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The Pontiac Market opened over the weekend, on Saturday, at the Luskville Community Center in the municipality of Pontiac. A variety of items where on sale such as fruits and vegetables, decorations, desserts, jewellery, a bazaar and more. The market is organized by Les Blés d’or Vendors and to find out more, visit their Facebook […]

The municipality of Campbell’s Bay recently posted on their Facebook page the activities scheduled for the month of July. Activities ranging from the Creative movement courses to Paint course for adults and for children. This week, until the end of July, there will be activities for kids from 1pm to 4pm daily at the municipal […]

The next outdoor movie screening organized by the company Campfire Cinemas will be busy in the month of July. The owner and organizer, Robert Lance, gave an overview of the coming screenings. The next will take place on July 13th, at the RA Center in Otter Lake at 8pm. To find out more, visit CampfireCinemas […]

The Pontiac Social Development Table (TDSP)’s Comité 0-5 ans will be forced to modify their services in the near future due to the cancellation of their annual funding. From the Corporation de développement communautaire du Pontiac, (CDC Pontiac) Michel Vallières, explains. According to Vallières, the comité 0-5 ans could take on the new form of […]

An interactive map highlighting the official place names from indigenous languages or dialects in Canada was released as part of the national indigenous peoples day on June 21st. The toponymy analyst for the Geographical Names Board of Canada, Jean-Luc Fournier, gave more details on this initiative. Entitled Stories from the Land: Indigenous Place Names in […]

Last week, the ministère des Affaires municipales et de l’Habitation of Quebec announced financial assistance totalling $4,230,829 for the implementation of twenty-three initiatives and a regional agreement, submitted under the Fonds d’appui au rayonnement des régions (FARR). Two projects have been selected for the MRC Pontiac: Development and consolidation of agricultural markets: $ 68,000 Develop […]

CHIP 101.9 obtained a copy of the resolution that was tabled by the Municipality of Mansfield-et-Pontefract opposing the Governments’ outlining of the new special intervention zone (ZIS) for the municipality. This resolution, adopted unanimously at the most recent municipal meeting, requires the government to consult with the municipal representatives in reviewing the outline of the […]

Following the public consultation that was held last Thursday on the draft Law for a special intervention zone, the Government of Quebec specified that the comments and suggestions that they have received during the meetings across the province will be taken into considered in spite of the proposed schedule course. The Director General of the […]

Aquafolie Beach, Tim Horton’s Voyageurs Camp, is now up to the bacteriological quality standards set by the ministère de l’Environnement et des Changements Climatiques du Québec. Samples were taken on July 2nd, 2019 and confirmed that the place is now rated code B. This, because of bacteriological contamination, access to the beach was temporarily banned, […]

Renfrew Nipissing-Pembroke MP (Ontario), Cheryl Gallant, sent a letter to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, asking the federal government to provide direct assistance to flood victims. CHIP 101.9 had the opportunity to discuss with Gallant at her request. Gallant regrets that the assistance provided by the Government of Canada is not sufficient to […]