Interviews

The last leaders’ debate (Débat des chefs) before the day of the vote for the October 21th federal election was held Thursday October 10th, in Gatineau, and the CHIP 101.9 journalist Élizabeth Séguin was there. She tells us more about it with.

The CISSSO held its exchange forum Monday evening (October 7th) as part of its annual board information tour. During the event, Board members returned to regional accomplishments during the most recent year. Eric O’Brien made this short report on the CISSSO Forum;

Following the extraordinary meeting of the mayors of the MRC on October 2nd, the MRC Pontiac has resolved to abandon the current MRC Pontiac National Park Committee and to create a new one with stakeholders from Quebec, resulting in a Pontiac based park. Here’s the report on this subject.

Yesterday, CHIP 101.9 continued its coverage of the 2019 federal elections in the Pontiac by hosting the incumbent Liberal MP William Amos. He gave a shorter English version of the lengthy morning interview during ‘Bonjour Pontiac’ and answered CHIP’ questions.

The various radio stations across Quebec reacted strongly to the government’s decision not to include radio stations in the media financial aid program. CHIP 101.9 recently spoke with the Executive Director of the l’Association des radios communautaires du Québec (ARCQ), Martin Bougie, on the subject.

The CLSC Pontiac Foundation began its annual fundraising campaign today (Friday, Oct 4th, 2019), to raise funds for the different service points across the MRC Pontiac, as well as a part of the Municipality of Pontiac (Quyon). The President of the Foundation, Anne Bertrand-Amyotte, gives us all the details in this interview.

Art report with Rick Wharton – Oct 3rd 2019

Last week, following the announcement of an international workshop on Agritourism in Burlington, Vermont in October 2020, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the Chair of the Canadian American exchange agro-tourism circuit (CANAMEX), David Gillespie, who will take part in the Conference as the representative of Canada on the international steering committee.

The new Captain of the Comets, Darcy Findlay, in this interview with our host Jacob Lavigne.

West Quebecers Corner – Linton Garner Colum – September 27th