Society

Following the Canada Post strike, the Mansfield library decided to install a mailbox to help Santa Claus receive the letters that the children of Pontiac would like to send him. From the Mansfield Library, France Lavoie spoke about the project with CHIP 101.9 in a French-language interview: She also specified that the service is offered […]

Residents who will be alone during the holidays are invited to a Christmas buffet at the Spruceholme Inn on Sunday December 15th organized by Jane Toller who mentioned she has been thinking about this idea for a while and hoped to be able to organize an event that would bring people together. Gaëtan Forgues’ musical […]

The kickoff has been given for the 27th edition of the Défi OSEntreprendre Outaouais to promote the entrepreneurial spirit in the Outaouais region. The honorary co-presidents of the Défi OSEntreprendre Outaouais, Sophie Lamothe and Marie-Ève Simard from A4 Architecture Design, are pleased to kick off the 27th edition.   The Défi OSEntreprendre is a major […]

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 […]