Interviews
Interview – Nadia Aubert – 28 Day Sober challenge
The 28 Day Sober Challenge will begin in Quebec in the few days and will run throughout the month of February. This initiative, which is in its 7th year, is organized by the Jean Lapointe Foundation which offers workshops on prevention measures related to alcohol, cannabis and other drugs in secondary schools in all regions […]
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Interiew – Denis Rozon – Results of the 2020 Pontiac International
The 2020 Pontiac International Sled Dog Racing event was held over the weekend. Denis Rozon talks to the CHIP 101.9 journalist Eric O’Brien about how it went, and why he was glad to be able to host it.
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Interview – Senior Comets coach Jean Francois Lavergne on the teams big win
The Pontiac Comets faced the Montagnards last weekend in Mont Laurier, winning their highest-scoring game thus far, 14-2. Jacob Lavigne talks to Comets coach Jean Francois Lavergne on the team’s performance and about their upcoming game this weekend at home in Fort-Coulonge.
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Interview – Todd Hoffman – Snow Shoe Walk and Race
Todd Hoffman, the owner of the Brauwerk Hoffman Brewery, spoke to CHIP 101.9’s Eric O’Brien on the Snow Shoe Walk and Race, a 5km and 10km walk and race in benefit of the Special Olympics, held this Saturday, February 01, in Campbell’s Bay.
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Interview – Martin Herault on the trail network of the club moto-neige pingouin
Eric O’Brien speaks to Martin Herault, the president of the club moto-Neige pingouin on the current state of the trail network in the Pontiac after the repairs from the ice storm in early January.
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Interview – Martin Paradis on the La Peche Ice Fishing Derby Fundraiser
Jacob Lavigne speaks to Martin Paradis on the ice fishing derby fundraiser in La Peche this weekend. More information on the exchange program can be found here.
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Interview- Connie G Lasalle – Changes to JLS Mansfield
Materials JLS-Mansfield made the decision this month to end its affiliation with the BMR Group. The co-owner, Connie Gutoskie-Lasalle, gave the reasons for this dissociation in an interview with Eric O’Brien.
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Interview – Mélanie Morin – Local firefighters in Australia
For the past few weeks, Quebec has been sending forest firefighters and forest fire management specialists to Australia to fight the forest fires that are currently wreaking havoc across the country. Among the members of this team, we can count on firefighters and specialists from the Fire Protection Society (SOPFEU) of the Maniwaki base, who […]
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Interview – Denis Rozon – Pontiac international take 2
Pontiac International 2020 will indeed take place this weekend in the territory of the municipality of Bristol. The organizer of the dog sled races, Denis Rozon, said he was very happy with the way things had turned out after being forced to postpone his event due to the weather two weeks ago. He gives us […]
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Interview – Maurice Beauregard on the closure of the Campbell’s Bay Library
During the adoption of their preliminary budget on December 17th, 2019, the council of the municipality of Campbell’s Bay resolved to permanently close the municipal library. In a follow up interview with the Mayor of Campbell’s Bay, Maurice Beauregard, he explained that the municipality was force to make this decision for 2020. He tells us […]
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