Interviews

The 22nd annual snowmobile races will be held this Saturday, February 9th at the Centre des loisirs des Draveurs, in Fort-Coulonge. The main organizer, Pierre Laporte, gives us all the details, in this interview with Eric O’Brien.

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 […]

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 […]

CHIP 101.9 contacted many municipalities to ask them about the changes made to their budget and what the citizens of their municipality can expect for 2019. From the municipality of Campbell’s Bay, Mayor Maurice Beauregard: The Director General of the municipality of Rapides-des-Joahchins, Sylvain Bégin: The Director General of the municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, Sabrina Larivière: […]

Warden Jane Toller talking about her meeting with Pierre Dufour on Forestry in the Pontiac. An interview with Eric O’Brien.

Warden Jane Toller talking about the meeting at the MRC on 13 ways to kill a community, with our host Eric O’Brien.

The annual Fishing Derby organized by the Otter Lake Fire department will be held this Saturday, February 2nd, at Farm Lake in the municipality of Otter Lake at 6am. The key organizer of the Derby, Jean-Paul Lafleur gave more details in this interview with Eric O’Brien.

The 9th edition of the Pontiac Cup 3v3 tournament will take place from April 11th to 14th, 2019 at the Centre de Loisirs des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge. The main organizer of this event, Danick Boisvert, gives some details on the date change for this 2019 edition, in an interview with Eric O’Brien.

Luskville will celebrate its 26th annual carnival this weekend (Jan 25th -27th) under a new name: the Carnaval du Pontiac, organized by the Groupe Action-jeunesse Luskville, which organizes sports, arts and cultural activities for youth in the municipality. The Carnival kicks off tonight until Sunday and families are invited to come out and enjoy the […]

David Gilespie talking about the power outages in Allumettes over 10 years of stats. An interview with Eric O’Brien.