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Last May, the 20th edition of the Gala de la plume étudiante de l’Outaouais took place. The purpose of this gala is to highlight the work of budding journalists through Outaouais high schools. Jaélie Bilodeau from Sieur-de-Coulonge High School won the 2022 Journalism Prize for her text “ Lettre à l’Académie française  ”. The prizes, the Plume […]

The Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM) welcomes the national policy on architecture and land use planning, presented this week by the Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, Andrée Laforest, and the Minister of Culture and Communications, Nathalie Roy. The FQM underlines the work carried out by the government for the tabling of this proposal and […]

A reissue of the book Les Sacrifiés de la bonne entente – Histoire des francophones du Pontiac is currently in preparation. The historian from Gatineau and author of L’autre Outaouais, Manon Leroux, is the publisher of the Société Pièce sur coin, responsible for the re-edition of the book originally published in 2002 by L’Action nationale […]

The Minister of Higher Education, Danielle McCann, accompanied by the Minister responsible for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, was at the Université du Québec en Outaouais (UQO) yesterday (June 6), to confirm that the establishment will finally obtain a law program. Minister Lacombe stressed that this announcement is also “symbolic” for the region at the moment, […]

GDG Environnement spokesperson, Richard Vadeboncoeur, spoke to CHIP 101.9 where he explained the reasons that, in his opinion, makes spring 2022 more difficult regarding the presence of mosquitoes for the residents of Fort-Coulonge and Mansfield. ” Oh yes ! Look, when you’re working with weather and nature, there’s nothing concrete, so there’s a lot of […]

The Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Québec (SFPQ) says labor shortages could threaten access to justice in courthouses. According to the SFPQ, this due to the lack of personnel that continue to accumulate and are denounced by stakeholders in the judicial field, including the judiciary. “In our region, the lack of personnel […]

The Villa James Shaw committee met at the Shawville Community Lodge on Tuesday evening (May 31) for their first AGM since the start of the pandemic. The AGM was presided over by the group’s community organizer Michel Laporte, and started off with an adoption of the minutes as well as a reading of the financial […]

The Quebec Green Party has unveiled their candidate for the Pontiac in the general election scheduled for October 3. Pierre Cyr, a resident of Fort-Coulonge, had a career with NAVCANADA as an airport manager and national aviation safety specialist. According to his bio, he is perfectly bilingual and is happy to represent a federalist option […]

Québec Solidaire has just one candidate in the running to represent their party in the upcoming provincial election on October 3, Mike Owen Sebagenzi. Without any competition, he is likely to be officially nominated by the party in the coming weeks. CHIP 101.9 expects to speak with Sebagenzi soon. There are currently only two candidates […]

Art Pontiac will be hosting the grand opening of their new boutique at the Stone School Gallery in Portage-du-Fort this evening (June 3), starting at 5:30 p.m. The evening will also serve as the vernissage for “Conversations”, a textile art exhibition. The group’s communications director Geneviève Has told CHIP 101.9 that the boutique would feature […]