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Police operations from September 20th to 26th are currently being held throughout the Province of Quebec to intervene with distracted drivers using a cell phone, a portable electronic device or a display screen. The goal of this initiative, as part of the opération nationale concertée Distraction 2019, is to educate drivers about the dangers of […]

The organization Phare Ouest, recently announced its 2019-2020 programming. They also recently announced an event to celebrate the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge (the red bridge) being repaired for 2021. From the organization, Louis Harvey gave some details. It should be noted that repair work on the Félix-Gabriel-Marchand bridge is currently underway, the work started April 30, 2018. […]

In the most recent regular meeting of the Mayors of the MRC Pontiac, the Council adopted a resolution to reiterate the importance of supporting the local school governance system and the election of a local Board of directors, particularly in rural areas such as the Pontiac. The Warden of the MRC Jane Toller gave more […]

To learn more about Québec National park , such as to learn more about the idea of creating a National Park in the municipality of Ile-du-Grand-Calumet, the CHIP 101.9 s newsroom looked at another Park in the Outaouais on the Ottawa river: the Parc National de Plaisance. The Director of the Park, from the SEPAQ, […]

As of a few days ago, CHIP 101.9 has issued a new survey question on its website regarding the idea of the national park project on the iles Lafontaines. The question is: Do you think, like Joe Kowalski, that it is possible to create a National Park at the Iles Lafontaine without an environmental study? […]

The community group Équité Outaouais issues another press release denouncing the lack of funding in health, in the region. Équité Outaouais’ spokesperson and family doctor, Gilles Aubé, argued that taxes raised from Outaouais citizens finance health care services elsewhere in Quebec: The full interview with Gilles Aubé of Équité Outaouais is available here.

The organization Phare Ouest, which organizes cultural activities in the Pontiac, particularly in Fort-Coulonge / Mansfield, unveiled its 2019-2020 programming in an interview with CHIP 101.9. New this year at Phare Ouest will be the move of the screenings repertoire, which will now alternate between the Fort-Coulonge Golden Age Club and the George Bryson Cultural […]

The moose hunting season kicks off this Saturday September 21st, in the Pontiac and runs to September 29th in Zone 10 west and to October 6th in Zone 12. Yesterday, CHIP 101.9 spoke to the wildlife protection agent at the MFFP, Bruno Chartrand, who talked about some of the rules related to the upcoming moose […]

The Regional Council of Mayors of the MRC Pontiac has resolved to submit its request for an independent inquiry into the management of the water in the Ottawa River during the General Assembly of the Fédération québécoise des municipalités (FQM), which will be held next week. Note that the purpose of this Independent inquiry would […]

The municipality of Portage-du-Fort has informed its residents that the municipality’s water reservoir is currently dry. Wednesday night in a Facebook post, the municipality asked the citizens of Portage-du-Fort to limit their water consumption, due to the water level in their reservoir, which at the time was very low. The Director General confirmed that the […]