Politics

This article is a part of a series of interviews CHIP 101.9 will be conducting with the candidates for the ongoing federal election. Each was offered roughly 15 minutes to answer questions about their campaign, as well as their party’s policies on a range of subjects. For more of our reporting on the federal election, […]

At the MRC Pontiac council of mayors monthly public meeting on April 16, council approved the promotion of public security coordinator Julien Gagnon to a newly created management post of Head of Civil Security. The recommendation came from the MRC’s HR committee, which is made up of both elected officials and staff. Speaking after the […]

This article is a part of a series of interviews CHIP 101.9 will be conducting with the candidates for the ongoing federal election. Each was offered roughly 15 minutes to answer questions about their campaign, as well as their party’s policies on a range of subjects. For more of our reporting on the federal election, […]

This article is a part of a series of interviews CHIP 101.9 will be conducting with the candidates for the ongoing federal election. Each was offered roughly 15 minutes to answer questions about their campaign, as well as their party’s policies on a range of subjects. For more of our reporting on the federal election, […]

With the federal election campaign in full swing, three French-language radio groups have joined forces to denounce what they describe as hypocrisy on the part of Canada’s main political parties. The Association des radiodiffuseurs communautaires du Québec (ARCQ), the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada (ARCC) and the Association des radios régionales francophones (ARRF) are […]

Earlier this week, MRC Pontiac released their agendas for the upcoming April public meeting, which will take place on Wednesday April 16 at 6:30 p.m. (click here for the TNO meeting and the Regular MRC meeting). Items of note include an update to the MRC’s communications policy, a management plan for the abattoir in Shawville, […]

On April 10, the Little Red Wagon Winery in Clarendon was the host of a forum on food security and sustainability. The event was a collaboration by local food bank Bouffe Pontiac, regional health authority CISSSO, MRC Pontiac and the Concertation pour de saines habitudes de vie en Outaouais. Bouffe’s Director Kim Laroche explained that […]

On April 8, CHIP 101.9, in collaboration with Le Droit, the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce, and the Regional Association of West Quebecers, hosted a debate between candidates in the Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi riding for the ongoing federal election. The audio of the debate (available below) was broadcast on-air April 9 and will be re-broadcast this Sunday […]

The identity of the Bloc Québécois candidate in Pontiac-Kitigan Zibi is now known: Suzanne Proulx. However, as of April 7, the Bloc Québécois website had still not posted her biography or indicated her nomination as the candidate for this party, which represented the second-largest opposition party at the time of the dissolution of the House. […]

Anglophone advocacy group the Regional Association of West Quebecers (RAWQ) held an information session with Pontiac MNA André Fortin on April 4 at the Little Red Wagon winery in Clarendon on the subject of English rights in La Belle Province. After an introduction from RAWQ President David Gillespie, Fortin spoke for several minutes before opening […]