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The Festival International du Cinéma des Femmes de Fort-Coulonge kicks off tonight. A few hours before the event, CHIP 101.9 had a chance to talk to one of the key organizers of the festival, Suzanne Vallières-Nollet. The complete interview in French is available here. For more details on this event, visit the Festival’s Facebook page […]

Yesterday, a 5@7 event was held in honor of Denis Rozon, the organizer of the Bristol Dryland International Dog Races and recipient of the Dollard-Morin Award last spring for his contribution to making a great event which has gained international success over the last several years. The ceremony was organized by Sport Loisir Outaouais and […]

Culvert replacement work is taking place on Pembroke rd between King rd and 4e-Rang rd in the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes until August 23rd. The road will be closed from Monday at 5am up until Friday at 12pm. A detour has been set up on Hwy 148 and Chapeau-Waltham rd and local traffic is allowed under […]

On Tuesday of next week, August 13th, the municipality of Pontiac will hold their monthly council meeting at 7:30pm at the Luskville Community center or 2024 hwy 148, Pontiac. Note that, the Quyon Community Center, in which the regularly held is not ready to be used as of yet.

The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change issued a press release this morning regarding the closure the Aquafolie Beach, Camp des Voyageurs Tim Horton, located in the municipality of Pontiac, due to high bacteriological contamination. According to the results of the lab analysis on Tuesday, August 6th, the waters at Aquafolie beach does not conform […]

Tonight a ceremony will be held in honour of Denis Rozon, organizer of Bristol Dryland international dog races in the municipality of Bristol. Rozon recently won the Dollard-Morin Sport and Recreation Volunteer Award in “Impact Creator” category having been the most distinguished in the Outaouais. Tonight’s’ ceremony will pay tribute to Rozon for having created […]

The Federal MP for the Pontiac, Will Amos, recently said that he would like more consultation with the special Intervention Zone Map. In an interview yesterday with CHIP 101.9, Amos explained why there is a need for further consultation with the ZIS. Recently, William Amos wrote a letter on July 12th, 2019, which he posted […]

In a letter posted on social media, the Minister of the Environment and Climate Change and MP for the Ottawa Centre, Catherine McKenna, addressed the Ontario MLA, John Yakabuski, saying that federal, provincial and municipal governments will need to work together to address the Ottawa River Basin flood issue. She said that she is in […]

Dudepizza, a new restaurant in the municipality of Mansfield, opened last Friday. The owner, Bobby Hérault, a chef for many years, said that it has always been a dream for him to own his own restaurant. CHIP 101.9 was on site today where Hérault gave more details about the opening of the restaurant: During the […]

The number of power outages in the municipality of L’Isle-aux-Allumettes would seen to have equalled the record in June of 2016, according resident David Gillespie, who has gathered detailed power outage statistics for the last ten years. It should be noted that around 50 power outages have been registered since the beginning of the year […]