Holiday activities

The local Knights of Columbus hosted their annual “guignolée” or food drive last Friday in the communities of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield. Ninety volunteers split among 12 teams canvassed door-to-door for donations, which were collected and distributed from the parish hall. According to one of the organizers, Ken Hobbs, they were able to distribute enough food […]

MRC Pontiac is hosting the opening of a free art exhibition at the Shawville arena on Friday December 27 by local painter Ruby Ewan entitled Suite for a Hill. The MRC has decided to develop an itinerant exhibition that will be shown in each of the venues. Therefore, it is intended that the paintings be […]

Following the Canada Post strike, the Mansfield library decided to install a mailbox to help Santa Claus receive the letters that the children of Pontiac would like to send him. From the Mansfield Library, France Lavoie spoke about the project with CHIP 101.9 in a French-language interview: She also specified that the service is offered […]

Residents who will be alone during the holidays are invited to a Christmas buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Sunday December 15th organized by Jane Toller who mentioned she has been thinking about this idea for a while and hoped to be able to organize an event that would bring people together. Gaëtan Forgues’ musical […]

Just as in years previous, the Chutes Coulonge Park in Mansfield-et-Pontefract will be hosting their Festival of Lights during the weekends leading up to the new year, but with a bit of a twist this season. Visitors will be able to walk the scenic route next to the waterfalls every Friday and Saturday evening in […]

As its largest annual fundraiser approaches on December 5, local food bank Bouffe Pontiac is dealing with a heavier demand and larger expenses than in years previous. Bouffe’s Director Kim Laroche explained that while demand was a tricky thing to quantify, the amount of clients that they serve had spiked in the last few years, […]

Again this year, there will be some changes to the bingo broadcast schedule during the holiday season, both for CHIP’s bingos and those of the Knights of Columbus. For CHIP, the schedule is as follows; Monday, December 2 at 7 PM Tuesday, December 3 mega bingo at 7 PM Monday, December 9 and 16 at […]

Earlier today (August 30) the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ), the union representing roughly 80,000 nurses and health care professionals across the province, announced that they are turning up the pressure on the provincial government. After more than 500 days without an agreement, Treasury Board President Sonia Lebel put forward the government’s […]

With the Labour Day weekend approaching, the town of Shawville is gearing up for their busiest time of the year with the return of the Shawville Fair. The event runs from Thursday to Monday (August 29 to September 2) with a host of agricultural competitions and activities for all ages. General Manager Mavis Hanna explained […]

Local theatre troupe the Pontiac Community Players are inviting the public to take in their annual summer comedy from Wednesday to Saturday next week in Bristol. The play “Having Hope at Home” by David S. Craig will be shown at Coronation Hall Cider Mills (206 chemin River) from August 21-24 at 7 p.m. Co-director Darlene […]