Society

The Artist of the Month project between CHIP and the high school continues, and the student committee for the project, led by teacher Isabelle Nadeau, has selected their new artist of the month. For December, the students have chosen Sara Dufour.   Sara Dufour also talks about forests, ATVs, and snowmobiles in her songs, themes […]

Since 2019, a group of people has come together to offer the Outaouais region its first palliative care home for children and their families, in a place that will be called Maison Papillon. A project is expected to come to fruition in 2025 in Cantley to offer this type of service in French, in Quebec. […]

The Christmas parade of the Mansfield & Fort-Coulonge brigade will take place this year on December 7th. One of the organizers, Claudette Pleau, also invites the entire population to participate in large numbers this year   The recent events were a great success thanks to the many businesses and organizations present, much to the delight […]

The local organization Les Amis du Sault-des-chats will hold an event to celebrate the success of the 2024 public archaeological excavations that took place last September at the site of the former Hudson’s Bay Company trading post in the Municipality of Pontiac. The excavations were open to the public for 4 days, and an additional […]

Impératif français is launching four extensive public interest campaigns and is seeking proactive and “on-the-ground” participation from everyone in the citizen and societal movement, the “Impératif français” movement. First of all, the campaign “Young and Proud Quebecers! ‘I Love My Language’” which offers a series of animated cartoons for social media: it consists of a […]

After several years of planning and development, the Pontiac’s first cheese production facility is nearing completion. Maryse Vallières, the brains behind the Fromagerie La Drave as it will be called, spoke with CHIP 101.9 about the the current state of the project and the steps she’s taken so far. Last spring, she rented a lab […]

MRC Pontiac has launched a call for cultural projects with $35,000 in this year’s envelope, through funding from Quebec’s Ministry of Culture and Communication. Eligible entities include municipalities, non-profit organizations, non-profit cooperatives or Indigenous Band Councils. Sabrina Ayres, the socio-economic development coordinator at MRC Pontiac explained the types of projects that will be prioritized. The […]

The Jardin éducatif du Pontiac announced today that they would be donating $2,000 to local food bank Bouffe Pontiac, a sum accumulated from their 35th anniversary barbeque back in August. The organization’s primary role is providing services to at-risk youth by having them work in the garden, located along Hwy. 148 in Litchfield, over the […]

On Wednesday (September 11) MRC Pontiac unveiled the latest painting to grace the walls of the MRC office in Campbell’s Bay, as part of its regional gallery. Michèle Parent, who paints under the name AimPée, has been a resident of Fort-Coulonge for the last two years after moving from Chateauguay. She said that she studied […]

At the start of September the free grief support group offered by AutonHomme Pontiac will be returning to Campbell’s Bay. The sessions will take place on Mondays at 7 p.m. at the group’s office in Campbell’s Bay (128 Front Street), starting September 9 and running for eight weeks until November 4. Ali-John Chaudhary, a psychotherapist […]