Interviews

Despite a return to the yellow zone for the Outaouais region, several questions surrounding the border between Ontario and Quebec remain unanswered, according to Pontiac MNA André Fortin. The latter believes that the Premier of Quebec, François Legault, even confused the issue of the international border with the reality of the border with Ontario. He […]

In a public outing to CHIP 101.9, the Warden of the MRC Pontiac, Jane Toller, discussed the new reality of the Pontiac, with a growth in the number of homes sold and what she calls a demographic boom in the territory. Here is that interview. CHIP101.9 · Jane Toller – Demographic and economic changes

The Outaouais mobile vaccination clinic will be in the Pontiac from Thursday, June 3. The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) de l’Outaouais says it hopes to reach the population of the Pontiac territory for the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine. From the CISSS de l’Outaouais, Nicole Chaput comes to give us […]

A free adventure guide training and leadership program is set to be offered at Esprit rafting in Mansfield starting Monday, June 7. Jim Coffey from Esprit explained this new program to CHIP 101.9 as well as what to expect this summer. CHIP101.9 · Jim Coffey – Summer 2021 at Esprit

The Director General of the Western Quebec School Board, Mike Dubeau, gave an update to CHIP 101.9 on the COVID-19 situation in their schools, as well as the upcoming student vaccination campaign. Here is that interview with Mike Dubeau. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Mike Dubeau – WQSB update June 1

CHIP 101.9 spoke with Kings — Hants, Nova Scotia MP Kody Blois. Representative of this riding since the most recent election in 2019, Mr. Blois sees several similarities between the Pontiac and his riding, in particular the rural side and the fact that the Pontiac is located near Ottawa and Kings — Hants a few […]

Local weightlifter Xavier Lusignan is preparing to compete in the Junior Pan American Games at the end of June in Colombia. This is a first international experience for Xavier, who won the title of Canadian junior champion last spring. He discusses it in an interview. CHIP101.9 · Interview – Xavier Lusignant – Towards Colombia

Introduced last week, the Legault government’s Bill 96 entitled Act respecting the official and common language of Quebec, received attention. Some entrepreneurs in the region fear that this law will result in fines for their businesses, other citizens also fear that this bill does not go far enough to protect the French language. Pontiac MNA […]

The outfitters in the region are preparing to launch their season soon. As Denis Lebrun, the owner of Bryson Lake Lodge explains, adjustments have been made to receive customers in connection with the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. He gives us the details in an interview. CHIP101.9 · Denis Lebrun – Bryson Lake Lodge

David Gillespie, a farmer from the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes tells us about the various breakdowns in services from Bell and Hydro-Quebec. CHIP101.9 · David Gillespie – Hydro Qc vs Bell outages