Public Announcements
BELL COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT
UPDATE ON COMMUNICATIONS BLACKOUT For any emergencies, please go to the closest fire Hall to the location of the emergency. From there, they will be able to help regardless of needed fire ambulance or police. 🚒 According to information obtained by CHIP 101.9, a damaged cable disrupted Internet and telephone services in several areas of […]
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Local Author Luke Murphy release’s new book Wild Card
Pontiac Author Luke Murphy released another book this past weekend entitled Wild Card. The book is a sequel to the first book Luke Murphy had ever published Dead Man’s Hand. The author told CHIP about the book: Clip – Luke Murphy Wild Card is available on Amazon.ca and will be in local stores in the […]
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Swearing in of the 2017-2018 school parliament at ESSC
Last night was the swearing in of the school parliament 2017-2018 at École secondaire Sieur-de-Coulonge. For the occasion, the students attended, in the same fashion as the National Assembly in Quebec City, a swearing ceremony in the presence among others of the director general of the Commission scolaire des Hauts-Bois-de-l’Outaouais Fernand Paré and the President […]
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Gilles Beaulieu will try to be re-elected in Fort-Coulonge
In Fort-Coulonge, Councillor Gilles Beaulieu is trying to be re-elected. Last winter Mr. Beaulieu celebrated his 31st year as councillor. In an interview with CHIP 101.9, Mr. Beaulieu explained why he reapply for councillor 1 in Fort-Coulonge and said that with a new mayor, he will have another opportunity to share his ideas: Clip – […]
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CAA-Quebec educates seniors on good driving habits
Over the next 10 years, there will be more than 1.5 million seniors on Québec roads, and while good driving habits is not determined by age, navigating the roads can be a challenge in itself. The CAA-Quebec Foundation will be touring about 20 places across the province in the near future to promote awareness of […]
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The Canadian Bristol Dryland Dog Race Championship will be held on October 28 and 29
In less than two weeks the Bristol Dryland Canadian Dog Race Championship will be held on the 28 and 29 of October. During an episode of Ces gens d’ici, CHIP discussed the preparations with the organizer of this project and owner of Bristol Dryland, Denis Rozon: Clip – Denis Rozon Several racers and their dogs […]
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Les mauvaises herbes; First film of the season presented by Phare Ouest
The first feature film presented by Phare Ouest, Les mauvaises herbes, will be presented on October 25 at the école St-Pierre in Fort-Coulonge. One of the organizers, Louis Harvey talks about the film. Clip – Louis Harvey Full interview is available here.
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Fire Prevention Week
This week is Fire Prevention Week which is taking place under the slogan La prévention, c’est bon! C’est dans la cuisine que ça se passe. Prevention is Good! Especially in the kitchen. Bob Le Chef is the spokesperson for the event for a second year in a row and says that 1 in 3 house […]
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Residents of the MRC are invited to check their registration on the electoral list
Residents wishing to add, remove or modify information on the list of electorates must go to their local municipal office during the electoral lists review which will be held on Thursday, October 19 from 7 pm to 10 pm and Monday, October 23 from 10 am to 5:30 pm . For residences of Allumettes island […]
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127 people attend English language debate
Last night, 127 people were present for the Equity’s English language warden candidates’ debate. A wide array of topics were discussed. When addressing municipal amalgamation Linda Davis spoke of the mergers as inevitable: Clip – Linda Davis On communication infrastructure Pierre Fréchette spoke of the communication blackouts in the region: Clip – Pierre Fréchette During […]
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