Politics

Last night (Tuesday) at the Conference center in Fort Coulonge, Pontiac MP Will Amos held a forum on the legalization of marijuana in the country. Dozens of people, including on resident from the Fort-Coulonge Mansfield area, Pierre Fréchette, not to be confused with the candidate running for Warden with the same name, had some concerns […]

A fifth candidate for warden of the Pontiac MRC has come forward. Linda Davis, a resident of Clarendon, who is also a member of the Ottawa Regional Council of the City of Ottawa. CHIP contacted her yesterday by phone. Mrs. Davis believes that her experience makes her a very good candidate to be the first […]

At a meeting held last Monday, the municipal council of Fort-Coulonge touched on the infrastructure works carried out on private property belonging in part to local businessman Roy Hérault. The work site would have benefited from work done by the Fort-Coulonge municipality employees, concerning a new entrance to this property. During the discussion the whole […]

There should be at least three candidates for the top post at the Municipal Hall in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontrefact. Councillor Gilles Dionne confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that he would be running as Mayor of the Municipality of Mansfield. The current mayor Kathleen Bélec and businessman Terry Lévesque have already confirmed their intention to run. […]

It’s now official, Jane Toller launched her campaign last Thursday night at the Conference Center in Fort-Coulonge. She believes she is the best person designated to fill the position and says she would like to devote herself full time to the position of warden. During this conference, Jane Toller spoke about how Hector Soucy Jr […]

CHIP 101.9 met yesterday with Pierre Fréchette, former Mayor of the Grand-Calumet Island, who spoke on among other things, on his resignation as mayor of the island municipality earlier this year. Pierre Fréchette said that after 2 people in positions of power in the municipality asked him to go against his integrity, bend the rules […]

As announced by CHIP 101.9, well-known business woman in the Pontiac Jane Toller will officially announce her entry into the race to become the first warden elected by universal suffrage in the Pontiac MRC. According to a Facebook post from Engage Pontiac, she will hold a meeting this Thursday at 6:30 pm at the Pontiac […]

Pierre Fréchette, former mayor of Grand-Calumet Island, who announced his intention to run for Warden, gave an interview to CHIP 101, 9. During his conversation, Pierre Fréchette explained his motivations to get involved again in municipal politics: Clip – Pierre Fréchette The full English interview with Pierre Fréchette, candidate for Warden, is available here.

You can expect a race on November 5th for the position of Mayor in the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract. Current Mayor Kathleen Bélec confirmed to CHIP 101.9 that she intends to run again. Terry Levesque, a native and local businessman from Mansfield, also announced his intention to submit his candidacy for the November 5 election. Terry […]

Pontiac business woman and owner of the Sprucehlome Inn located in Fort-Coulonge, Jane Toller, confirmed to CHIP that she intends to run for the position of warden of the MRC. Jane Toller told CHIP that she is in the process of filling out the Registration papers and is hoping to get her candidacy approved before […]