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A new column has joined CHIP columnist team. The sexologist Gabrielle Lavoie will be presented a weekly column on CHIP 101.9. This column will be presented as part of the program “Bonjour Pontiac” in French. The first column is available here.

As a way to ensure the security of the children during Halloween, the municipality of Campbell’s Bay will close Lunam Street between the hours of 6 to 9 pm on Thursday, October 31, 2019. Cars will be required to park along Front Street and the children, possibility accompanied by an adult, will be able to […]

As of November 1st, the municipality of Pontiac’s hazardous waste disposal site, located behind Hôtel-de-Ville (2024 highway 148), will be dismantled. The containers that were used for the deposit of hazardous products such as varnishes, paints, and used oils will be removed permanently. However, the municipality will continue to recover the batteries that were use […]

In order to enable the strategic development surrounding the sustainability of the economy in agriculture and the management of agricultural plastics, the Conseil Régional de l’Environnement et du Développement Durable de l’Outaouais (CREDDO) has been organizing a series of meetings across the region to bring together the different actors involved. The Committee on the Management […]

According to the information gathered by the CHIP 101.9 newsroom, the Mayor of the municipality of l’Île-du-Grand-Calumet, Serge Newberry, intervened a few times during certain committees, which he sat on, in order to promote the idea of a national park in the Iles Lafontaine. Last March 13th, according to the minutes of the multi-resource advisory […]

The Pontiac Comets suffered two defeats over the weekend, first was against the Maniwaki Forestiers on Saturday and the second; against the Mont-Laurier Montagnards on Sunday. It would seem that the factor related to both games was discipline, the Comets coach Jean-François Lavergne said it had an impact on the results of the games. This […]

Every week, Sébastien Bonnerot, a real estate agent from Century 21 Elite, gives an update on the real estate industry in the Pontiac. This week, Bonnerot gave advice when visiting a residence. The real estate update (Chronique Immobilière) with Sébastien Bonnerot is available here.

CHIP 101.9 visited the new premises of the Fablab du Jardin, which moved to Front Street in Campbell’s Bay at the beginning of October. During the summer season, the workshop was set up at the Collège Héritage to allow Pontiac residents to try out “modern creative machines”. Fablab du Jardin’s Project Coordinator Gregory Beard talked […]

The Bristol Dryland dog racing event, which was held over the weekend, attracted a record number of spectators, especially on Saturday. The event manager, Denis Rozon, explains the role the temperature played for this 2019 edition. Denis Rozon has now begun preparing for the winter edition of the Timberland which will be held on January […]

Isle-aux-Allumettes – Le nombre de pannes d’électricité d’Hydro-Québec dans le Haut Pontiac, touchant notamment L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, a égalé le sommet atteint en 2016, avec 75 pannes répertoriées. The number of power outages in the Upper Pontiac, which include L’Isle-aux-Allumettes, Chichester and Sheenboro, has reached the same peak as 2016 with 75 recorded outages. Since 2009, residents […]