. She spoke about her project. The full interview with Caroline Monnet is available here.
This Friday evening, a dozen or so teams of volunteers will be heading door-to-door in the municipalities of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield to collect non-perishable food and monetary donations as part of the annual Knights of Columbus Food Drive. The event coordinator Ken Hobbs, was in the CHIP 101.9 studio to give more details. The money […]
The Adult Education Center (Centre Pontiac) in Fort-Coulonge launched its new “enhanced” training program Formation en intégration sociale (FIS), on Wednesday, which aims to help students who have difficulties in everyday life. The coordinator of the Adult Education and Vocational Training Department at the Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais School Board (CSHBO), Normand Beaupré, gave a description of the […]
No injuries occurred in the Patterson street fire on Wednesday morning in the municipality of Campbell’s Bay. According to the municipality, at approximately 12:30am Wednesday morning, the Campbell’s Bay/Litchfield fire department was deployed to the housing unit 5, 7 and 9 on Patterson Street. According to authorities, the rental unit suffered a total loss. Early […]
A new Warden of the County of Renfrew was elected yesterday during the Inaugural Session of the Renfrew County Council. Reeve Debbie Robinson, the council representative of the Township of the Laurentian Valley, formally took the Oath of Office at yesterday’s session assuming the position of Warden for a one-year term. She was nominated against […]
David Gillespie talking about 2019 Canamex and Power outages.
Scott Judd year review important files in UPA Pontiac.
The Commission Municipal du Québec (CMQ) has not, as of yet, rendered a decision on the complaint filed against l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet Councillor Réjean Meilleur. Remember that Réjean Meilleur is facing a breach of the code of ethics and deontology for three altercations in 2018 and another in the spring. Of the four charges, it is noted […]
The residents of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet are invited to an extraordinary meeting, to adopt the municipal budget, on December 23rd starting at 7pm at 8 Montée Monseigneur-Martel. In addition to adopting the municipality’s 2020 budget, they will also adopt the three-year capital plan. The municipality is advising its residents that a formal public question period is planned, […]
The Canada-American Exchange Cuisine trail (CANAMEX project), an initiative created by a resident of the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes David Gillespie, is a tourism trail emphasizing the exchange between the various stakeholders in the Northeastern United States, Ontario and Quebec, in the field of agriculture. This trail, which will also including the Pontiac, should see further […]