Author: Marie Gionet
The Position of Chair of the Western Québec School Board, which has be vacant since the passing of James Shea, will now be filled by Alain Guy, formerly the vice-chair School Board. Guy was appointed Tuesday night at the Council of commissionaires meeting and will now become the fifth person to hold this position since […]
The Economic Development Council of Ontario (EDCO) presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Excellence in Economic Development to the Ottawa Valley Recreation Trail Partners Group. The award was presented at the annual conference of the EDCO on January 31st in the category “Collaboration and partnership and cross-border for communities of 50,000 to 250,000 inhabitants”. EDCO’s […]
The next Pontiac Chamber of Commerce General Meeting will be held on February 21st at 5:30pm at the Brauwerk Hoffman brewery in Campbell’s Bay. The members of the organization are invited to attend two presentations: the first will be given by Sylvie Séguin of the Saint-Laurent- Mont-Royal Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to discuss the […]
The Board of Directors of the Shawville Fair elected a new president at their annual general meeting (AGM) on January 24th. Tyler McCann, a 10 year Board member, said in yesterday’s press release that he is ”honoured to continue the tradition of the fair and how it brings the community together every year. We have […]
According to the information obtained by CHIP 101.9, the American company Renmatix, which owns various industrial complexes in Pennsylvania, New York State and Georgia, is the company that has been singled out to establish a bio-refinery that could be settled in Litchfield as part of the development of a Biomass Conversion Center. The Warden of […]
A public meeting concerning the Résidence Meilleur du Haut Pontiac, the senior’s home in Chapeau, will take place this Thursday at 7pm at Harrington Hall in the Chapeau sector of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes. It will include questions about the project’s schedule, the budget, the process for registering to live there, and the various details for future of […]
A local Chef originally from the municipality of Bryson, Yannick La Salle, along with his team of Chefs from Les Fougères restaurant in Chelsea, won first place at the 2019 Canadian Culinary Championships. This prestigious culinary award, which aims to raise funds for the Canadian Olympic Foundation, took place last weekend in the city of […]
Quebec municipalities are invited to apply for the opportunity to obtain one of the 21 “I work for my city” internship scholarships worth $ 3,000, offered by the Relève municipale committee. A committee consisting mainly of l’Association des directeurs généraux des municipalités du Québec (ADGMQ), of the Corporation des officiers municipaux agréés du Québec (COMAQ) […]
Teachers, management and educational resources of the Commission Scholaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais (CSHBO) made their way to New Brunswick at the end of January to participate in a seminar on education, in the city of Clair. Among the 23 members CSHBO who participated in the conference, ten of which were Pontiac staff members, including five teachers […]
Tuesday night, the Western Quebec school board appoint a new chair. Alain Guy, who will now be walking in the footsteps of his predecessor, James Shea, who passed away on December 31st, told CHIP that he is humbled to do so: The newly appointed chair of the school board became the fifth person to hold […]