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On March 19th, the CHIP 101.9 host will team up with chef Raphaël Morneau-Bérubé and Arielle Perron, 14 years old, for the Défi des Chefs Leucan. In 2014, Arielle was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphomas, then with a desmoplastic tumour in 2019. In an interview with Marie Gionet, she also discussed how the cancers affected her. […]

During a press briefing held in Shawville last Friday, the Centre de santé intégré et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais announced a new break in obstetrics service at the Pontiac hospital, this time lasting 6 months, until September. Our journalist Élizabeth Séguin was there, here is her report.

Last Friday, the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais called a press briefing to the surprise of the population and elected officials in the Pontiac, to announce a six month closure, until September, of the obstetric services at the Pontiac Hospital. The CISSS de l’Outaouais claimed that this interruption is due […]

Still on the subject of the announcement that the obstetrics service at the Pontiac Hospital will be closed until September, several political meetings took place over the weekend. As a result, the municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract decided to hold a protest at the Hull Hospital today, they organised transportation for those who wanted to participate in […]

The 2020 delegation of student skiers will arrive in Quyon today at 4:30p.m. The Cross-Country skiing expedition began Sunday morning, following a press conference at 6:30 a.m. at ESSC high school, direction Parliament Hill in Ottawa. Around 30 students from both Pontiac high school and ESSC are currently traveling to complete the over 120km expedition. […]

The Pontiac Comets played two out of the five game series, over the weekend, in the first round of the playoff against the Mont-Tremblant Diables. The Comets had a poor start to the series losing 4-2 while Sunday, the Comets dominated the game winning 11-2. Both games were played at home in Fort-Coulonge. As for […]

The residents of Rapides-des-Joachims were invited to vote in a partial election over the weekend to elect two new municipal councillors. The people elected Dale Lévesque and Anne Butler, both of whom have previously held councillor positions within the municipality. This election aimed to replace Councillor Maureen Sarrazin who resigned in October and Councillor Paul-André […]

A protest was held today, February 24 2020, at the Hull Hospital to oppose the decision of the CISSS de l’Outaouais in closing the obstetrics wing at the Shawville Hospital for a six month period (until September). On site was the CHIP 101.9 journalist Élizabeth Séguin who spoke to elected officials such as the MNA […]

The municipality of Litchfield’s annual report, published earlier this month, mentions that it is still waiting on confirmation for financial assistance to begin repairs on the Crawford Road bridge and part of Pilon road, both of which were damaged during of the 2019 spring floods, which have remain partially closed for some time. 2020 Budget […]