Interviews

CHIP 101.9 is continuing a series of interviews with candidates for the upcoming federal elections in the October for the Pontiac election district. CHIP recently spoke to Claude Bertrand, the candidate for the Green Party of Canada, who talked about the priorities for his campaign.

During an interview with CHIP 101.9, the mayor of Fort-Coulonge, Gaston Allard, said that he regularly gets approached by the public on the issue of the use of the bike bath (PPJ). Allard sits on the PPJ committee at the MRC Pontiac which is currently examining the use of the bike path and according to […]

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A local resident from the municipality of Fort-Coulonge made it to the finals in the Toronto based singer/song-writer competition ‘The Shot’. In an interview with Michaela Cahill, she talked about her journey throughout the competition and what we can expect for the finals.

A local girl from the municipality of Fort-Coulonge, Michaela Cahill, stood out recently in the Toronto Based signer song-writer competition, The Shot, making it to the finals which will be held on August 26. Yesterday, CHIP 101.9 spoke to Michaela’s Brother Cedric, who talked about the support that her and her family has seen throughout […]

In preparation for their next season, the Pontiac Comets are looking for several people to fill positions in the team’s administration. The owner of the team, Danick Boisvert, explained that he is looking for a coach, a communications specialist and an administration manager. He gives us more details in this interview.

In preparation for the 2019 federal election campaign, Maxime Bernier’s party, the People’s Party of Canada, has named Mario Belec as the Parti’s first candidate to represent the Pontiac for the upcoming elections in October. However, Belec is not new to politics as he was the Candidate for the Conservative Party of Quebec for the […]

NDP candidate Denise Giroux says she will address environmental issues during her campaign. The recently appointed NDP candidate here in the Pontiac for the upcoming federal election in October, Denise Giroux, a lawyer by trade, recently spoke to CHIP about her campaign.

Interview with the MNA for Pontiac and Official Opposition Critic for Health, Public Health and Vitality of Regions, André Fortin, talking about the solution found by the CISSSO to avoid the month long interruption of Service in the obstetrics wing at the Pontiac Community Hospital as reported on, last week, by CHIP 101.9. Interview whit […]

More power outages have occurred in recent weeks in the Upper Pontiac. A resident of the municipality of l’Isle-aux-Allumettes, David Gillespie, said that the number of power outages since the beginning of the year could reach a new record by the end of July. He tells us more about it in this interview with Eric […]