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Xavier Lusignan visits CHIP 101.9
The Pontiac native Canadian Junior weightlifting champion (89 kg) Xavier Lusignan visited the CHIP 101.9 studio Monday and spoke about his goals. From now until 2021, Lusignan said his main focus will be to break the Canadian junior record in his category. The full interview with Xavier Lusignan is available in both French and in […]
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Bill 40: The Warden of the MRC Pontiac concerned about the future of schools in Pontiac
When asked about her thoughts on the adoption of Bill 40, amending the Education Act in Quebec, the Warden of the Pontiac MRC, Jane Toller, expressed concerns about the future of Pontiac schools. She hopes the abolishment of school boards in Quebec will have a minimal impact on the schools in the region. Toller also […]
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A new summery of the Outaouais communities
The Observatoire du développement de l’Outaouais (ODO) launched an updated version of the compendium of the communities in the Outaouais, Tuesday, which brings together demographics, the socioeconomic situation and socio-health data, separated into 109 communities, including 5 in the Pontiac. The agente de transfert de connaissances ODO, Madeleine Lefebvre, gave more details on its usefulness. […]
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A L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet family sues the CISSS de l’Outaouais
In the February 11th, 2020 edition of the Journal Le Droit, we can learn that the Ricard family, from L’Île-du-Grand-Calumet is suing the Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de l’Outaouais. Following the death of Philippe Ricard, 73 years old, during an artery operation on January 24th, 2017, his son Marcel believes that […]
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The mayor of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet hope to avoid further internal disputes on the council
During the municipal council meeting Monday, February 10, the mayor of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Serge Newberry told the attending public that the municipal council had a meeting to resolve the internal conflicts which broke out in recent months, events in which had raised a lot of public criticisms. Mayor Serge Newberry provided some explanation during the meeting: […]
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Cinéma répertoire will present ‘Le vieil âge et l’espérance’ Thursday
The organization Phare Ouest will present the film Le vieil âge et l’espérance this Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Golden Age Club in Fort-Coulonge. One of the organizers, Louis Harvey, gives more details. This screening will be preceded by the presentation of a 16-minute short film on the subject of hunting: La voie du […]
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Shawville Winter Carnival 2020
The Municipality of Shawville will be hosting its Winter Carnival, once again this year, starting at 10:30 am at the arena on February 22nd. One of the organizers of the event, Helena Hadley gave more details: It should be noted that if the temperature does not allow for the event to be held outside, the […]
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Défi des Chefs Leucan 2020
The CHIP 101.9 host Marie Gionet was recently on Midi Express Pontiac to discuss her participation in this year’s Défi des Chefs Leucan. As a reminder, the Défi des Chefs Leucan is a culinary competition between teams made up of a chef, a young person who has survived or is currently battling cancer and a […]
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The Pontiac mobilized to the Fort-Coulonge arena for the Kraft Hockeyville competition
last Saturday, at the Centre des Loisirs des Draveurs in Fort-Coulonge, a rally was held in addition to the Senior Comets game for the Kraft Hockeyville community competition. Several regional personalities attended the event, including the federal member of Parliament for Pontiac, William Amos. As a reminder, winning the Kraft Canada Hockeyville contest could possibly […]
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