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This Friday, September 27th, the students of Sieur-de-Coulonge High School are organizing « Marchons pour le climat »: a walk to raise awareness on the issue of climate change. The activity will begin at 1pm, a map of the route is available below;

On Monday, September 23rd at approximately 1:40 pm, the Sûreté du Quebec from the MRC des Colines-de-l’Outaouais pulled over an 88-year-old man from Ottawa for driving 147 km/h in a 90 km/h zone, on Hwy 148 in the Luskville area of the Municipality of Pontiac. For the occasion, the octogenarian received an $871 fine and […]

The Pontiac Senior Comets continue to prepare for the upcoming season. This weekend, the Comets will face off against last year’s champions, the Montagnards of Mont-Laurier. The Comets new head coach, Jean-François Lavergne, said, in an interview with CHIP 101,9, that he believes that the Comets’ forwards will stand out this season. This pre-season game […]

As we approach the 2019 Federal elections on October 21st, CHIP 101.9 is continuing to update listeners on their options in terms of candidates in the upcoming elections. Tuesday, the Conservative Party candidate for the Pontiac, Dave Blackburn, answered questions from the public on the air during Bonjour Pontiac. Here is his answer to Jean-François […]

The municipality of L’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet is currently struggling with an internal conflict that has been brought to the attention of the Commission Municipale du Québec (CMQ) over the past few days. A complaint was filed against the councilor of seat #5 at the municipality of Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, Réjean Meilleur, in which he is accused of uttering “threats […]

The new Bouffe Pontiac thrift shop of was inaugurated this Monday afternoon. The renovation project was carried out by youths, who have participated in the program “La défriche” of the Carrefour jeunesse-emploi du Pontiac (CJEP). During the launch, the youth workers at CJEP, Emilie Demers and Milly Beaulieu, explained the long-term goal for this project, […]

According to the new chairman of the board of directors for the Pontiac Pool project, Todd Hoffman, the committee is hoping to begin construction next year: During the Pontiac Pool Committee’s Annual General Meeting, which was held on Monday night in Fort-Coulonge at the Golden Age Club, Todd Hoffman explained that the goal for the […]

According to the Ministère des Fôrets, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) it could take many years of studies, analyses and approvals before the municipality of l’Ile-du-Grand-Calumet could see the creation of a national Park in the Iles Lafontaine. In an interview with one of the chargés de projet de la direction des Parcs […]

The Quebec Government can only use public land to create a national park but there is a possibility of acquiring privately owned land to be included in this kind of project, according to Alain Thibeault, one of the chargés de projet of the Direction des Parcs Nationaux au Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et […]

By analyzing the land and the islands surrounding the proposed national park project site, the CHIP 101.9 newsroom was able to confirm that two of the islands nestled near the envisioned site (lots 3 352 025 and 3 352 026) , are properties owned by one of the members of the MRC Pontiac’s National Park […]